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Submitted to Contest #209
I wasn't expecting to find a hitchhiker in the middle of the Mojave desert, but that's where he was. It was scorching hot as I raced down the highway. The air was sizzling on the hood of my car, and I had all the windows down and the AC on. Some rock-and-roll guitar riff was blaring on the radio, but it was hard to make out over the sound of wind roaring past. I could feel the leather of my seat sticking to my back through my sweat-soaked T-shirt. So, given the heat, I thought it was odd when I drove past a man walking along the side of th...
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