Freeway

audiobook

Freeway

by Bryce Walton

EN·~29 minutes

Chapters

Description

A lone driver named Stan is trapped on an endless, high‑speed freeway where the law forces him to keep moving without ever stopping for more than eight hours. His wife, Anna, is growing increasingly sick, and the relentless motion turns their journey into a suffocating cage of steel and desert heat. When a makeshift roadside shack appears, Stan sees a chance for a brief respite and a possible lifeline.

He pulls over to ask a mysterious, beaded‑belted stranger for help, only to be met with a cold refusal that underscores the harsh reality of a society that punishes any pause. The encounter forces Stan to confront the price of “freedom” on a road that never ends, and to question how far he’ll go to keep his wife alive while still obeying the unyielding rules of the highway.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~29 minutes (27K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2019-04-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Bryce Walton

Bryce Walton

1918–1988

A prolific American pulp writer, he moved easily between science fiction, mystery, suspense, and early television. His stories often pair fast-moving plots with an interest in fear, pressure, and the strange corners of ordinary life.

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