Thumb Luck: A Short Novel

A free ride may not take you where you expect to go.Two young hippie women thumb it across the country in this fast-paced comic drama. Mo and Crystal friends but not really walk a fine line between taking control and losing it. Bad choices cancel out their good luck when offered something more than a free ride. A straight shot to California becomes a zig-zag game of hide and seek.Im facing east heading west my thumb apointin to the future. Hippy chicks hitchhiking to California? Were hard to resist. Of course you stick out your thumb youre sticking out your neck too. Dump trucks and semi-tractor trailers roar by inches away. Some toot their greetings some honk their apologies for not carrying us along. We should probably get over the idea that a free ride is a rare gift. Were greedy that way and have yet to turn one down.