Matt McGee's "Another Foggy Night in the Den of Inequity"
Matt McGee writes in the Los Angeles area. In 2022, his work has appeared in Gypsum Tales , Sweetycat Press and Red Penguin . His story ‘Evolution’ will appear in the upcoming David Bowie tribute in Sybaritic Press. When not typing, he drives around in rented cars and plays goalie in local hockey leagues . “Thing is, you don’t have to go really far to travel, you know? I mean, damn bro, we’re only going forty miles and this’ll be like a whole other planet! Yeah!” Skippy had shouted this at ten minutes past midnight. He’d packed a cooler for the trip, not with snacks and a picnic blanket of course but four fat yellow IPA cans tucked behind Keller’s driver’s seat, like a little secret only they’d share for a night. He’d cheered and hoisted a fresh beer when Keller reluctantly turned the car toward a gentleman’s club five cities away. With sixty of his dollars in Keller’s bone dry gas tank and a cooler of Lagunitas on ice, they traveled along an empty freeway on a cool, damp Monda...