Maxine Takes a Joyride

A lot of bad things can happen on the open road.

Nick Kolakowski
Nov 1 · 17 min read
Photo by Harold Eggar on Unsplash

(Excerpted from “Maxine Unleashes Doomsday,” a rural noir/dystopian thriller published Nov. 4 by Down and Out Books.)

The year Maxine turned fourteen, she found her true calling, at the cost of two lives.

Maxine spent her childhood mornings at the front window of the crumbling farmhouse where…

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Nick Kolakowski

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Writer, editor, author of 'Maxine Unleashes Doomsday' and 'Boise Longpig Hunting Club.'

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