"Ever run into any trouble?" - from "The Hitchhiker" You'll find plenty of trouble in these dark and gripping stories. Set in the mid-sixties, in rural Michigan, three average people face what could be the defining moments of their lives. In "The Hitchhiker," Jeff, a young sailor on the way to see his girlfriend, has just thumbed a ride with a very dangerous driver. In "Abracadabra," Wallace, a religious fundamentalist who struggles with incidents from his past, develops a new relationship with God. And in "What She Wanted," Loraine, a waitress at an all-night diner, needs to get out of town before her ex-boyfriend gets out of jail. Follow these memorable characters whose fates become inextricably linked in Russell Reece's new collection, The Mud Lake Trilogy.