“The Last King of Open Roads,” is now available on Amazon for 99 cents.
This story was originally published in Day One, a weekly literary journal dedicated to short fiction and poetry from emerging writers.
Here’s the jacket summary:
The yearly disastrous vacations usually came a few weeks after Mami threatened to go back to the island. The family knew that if she ever returned home to the Dominican Republic, she’d never come back. This time, Papi hopes that a ski trip will reverse the tide of Mami’s unhappiness and packs the family into his big rig to drive from balmy Florida to the snow-capped Rockies. One disappointment follows another as they confront racism, frostbite, and icy close-calls that only deepen the familial rift. The Last King of Open Roads tells the story of one immigrant family staving off hopelessness and trying to realize the American Dream while carving out a road for themselves in a strange land.
