Hitching a ride, Cole Wright finds himself listening to tall tales. He meets some remarkable people on the road. When the driver suggests a detour to a beautiful overlook, they find more than they expect. People dressed and ready for a ball. But they have other things on their mind.

Sean Monaghan is the author of more than one hundred stories, in print, online, on broadcast radio and podcast. His stories include "Concentration" in Landfall, and "The Molenstraat Music Festival" in Asimovs. He was the Grand Prize winner in the 2014 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest for his story "Low Arc"