Billy the Kid's Last Ride

They give you just enough to keep you comfortable and quiet...if you're willing to put up with all the burdensome regulations and intrusions into your private life. And most people do.

But is it worth it? At long last, William Oudeis didn't think so. But then it cost him everything.

Or maybe he gained the only thing really worth having....

"SlumberJoy, a global matress-manufacturing company, had its largest US plant in Doulosville, Oklahoma, where William Oudeis lived. And William worked there, had for the past 30 years. He was a forklift operator. Out of a hopeless sense of irony, his co-workers called him 'Billy the
Kid.'"

The problem, though, was that, over time, he began to grow into the nickname. So it all came to a head one day...because it had to....

Billy the Kid's Last Ride....a short story to keep you awake.

©2018 Michael Hearing (P)2018 Michael Hearing