“Duel”
by by Richard Matheson
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1994)
* * * * (Great) Suspense
When Mann passes a truck only to find it come roaring past him moments later he realizes that he may be driving for his very life.
Matheson did a wonderful job creating suspense in this story of road rage. Nearly every sentence builds on the last, heightening the suspense, pulling you along for the crazy ride. I’ve actually been in a similar situation with an RV. Granted, the RV wasn’t trying to kill me (or maybe it was?), but we were racing each other down the road, cutting each other off – basically just pissing each other off, completely on purpose. At the time I was lost in the battle, but looking back – it was stupid. But it was fun.
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