The Empyrean Tango

Six: Orange Juice--Tanner, a hitchhiker beaten and stranded in the Mojave, finds a ride with a philosophical loon who has a photographic memory and who talks out loud to no one in particular. A former mishap with LSD has also caused the driver to view himself as a glass of orange juice that is about to spill. Seven: Here Comes Trouble--The climax to these intertwined short stories, a disturbing secret is revealed.