They stopped listening when the truck hit us. From the back seat I’d been explaining Three- and Five-Act Structure.

The side door crumpled and I realised my mistake: this was Act Five of my story, not Act Two.

Maybe the Midpoint of the lorry driver’s arc, Point of No Return.

Tom O’Brien is an Irishman living in London. He’s been published in numerous places across the web and has short stories printed in Blood & Bourbon, Blink-Ink, and DEFY! Anthologies. His novella Straw Gods will be published by Reflex Press in 2020. He’s on Twitter at @tomwrote and his website is tomobrien.co.uk.