Hot Summer Nights

****This novella originally appeared in the Blue Colla Make Ya Holla Box Set****

Soggy Bottom, Kentucky has one thing going for it. The dirt track that attracts crowds on Saturday nights.

Rivalries

Summer flings

Checkered flags

Wayne Harper and Kevin Grimes haven’t liked each other since kindergarten when they got into a scuffle on the playground. Now, as young men, they are still rivals. Wayne has the wins, Kevin has the equipment.

Clementine Lewis is the trophy girl for the Soggy Bottom track, and even though she’s been told never to date a driver – Wayne Harper isn’t someone she can say no to.

Engines blow

Fires erupt

Tempers flare

When you live in a small town and everyone knows your business, your only secret is what happens on those hot, summer nights.