Is there more of this?  I could imagine getting kind of attached to some of these characters.  Does the plot thicken?

Yes Julianyway. It is part of a full length novel called Midnight In America.

Brilliant.
I really love it; it’s stunning.  It’s almost like a character portrait, but judging from your reply to Julianyway’s comment, it’s not.  The main character (was his name mentioned?) reminds me very much of Holden Caulfield from <u>Catcher in the Rye</u> by D Saligner; almost not willing to accept that there is a real world and would rather just drink and smoke his time away.  You’ve really captured middle-America; stero-typical rednecks.  Congradulations; you have skill with characters.