August 7, 2019
6 to 6: Do I Look Like an Indian to You?
Women never want to tell you their age until they pass the age of 85, and then they tell you every five minutes. I had old Charlotte in my cab the…
July 24, 2019
6 to 6: What’s Going to Happen to Me?
I’m dispatched in my taxi to pick a lady up at Northwest Hospital. When I pull up, I see a Mexican woman standing by a white lady in a wheelchair,…
July 17, 2019
6 to 6: Ramirez
A photo shop is an okay place to work, I guess. At the one where I work, we process film and print pictures. We guarantee to do this within one hour,…
July 10, 2019
6 to 6: God Didn’t Get Me No Weed
Me and Little John were sitting at the Greyhound bus station behind the wheels of our taxicabs. We were toward the end of the cab queue and wouldn't…
July 3, 2019
6 to 6: John’s Dream
John leans to one side when he walks, always ready to fall, and he has a hard time keeping his eyes open. For years, he was homeless, sleeping in the…
June 26, 2019
6 to 6: Nothing But a Human Being
It was 5 a.m., dark, and there was a steak knife in the road. I drove right over it in my cab, heard a clink and zing fade into the darkness. Amy…
June 19, 2019
6 to 6: Bob’s Big Day
It’s like two in the afternoon and the computer screen spits a fare at me from zone 577. 4500 North Oracle, the mall. I pull my cab up to the…
June 12, 2019
6 to 6: Don’t Die Before Your Mother
Outside the hotel, two little old ladies climbed into the back seat of my cab and felt the air conditioner. “2212 North Inn Road,” one of them said.…
June 5, 2019
6 to 6: Dodi’s Luck
Her face has more wrinkles than a crackhead’s last dollar bill, but her legs are slim and tight and she has alluring feet with painted toenails like…
May 29, 2019
6 to 6: The Cab Knows the Way
Whoever Nancy Gantry is, she lives in Bumfuck, Egypt. She’s scheduled for a 2:45 p.m. pickup. My teeth rattle as I progress down the washboard dirt…