7PM - Emily (A 5PM Short Story)
by Chris Heinicke
ERICA STEELE SPENT much of her early life growing up in a hippy commune, far away from modern society. One day a woman named Helen enters her life, showing her she doesn’t need to be the plaything of the male elders, and takes her and another young girl under her wing to show them the world. Meeting a group of three male bikers, Erica doesn’t want anything to ruin her new perfect life, but soon finds that good things don’t always last, and finds herself with Helen heading in the direction of a place that will define her for life, the Praying Mantassassins compound. But how do they find a place that no one but a handful of people know the location to? And will they escape the law when they find themselves on the wrong side of it during their journey? **