Glorious Mayhem

Glorious Mayhem

Glorious Mayhem – the book

Part 3: Route 40

Windshield conversations on the road west

Matt Smythe
Mar 10, 2026
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Little Rock, Arkansas

Darcy sat in the passenger seat with her bare feet on the dashboard while Billy leaned against the car, pumping gas.

“Have you ever done anything like that before?” Billy said through the open window.

“What, stabbed someone?”

“Yeah.”

“No.”

“How’d you…I mean, why this time?”

“I don’t know. I don’t even remember doing it, really. I remember…

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