Ken Wilkerson

MIDNIGHT HIGHWAY

A Bright Ride Inside a Magical Road Show

ISBN 1-879378-55-8
218 pages

It was mid-July as I drove the Bluebird south on Highway 25 in New Mexico. Sunrise lit the tops of buildings in Truth Or Consequences, a small town several miles downroad. The Count Magic crew was asleep, except for Joey, who had awakened from a short nap on the bench-seat behind me. I glanced in the rear-view mirror as she slowly drew her legs up and encircled her arms around her knees. She drowsily looked out the window at the brown terrain.

Cover photo: Allison Starling


Thus begins Midnight Highway, the boisterous account of a travelling vampire act wending its way through the remote reaches of the American Southwest. Written with a chronicler's love of the area, with a sharp eye for its characters and a keen ear for its speech, the narrative conveys the high energy and bright spirits of a performance group in the midst of mountains, cacti and ten-gallon hats. Count Magic's never-ending roguery and his skills at creating a vodka-fueled show, along with his crew's enthusiasm for presenting vampire horrors, sex and bloodletting to the denizens of desert towns, merge affably to offer the reader a good-feeling ride.

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KEN WILKERSON is the author of Blue Ride (Xenos Books, 1998), a collection of fifteen stories from the California desert. When not involved in misadventures on the road, he enjoys exploring the Borrego Badlands with a coyote pal named Cloud Walker.

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