Hitchhiking Stories

Maxwell, 19, is released from prison after two years on drug charges. With no one to turn to, not even a ride back to the unpromising city of Los Angels, he turns to hit...

It was a late summer night, around the time of the year when you can feel fall in the air, and Marissa never knew that a hitch hiker would become her new best friend and...

We're not meant to give hitch hikers a ride because they could be serial killers... Right? But if we're hitch hiking, we're not meant to get a ride from someone because...

Random acts of kindness on the highway of life.

This is a very blessed band. I can feel it, and that surprises me and scares me at the same time. This gut feeling I have could either be correct or an absolute bust. I...

sam pottorff didn't know what he was doing, trying to hike to the top of the appalachian mountains alone. one wrong turn and he ends up on the highway. lost and exhauste...

Two girls go on what they plan to be an amazing summer road trip. But they happen to run into some.. unexpected.. surprises. And surprises cannot always be a good thing.

Ruby "Dilemma" McNair is remarkable. She doesn't excel in school or in any of the ways that her parents dream of, but she is, however, skilled at some things...

🏆Amby Awards Favourite 2024🏆 "Ridin' on down this ol' highway. Listen to what this Joe has seen. His story how he went astray, when he- Met the Devil on mile fift...

The Highway tells about the dangers of hitchhiking, emphasizing the effects of what happens when someone (in the poem's case, a traveling family) picks up a hitchhiker w...

James Johnson is a tenth grade boy who never had friends, he was always one to get bullied, hurt and much worse. James was very poor and his parents... Always thought of...

Hamdard : an Arabic word that translates to "sympathetic coexistence" or "companionship in adversity." It refers to someone who understands your pain...

❝Why are you on the side of the road, asking for rides?❞ ❝It gets me places faster.❞ A story in which a photographer decides to pull over and let a young, over dramati...

8086. That's the number of days Emmi Vincent has existed. 457. That's the number of days since her parents went missing. 103. That's the number of days since she found h...

A young girl faces many challenges on a long camping trip... What will come next?

by Revan Filiaexdeus This part of The First Road, an ongoing travelgoue about my experiences hitch hiking throughout the American West.