Barely South Review, the literary journal of Old Dominion University’s Creative Writing program, recently published Storey Clayton’s “Cars with Strangers,” an excerpt from his ridesharing memoir Driving for U: Behind the Wheel of a New Orleans Uber. While the print copy of the work was available three months ago, the story was published online within the last 48 hours.

The ninth Uber excerpt and tenth short nonfiction work of Storey’s to be published since October, this essay connects Storey’s time driving for Uber to a late-night ride offered to a stranger at Waffle House, his own first Uber ride, and the infamous milk carton kids of the 1980s.

Special thanks to Shayne Clark and his team at Barely South for selecting this work!