About the author

Joe Vannicola

<p>Ever since I can remember, I&#39;ve been in love with words whether&nbsp;written or verbal. I like the way you can use words to convey an emotion or&nbsp;a&nbsp; describe a dramatic situation. Words can conjure up&nbsp;scarey images&nbsp;or create laughter, tears, tension or even passion. Unlike movies or&nbsp;television which relies on our visual senses, the written word makes us use our minds and our God given imagination. Ah, the power of words.</p> <p>I wrote Death on Highway many years ago and based it on someone I knew&nbsp;who had been murdered under strange circumstance. For some reason, hearing about this persons death sparked the idea for this story. I basically&nbsp;took&nbsp;a handful of facts, exagerated&nbsp;and fictionalized them.</p> <p>Although based on a true incident, the folllowing story is fictional&nbsp;and the people depicted do not resemble anyone living or dead. I just thought I&#39;d put that in there in to cover my ass so nobody will try and sue me.&nbsp;</p>