Fiat Avventura User: Manual

Arjun’s mouth went dry. He remembered the manual.

The car grew cold. The shape leaned forward, and a voice like gravel mixed with Italian opera whispered directly into his left ear: fiat avventura user manual

The back seat was occupied by a shape that was the color of a faded Fiat 500. It had no face, just the suggestion of a face, like a dent in a plastic bumper. Two pinpricks of light where eyes might be. Arjun’s mouth went dry