by Clarke Fountain
synopsis
A man's failure to help auto accident victims, due to his fastidiousness about getting his brand-new car bloodstained, haunts him. Because of that prissiness he didn't move swiftly enough, and the victim's car blew up before he could bring himself to help whoever was trapped inside. As time goes by, he obsesses about the accident and begins hallucinating non-existent blood stains in his car. Eventually he gets so distracted that he suffers a similar accident himself.
characteristics
- Guilt
- Dying
- Death
