Obviously, that last line is gold. However, the rest of the stories grammar stunted my reading a bit.
“But McMurty was determined to fight till the end even if all of the others had long since succumbed”, that line in particular seemed a little wordy, for my taste, but overall, I enjoyed it!
hmm, All steel radial tires and new rims? maybe he could dent them, or if the person is driving, they could dent them after the impact. Nice twist at the end.. making him a modern-day Don Quixote.
Sorry to say, but I saw it coming from the first line. (I think I read expecting the twist these days.) Doesn’t mean I didn’t like it, though, particularly the line “the ground slick and black.”