Two (and a half) Short Stories Based on Themes from the Music of the Tragically Hip. (You don’t need to know the music.) Locked in the Trunk of a Car, 1st variation A man wakes to find himself a kidnap victim, marked for death. Only his kidnapper, and his own gift for gab, can save him. The Darkest One Two friends play a dangerous game: how could they overthrow a government? Locked in the Trunk of Car, 2nd variation The thoughts of a dead man. Or is he?