Cirocco Dunlap, “Uber Reviews for Charon, Boatman of Hades” (2014)

“SERVING HADES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
127 Fields of Punishment Ave.

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KAREN T.
He arrived on time, so three stars for that. But he was not very fun. I said, ‘Hey, Charon,’ and he got offended, saying, ‘It’s pronounced “Karen.” ‘ So I was, like, ‘Oh, my God! Shut up! My name is Karen!,’ and then he rolled his burning fire-eyes and melted into the ether and left me there in the middle of the River Styx. Rude.

“✩
LISA M.
Big surprise. Yet another service that won’t take me to Brooklyn.”    —The New Yorker (December 8, 2014)