Two humans want to search for aliens. And in the meantime, what they want passes through the Earth on its way to better places. Then a storm comes, and grim humor, and ordinary life with all its unexpected beauties.
"By the moment, by the breath, the storm grew worse. The official gusts at the airport would hit 65 mph, but we were miles south of those windsocks. My winds would crush any pedestrian 65. Standing beside fragile panes of glass, I watched full-grown trees shake and bend low and then stay low to escape the worst of the blasts. Trash cans spilled and then raced their own garbage down the middle of the street. A car drove past, dodging cans and clutter, and then with a flair for drama, one long limb from a silver maple ripped free and crashed into the street directly behind the fortunate driver."
Robert Reed is the author of many science fiction stories, some of which are set at his homestead in Nebraska.
Genre: Science Fiction
"By the moment, by the breath, the storm grew worse. The official gusts at the airport would hit 65 mph, but we were miles south of those windsocks. My winds would crush any pedestrian 65. Standing beside fragile panes of glass, I watched full-grown trees shake and bend low and then stay low to escape the worst of the blasts. Trash cans spilled and then raced their own garbage down the middle of the street. A car drove past, dodging cans and clutter, and then with a flair for drama, one long limb from a silver maple ripped free and crashed into the street directly behind the fortunate driver."
Robert Reed is the author of many science fiction stories, some of which are set at his homestead in Nebraska.
Genre: Science Fiction
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