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Alms for the Dying; Collected Short Stories: 1991-1992
A Friendly Visit
Chapter 5 Page 17
Alms for the Dying; Collected Short Stories: 1991-1992
A Friendly Visit
Chapter 5 Page 17
For a single second, everything was still. Ron couldn't force his own mind to believe what he had just witnessed. It was inconceivable. One moment they were swilling beer on the bank of a stock pond, and the next they were being hunted by aliens from outer space.
"Mike!" he called, "Get your ass back here!"
His brother-in-law scrambled to comply. But now the tree tops were outlined in a dull red glow. The other two man-forms were floating over the trees, just above Ron.
He shouldered his weapon a second time and fired up through the branches at one of the lights. BANG! A second man-form fell, smashing through the trees and the brambles. Half-way to the ground the body came to rest, dangling from a tangle of grape vines. The man-form's light died.
Mike stumbled back into the trail opening, pushing past Ron to get deeper into cover. "Get outta my way, man! Get outta my way!"
"Mike!" he called, "Get your ass back here!"
His brother-in-law scrambled to comply. But now the tree tops were outlined in a dull red glow. The other two man-forms were floating over the trees, just above Ron.
He shouldered his weapon a second time and fired up through the branches at one of the lights. BANG! A second man-form fell, smashing through the trees and the brambles. Half-way to the ground the body came to rest, dangling from a tangle of grape vines. The man-form's light died.
Mike stumbled back into the trail opening, pushing past Ron to get deeper into cover. "Get outta my way, man! Get outta my way!"
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