The quietness of the voices woke me up. Not that Mom and Dad yell a lot, Not nearly like the Worzowskis across the street, But quietness is even worse. That’s when you know something serious is going on. I lay in bed and stared at the ceiling. Kathy snored in her bed across the room. The Love Is kids smiled down at her from their poster. Above me, Peter Frampton smiled from his. Oh Peter, I thought, what’s wrong? I w
“You know what they called UFO’s in ancient days? Chariots of the gods, that’s what. Your typical ancient saw something weird hurling across the sky, he assumed it was just Apollo or Sun-Ra or Odin or whoever out for a spin. Nowadays no one believes in gods, but lotsa’ folks sure believe in UFO’s from other planets. You believe in UFO’s?” Rachel believed in an evil force that
God strode purposefully into the batter’s box, tapped some dirt off His divine cleats, and positioned His bat on His broad, steely right shoulder. His powerful muscles protruded majestically through taut, ruddy skin. His imposing frame tapered like a marble column, or a California redwood, or the world’s largest skyscraper, the Sears Tower, which stood only a few miles away. And His well-hewn countenan