Are We Alone? & A Drabble

Like me, many of you reading this have looked up at the stars in the night sky and wondered. Is there intelligent life on a planet surrounding one of those stars gazing up at the night sky just like me? Maybe looking at our sun. Rather than attempt to summarize all that has been written about the odds of intelligent life besides our own in the universe, I will simply show a drabble of mine that was published a few years ago. Incidentally, a drabble is a story of about or exactly 100 words.

 

The Significant Event

 

The teen gazed at the icy points filling the night sky. So many stars meant countless planetary systems. He knew in his lifetime intelligent beings from other worlds would be discovered.

One of the stars grew noticeably brighter. Twisting his head, he stared at the light as it grew into a disc. He jumped to his feet, the object approaching at an incredible rate.

Rafordy’s head poked through the hatchway and looked down at the landing pad. Seeing the tips of four alien limbs jutting out from underneath it, he said, “They’re not going to like this back at Houston.”

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