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The Passenger

Inspired by Don Wieland's painting 
The Whisper and the Roar


Ethan Hamill
        "I'm flattered you're taking me for a ride in your new Avanti on this mountain road."      
        I'm the one who should be flattered.      
        "To the contrary.  Your car does not look like any other modern car.  It has little chrome, mostly highlights, and is even shaped differently in a downward-sloping wedge."      
        I'm still the one who should be flattered.  You do not look like any of the research scientists attending the seminar at the resort back there.      
        "Thank you.  I bet you tell that to all the women nuclear physicists."      
        No.  Just the ones as smart as you and who look-- well, you know.      
        "I've always considered my brain my most attractive feature."      
        That's because you're not a man.      
        "Well, your gender does seem to populate the seminar in greater number."      
        Uh-huh.  And to a man I do not think one of them believed me when I gave my report on the unidentified flying objects I sighted a month ago in these same mountains.      
        "Men do not have a monopoly on imagination, I'm afraid."      
        Whose imagination are you referring to-- mine or those skeptics in trousers and smocks at the lodge?      
        "I like your car's rumble."      
        Not answering my question.      
        "It's so different than the sound, the quiet, of the flying saucers you talked about."      
        A different propulsion, no doubt.      
        "And powerplant.  Solar-powered with infinitely less moving parts and complexities."      
        You sound certain of that.      
        "As certain as I can be."      
        Confidence to go along with the brains and looks.      
        "Thank you.  The mountain view brings out the best in me, I suppose."      
        And not your company?      
        "That, too."      
        Thank you.      
        "And, yes, it would be nice if the flying saucers made another appearance just at this moment."      
        How did you know I was thinking that?      
        "Quiet!  Here they come from beyond that peak."      
        How in the world--     
        "Shush.  I read your mind."
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  • Home
  • Roadmap to HEAVEN
    • Title Index >
      • .005
      • 8086
      • A Letter From Your Secretary
      • A Woman's Pride
      • Aliens or Angels?
      • Alpha Beta Traitor
      • Amy And Amy And
      • Are You Telling Me?
      • Baby Blue Sunbeam
      • Ballpark Hero
      • Barn Quilts
      • Beautiful with Braces
      • Because it Still Rains
      • Bend
      • Better
      • Better Yet
      • The Big Yellow Elopement Machine
      • Blind Date
      • Brother
      • Cadmium Gold
      • Calico Charms
      • Caramels
      • Carrie Me Back
      • Cat in the Corner Chair
      • CATCH from 13 Stories
      • Cat's Eyes
      • The Cherry Spot
      • The Closer Wins a Steak
      • Cloud
      • Coffee Shop HEARTS 2
      • Company
      • Confessional
      • Confetti
      • Cover!
      • Cover Art Gallery
      • The Dad Who Was 24-Feet Tall
      • The Day the Avanti Didn't Start
      • Days of Christmas
      • The Devil Sells His Soul
      • Double Sugar
      • The Ebullience of Being Elaina Brightman
      • Escape
      • Everybody's Teddy
      • Fall of Winter
      • Fatal Flaws
      • Final Final: The Last Newspaper
      • Forgiveness Day
      • The Girl as Good as Mozart
      • The Girl Who Never Was
      • Girl With Backpack
      • Grand Lady
      • Guardian
      • Hard-Boiled, Soft-Headed
      • The Heart of an Unknown Soldier
      • Help Wanted, Hope Needed
      • Hurt
      • I Am Afraid of My Feelings
      • I Don't Care if I Ever Come Back
      • I Will Be Leaving
      • I Wonder Where He is Now
      • In the Throes of Coca Coma
      • Jailhouse Judy
      • Jigsaw
      • Kansas City
      • The Kid Goes 0 for April
      • KISS
      • Kiss Me, Kate-Lynn
      • klick-klock
      • The Last Elevator Girl
      • Lawyer Vs. Rodeo Rider
      • Library Doors
      • Lighthouses
      • Loft in Space
      • Lookalike
      • Love Nothing Novel
      • The Lunacy and the Lace
      • Man in the Big Pajamas
      • Mermaid
      • Morning Jog
      • Mr. In-Between
      • My Brother's Science Project
      • A Nice Quiet Space
      • Nine
      • Not Fields Afar
      • The Note
      • On Briarwood Roof
      • One-Two Punch//Delivered
      • One Way Ticket
      • Out of Limelight
      • Parallel You
      • The Passenger
      • Perfect
      • Physical
      • Pitch Count
      • Polaroid Manipulations
      • Portrait of Genevieve
      • Pretty Dresses, Petty Thieves
      • Pretty, Ugly
      • Proposal
      • PurgaStories
      • Red Chair to Mars
      • Reentry
      • Return to Fine Arts
      • The Ride of a Lifetime
      • Run-Run Runaway Caboose
      • Saturday
      • Secret Game Workshop
      • Shadows
      • Signals
      • Slideshow
      • Slugger
      • The Small of Her Back
      • Southpaws
      • Spelling Bee
      • Spring of Summer
      • Starry Night
      • Stewart Survives the 7th
      • Stuntgirl
      • Stopover
      • The Stowaway
      • The Super Secret Planet Finder
      • Tail of the Lake Monster
      • Team Bus
      • Telephone
      • Tow Me
      • Turret
      • Usherette
      • Varsity
      • Veranda Nights
      • Wicked Curves
      • We
      • Where's Your Faith?
      • You
      • You Kill Me
  • Suit to Kill, Slip to Thrill
  • Prayers Answered
    • Postcards
    • Pitch Count
    • Where's Your Faith?
    • Spelling Bee
    • You Kill Me
    • Cruisin'
    • Casey's Comeback
    • Archives
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  • Parables
  • Love Stories
  • 5-Minute Stories that Last Forever
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