Apr 11, 2010
Welcome to Tales By Tom. This is the eighth installment of Tom
Cagley Sr's short shory collections entitled, “Travel At Your Own
Risk.”
Story 15: Weight and Balance.
Cue:Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone is playing in the background…
You are one of four people ---two men, two women, four strangers
----who volunteer to get off an overcrowded flight in a small
Midwestern city. The airline puts you all up at a nearby motel,
gives each a voucher for dinner and a travel voucher for a future
flight with them, boarding passes for the first plane out in the
morning to your destination.
You go to dinner together. The conversation is strained at first
but after a drink you begin to talk freely. You each tell a
story.
No one’s life will ever be the same. Everyone’s will change --- not
that night but soon.
I encourage you to provide feedback on these stories or any of the
earlier shorts by email at talesbytom@gmail.com or by voicemail at
1 206 339 5456.
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The music is a song titled "Rhapsody" by Andy Guthrie and was
supplied Music Alley from Mevio (www.musicalley.com).
Lots of great stories of your adventures... but this is my favorite.
kinda scary what could result... Interesting what did!
jfm