The same interview. Again. Off camera, I made fists. It kept my patience.
“No. Aliens are not visiting us.”
Pause.
“The theory is that visitors would understand our technology. Ergo, a contact email address.”
Pause.
“No false positives.”
The password required confirmation through SETI.
On my computer, an alert beeped.
You’ve got mail.
~~~
Afterword
Submitted!
My entry for the Press 53: Free Monthly 53-Word Story Contest. The August prompt was “Write a 53-word story about a search.”
The story probably could be more original, more clever, more a lot of things. However, I don’t hate it and it’s a start.
Since I do not know if older prompts are kept on the website, recording it here.
This month in 1587 Elenora and Ananias Dare welcomed their daughter, Virginia, as the first child born to English parents on American soil. Little is known about the lives of these teenage parents, especially their fate as a family of three in the Lost Colony. There are still those, though, continuing to look.
Press 53: 53-Word Story Contest, downloaded 1 September 2023
Onwards!
Katherine
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