Gone With The Trash (excerpt)
Many years ago I proposed a collaborative writing exercise with some colleagues. I sat down and pecked out the beginning of the following scene. The collaboration mostly fell apart, but the idea did spin into something much more substantial. This starting point is now chapter four. For the complete tome, visit Gone With The Trash "Stop, Dave." "Don't call me Dave." "Sorry, Dave. I just thought you would like to know that there is a garbage scow in Sector Five." "Sector Five?" "Yes, Dave. Sector Five." "There's nothin' but asteroids and debris out there! What the hell would a garbage scow be doin' in Sector Five?" "Orbiting, Dave." "Of course it's orbiting, and stop callin' me Dave! It's Geronimo, you... you..." "I'm a Dig Tech Model Number Four Byte O'Matic, revision two-a, Dave, bu