SFReader 2008 Story Contest
First Place Winner
This story is the end result of an experiment, in which I was looking for a way to tell a story entirely in dialogue without being tedious. The radio format provided a means of introducing numerous characters into a conversation without straining credulity. Though the story itself is entirely a product of my imagination, the character of Mike Colavito is inspired by an actual curmudgeonly, mayor-hating Cleveland media figure–as northeastern Ohio readers will have immediately noticed–who once devoted a show to unusually-ubiquitous jet contrails. However, I can assure you that the ending of the story bears no resemblance to actual events–at least as far as I can remember…
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