Sorry for missing a post or two back there. Let’s get back to the stories.
The Stunt Pilot
Engine failure and the aircraft crashes to Earth. Conrad suffers multiple fractures.
“The force of compression shattered vertebrae,” the surgeon explains. “You’ve lost three inches. I’m sorry.”
Conrad examines the X-ray. “You think anyone will notice the difference?”
His wife kneels and rolls the cuffs of his faded jeans.
-Angel Zapata
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Angel Zapata was born in NYC, but currently resides just outside of Augusta, Georgia. Some of his flash fiction and poetry has appeared or is forthcoming on Flash Me Magazine, Doorknobs & Bodypaint, Every Day Fiction, Every Day Poets, Membra Disjecta and Flashes in the Dark. He is husband to his blond goddess and father of four boys obsessed with all things ninja. Please visit his blog at: http://www.myspace.com/angeldzapata
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