Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Luna Escapade
    Luna Escapade
    Luna Escapade
    Ebook45 pages27 minutes

    Luna Escapade

    By Horace Brown Fyfe

    ()

    Read preview
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    Luna Escapade

    Read more from Horace Brown Fyfe

    Related to Luna Escapade

    Related ebooks

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      After “The End”

      Oct 10, 2022

      I walked down the road with a hunched back and a wet cigarette in my mouth—the fire had died a while back. My hands were tucked into the pockets of my jacket, and my hair fell over my face, limiting my sight. But I wasn’t really seeing where I was go

      10 min read

    • Article

      The Bargain

      Dec 10, 2022

      “Which one of you owns G2V3889?” Cygnus glided through a luminescent star field suspended in the center of an otherwise dark, oblong studio, then turned in a slow circle to survey the twenty Agents surrounding him. “Come on, speak up.” Vega shuddered

      16 min read

    • Article

      The talking TREMAYNES

      Aug 2, 2023

      The talking TREMAYNES
      9 min read

    • Article

      The Machine Stops

      Dec 28, 2018

      The Machine Stops
      6 min read

    • Article

      In Search Of . . .

      Mar 1, 2019

      In Search Of . . .
      7 min read

    • Article

      In Search Of . . .

      Jan 1, 2019

      In Search Of . . .
      7 min read

    • Article

      Doodlebug & Dandelion Bubble Awe

      Sep 1, 2022

      Doodlebug & Dandelion Bubble Awe
      3 min read

    • Article

      New World

      Aug 2, 2018

      New World
      2 min read

    • Article

      Hernan Diaz, Fiction

      Mar 20, 2019

      Hernan Diaz, Fiction
      2 min read

    • Article

      Waving Not Drowning

      Aug 8, 2022

      Waving Not Drowning
      6 min read

    • Article

      Your Writing Critiqued

      Jan 6, 2022

      Your Writing Critiqued
      4 min read

    • Article

      Those that Remain

      Mar 2, 2023

      Those that Remain
      6 min read

    • Article

      Everything Happens SOMEWHERE

      Jun 15, 2020

      Everything, even thought, takes place somewhere. When remembering ordinary happenings and previous conversations, most people automatically recall where they took place and at what time. If not, they may ponder, “Now, where was I?” For more important

      8 min read

    • Article

      Fitting In

      Oct 1, 2021

      Fitting In
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Dullard

      Jun 5, 2019

      The villagers of Yockenthwaite knew him as ‘Jack Dull’, ‘Jack Dolt,’ or sometimes just ‘The Dullard’. His real name was John Dullard, last in a long, illustrious line of Dullards, and a man – so they said – of quite miraculous stupidity. The kind of

      7 min read

    • Article

      Flour

      Mar 15, 2018

      The driver and I got a late start. I usually decide on these excursions the night before, but it was late in the morning when I informed the friend who was coming to visit me for the weekend that I had to cancel, it was absolutely necessary for me to

      7 min read

    • Article

      I Saw Plenty

      Jun 1, 2020

      I Saw Plenty
      6 min read

    • Article

      Summer Beach Reads

      Jan 10, 2021

      Summer Beach Reads
      7 min read

    • Article

      Doodlebug & Dandelion

      Mar 1, 2020

      Doodlebug & Dandelion
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Juggler’s Wife

      Jun 9, 2020

      The situation in itself is not unique. There was a man who hated his job and wanted a new one. There was a man who was sick of his boring job and wanted an exciting job instead. This man was depressed, but he saw a way out. He thought this way out wa

      24 min read

    • Article

      Whom He May Devour: Saving her planet would ban her from paradise.

      Jan 7, 2016

      Lydia watched Ahad play the guitar. He leaned against a boulder, eyes shut, his face positioned to catch the last warm rays of the setting sun. His long, slender fingers caressed the strings, producing a slow, haunting melody. The music almost made h

      17 min read

    • Article

      Doodlebug & Dandelion The Glimmer Fruit

      Jul 1, 2019

      Doodlebug & Dandelion The Glimmer Fruit
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Sublime Poetics of Linda Gregg

      Nov 16, 2023

      Linda Gregg was looking to model truth, that finicky thing impossible to hold in its entirety. The post The Sublime Poetics of Linda Gregg appeared first on The Millions.

      7 min read

    • Article

      Cliffhanger

      Sep 1, 2019

      Cliffhanger
      7 min read

    Reviews for Luna Escapade

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Luna Escapade - Horace Brown Fyfe

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Luna Escapade, by H. B. Fyfe

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: Luna Escapade

      Author: H. B. Fyfe

      Release Date: October 6, 2012 [EBook #40961]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LUNA ESCAPADE ***

      Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      Luna Escapade

      by H. B. Fyfe

      [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Orbit volume 1 number 2, 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

      SHE WAS JUST A CRAZY BRAT—OR WAS SHE?

      With over an hour to go before he needed to start braking for his landing on Luna, Pete Dudley sat at the controls of the rocket freighter and tried to think of anything else that needed checking after his spinning the ship. He drummed absently with the fingers of his right hand upon the buckle of the seat strap which restrained him from floating out of the padded acceleration seat.

      Let's see, tail's right out there in front. I got the angle perfect. Guess everything's okay.

      He noticed his fingers drumming, and stopped.

      Cut that out! he told himself. Get nervous now and Jack'll be sending some other vacuum on the next Mars run. There's Ericsson dead center in the screen, waiting for you to plop down beside the domes. You couldn't miss a crater that size if you tried.

      He leaned back and stared speculatively at the curving tip of the Lunar Rockies that ended in one of the largest craters on the far side of Luna. His eyes squinted slightly and there was a crease between them, as if he spent much time peering into instruments. There were deeper lines beside his mouth, but the thin lips and pointed chin neutralized that evidence of frequent smiling.

      Are we nearly there?

      Dudley's brown eyes opened so wide that the whites gleamed in the dim light from his instruments. Then he shut them tightly and

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1