Columbia Eclipsed
By Mike Bozart
()
About this ebook
Agents 32 and 33 of the nebulous entity known as psecret psociety venture to Columbia (SC, USA) from Charlotte in the wee hours of a Monday morning (August 21, 2017) to take in the total solar eclipse. They chat with assorted folks on their way to a certain tavern, which will be having a viewing party. Some reptiles are observed and commented upon. Totality includes a surreal addition.
Approx. 4K words.
Read more from Mike Bozart
I-40, Wire to Wire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRooftop Horror Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOk, Roll the Dice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPowerballed Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An Orlando Saturday Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFacebook Types, A to Z Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPowerball - Soccerball Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStrange Lady of the Woods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cell Tower Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVermont Street Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Classified Ad Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hermit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Clerk Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLFC in CLT Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBoone There ~ Fun That Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharlie West Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBoxing Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bunker Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWest Portal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKron by Night Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMMC VSL, Season 1, 2022-23 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Spring Hike Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGallivanting in Galax Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPortland Portent Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Pea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Toothache Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOverheard and Overhead Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Balcony Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cipher Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOne October Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Columbia Eclipsed
Related ebooks
Columbia Eclipsed Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrinidad Head Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOverheard and Overhead Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAstonied in Astoria Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGlen Park Girl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChimney Rocked Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharlie West Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJust a Moment in Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStarring in Roanoke Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGreenville Jaunt Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCaught Wild in Cotswold Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Search for Sidle on N Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChicago Detective Jack Fallon In The Mystery Of The Egg Of Chaos Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrandfathered Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAl on Arcata Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFortunate in Fortuna Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTomorrow, It's Only a Vision: The Journey Continues Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFoxfire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLake Montonia Gaze Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTo Morrow Tomorrow Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Other Manila Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tour to the Tour Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRemains In Coyote Bog Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Quitman County Prison Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Classified Ad Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrench Diamonds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn the Gold Line Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Summer Hike Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEvery Bet’s a Sure Thing: Mac Detective Series #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Biographical/AutoFiction For You
The Other Einstein: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crow Mary: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mystery of Mrs. Christie: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Euphoria Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Post Office: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Second Mrs. Astor: A Heartbreaking Historical Novel of the Titanic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wolf Hall: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diamond Eye: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Curious Life of Elizabeth Blackwell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Carnegie's Maid: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Count of Monte Cristo Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lady Clementine: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jubilee Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Auschwitz Lullaby: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Postcard Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Her Hidden Genius: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5America's First Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Caroline: Little House, Revisited Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Confessions of Nat Turner: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Traitor's Wife: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Smallest Man: the most uplifting book of the year Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lioness of Boston: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Accidental Empress: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I, Eliza Hamilton Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Columbia Eclipsed
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Columbia Eclipsed - Mike Bozart
At 6:32 AM in the predawn of Monday, August 21st, 2017, I parked the old grey ghost (our 2005 Kia Rio hatchback) in the middle of the unexpectedly-still-vacant asphalt lot off the western end of Laurel Street in Columbia (SC, USA). There would be an eclipse-viewing event later in the adjacent Riverfront Park. Without prior notice, a middle-aged female Caucasian jogger in a USC (University of South Carolina) Gamecocks tank top passed by our front bumper. She’s certainly not lazy. Dedicated to her regimen, even in this sauna-like weather. / What discipline.
Monique (Agent 32, my adventure-loving Filipina wife) and I (Caucasian Agent 33) had left east Charlotte at 4:44 AM, as we feared a traffic jam after seeing the images from Oregon. Surprisingly, traffic wasn’t too bad on the 101-mile (163 km) trek down Interstate 77 in the dark; we had beat the stampede from points north.
We got out of the car and walked down to the trailhead, curled around the restroom buildings, and then walked onto a steel pedestrian bridge. I looked down midway across and saw a water snake slithering up the distant muddy bank of the 1891 hydroelectric canal. Should I tell Monique? No, snakes freak her out. She’ll