Silver Mirage: A Short Story

By Kathryn Kaleigh

Pilot Jackson Smith braced himself for a crash landing. His string of bad luck had started yesterday.

 

Arabella Miller dropped to the floor. An airplane was coming right for her.

 

A plane crash right into the weirdness of Cave Creek. Right through a portal to a better place.

 

A most unusual meet-cute by best-selling author Kathryn Kaleigh.

• Language: English
• Publisher: KST Publishing
• Release date: Nov 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201195601

Kathryn Kaleigh

Kathryn Kaleigh is a bestselling romance novel and short story writer. Her writing spans from the past to the present from historical time travel fantasy novels to sweet contemporary romances. From her imaginative meet-cutes to her happily-ever-afters, her writing keeps readers coming back for more.

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Silver Mirage

Silver Mirage

A Short Story

Kathryn Kaleigh

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Silver Mirage was originally published in the

May 2021 issue of Open Ended Threat -

A Cave Creek Anthology.

SILVER MIRAGE

Copyright © 2021 by Kathryn Kaleigh

All rights reserved.

Written by Kathryn Kaleigh.

Published by KST Publishing, Inc., 2021

Cover by Skyhouse24Media

www.kathrynkaleigh.com

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

This is a work of fiction. Any names, characters, places, or incidents are products of the author’s imagination and used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual people, places, of events is purely coincidental or fictionalized.

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Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

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Chapter 1

August 11, 2021

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M ayday. Mayday. Mayday.

It was 2:00 on a hot afternoon over the desert just outside of Las Vegas. The mountains dotted with green trees to the left were in stark contrast to the brown desert.

A puddle of water floated on the horizon, always out of reach.

Jackson Smith braced himself for a crash landing.

Shortly after taking off from Las Vegas, he’d began experiencing some type of engine problem.

He’d dropped into turbulence, only for the plane to settle with blinking sensor lights.

There was a small airport up ahead and he prepared to make an unscheduled landing. Long enough to figure out the problem.

But with a few adjustments, all seemed to be under control again.

He took a deep breath and got his heart rate back within normal limits.

Seconds later, after he’d caught his breath, he saw the little lick of flame shooting out of the propeller.

He flew a brand-new state of the art Cessna Skyhawk.

This was not supposed to happen.

Mayday. Mayday. Mayday, he said again, not bothering to hide the distress in his voice.

Flames were never good.

He’d dropped off his client at the airport in Vegas, then headed out. His plan