Light Remains: Three Stories by Fuller A.C

Author:Fuller, A.C. [Fuller, A.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A.C. Fuller Books
Published: 2017-04-06T22:00:00+00:00

The Last Day on Earth of Zelta Jones, Starwoman

The grits was good and smooth that mornin'. And the grease from the bacon was slickin' up the griddle for the eggs. Customers love bacony eggs.

I stood half-frozen, watchin' the yolks harden on a pair of over-mediums and listenin' to the crackles and sizzles and splutters.

Mr. Malcolm shouted across the kitchen, "Ella, quit starin' at them damn yolks. Last table of the shift and they been waitin' ten minutes."

I glanced up and evil-eyed Mr. Malcolm. He was an angular and bony man, probably weighed half of what Peg weighed. She was standin' next to him by the door that led into the dinin' room, smilin' at Mr. Malcolm and smackin' her gum like always. I think the two of them might have been doin' things together in the walk-in after shifts, but that was none of my business.

I said, "Just a minute on them eggs, Mr. Malcolm."

"That yolk ain't the sun, ya know." Mr. Malcolm slapped an ashy hand on Peg's wide back and pointed at me. "Maybe if she focuses real hard she'll land on Mars or somethin'."

Peg laughed and they both walked into the dinin' room. Before the door swung closed all the way, I heard Mr. Malcolm talkin' to a customer, "Sorry for the wait. You know how Biscuit Hands is."

I'd heard it all before, so I just flipped the eggs.

Peg and Malcolm and the rest of them could make fun all they wanted. The thing you humans don't get about space travel is that you've already done it. And I don't mean the silly ships y'all took to the moon. I mean bodies of light movin' across the universe. Truth is, it happens all the time, and most of y'all reading this could do it if you wanted. You just can't remember how, and that's why I got sent here.

To remind you.

You might wonder why I didn't get sent to some big city full of universities and Yankees and Liberals. If you're gonna send someone to teach humans about space travel, why choose Blue Mountain, Alabama, population 485?

Truth is, I don't know. They'll never admit it back home, but I think it mighta been a screw-up. Maybe someone heard the name Blue Mountain and thought it sounded nice. Where I'm from, the billions of stars look like a blue mountain with red and white specs all around, just sparklin' in the sky. So maybe it was that. Or maybe it's 'cause my boss is sweet on me and he knew I would like southern cookin'. I'll ask him when I get back, but I don't think he'll tell me.

Nothing against Blue Mountain. It's a nice enough little town. We got one road, two stores, and a diner. But 'round here people only care about family and Alabama football, so you can see why it was hard to get them to understand when I started tellin' them about space travel. Folks here are too ignorant to be learned anything about what they are.

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