Listen & Other Stories by Liam Callanan

Author:Liam Callanan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Four Way Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

A cramped passageway led to a ladder that led to a catwalk that led to the ceiling of the Hall of Flight. Decades ago, Edison, showing off, had wired the ceiling with hundreds of bulbs. From the catwalk above, the tracks of wires resembled a grim model-railroad display; from the floor beneath, where the partygoers were still mingling, it looked like what it was supposed to: the principal constellations of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

“There’s even better,” he said and led her on to a far part of the catwalk.

The zeppelin exhibit had been closed for years. Or rather, just this part. The zeppelin gondola itself was still visible from the floor below, suspended as it was from the ceiling, along with all the other historic aircraft. But invisible was this small access platform above. A series of panels discussed the history of zeppelins, the tragic polar flight of the airship Italia, the superior lift of hydrogen versus helium, the ability of some airships to receive, stow, and launch small airplanes, and the ease with which zeppelins once circumnavigated the globe.

“Look at this,” Amber said. “A glass zeppelin ashtray, for people to use onboard, with a giant bag of Hindenburg-quality hydrogen two feet above their heads.”

“Read carefully.” He found himself whispering and so drew close. “It’s an Esso ashtray. ‘Esso,’ S, O, Standard Oil. The glass isn’t brown. It’s filled with gasoline.”

“Holy shit,” she said and turned to him.

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