Who Made Stevie Crye? by Michael Bishop

Author:Michael Bishop [Bishop, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, science fiction, General
Publisher: Fairwood Press
Published: 2012-11-30T05:00:00+00:00

“Ladybug, Ladybug,

Fly away home.

Your house is on fire,

And your children will burn.”

“Oh, God,” said Stevie. “That’s the Exceleriter. That’s the Exceleriter talking through your machine. I’ve got to go.” She cinched her car coat about her waist and banged her shoulder into the piano trying to get around it. “If anything’s happened to Teddy and Marella, I’ll kill myself.” Clutching her shoulder, she ricocheted around the upright to the door. “That’s not an idle threat, Sister. I mean it. Dear God, I’ve let them down again. I’ll . . . I’ll kill myself.”

Stolid in her chemise, Sister Celestial appeared beside the piano. “Your friend’s taking care of your children, Stevie. They’re all right. That machine’s having you on.”

“My house is on fire, Sister. My children will burn.” Stevie yanked the inner storm door open and pushed the outer pine-panel door into the cold. Beside Highway 27, the Sister’s winking signboard played its colors across the ebony sheen of the asphalt. “Thank you for listening. I’ve got to go. It’s my kids—my darling kids.”

She stumbled off the porch and over the buried stepping-stones to the makeshift parking lot where her van awaited.

“Drive careful!” the Sister shouted after her. “You drive careful ’cause I’m gonna call you, child! I’m gonna call you!”

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