Stories

The man stands in his front garden, the old farm house behind him. The sky is a deep orange casting a silhouette over the old farm buildings. The garden gradually blends into the crop fields and the man walks forward into the waste high crops, a worried expression on his face. Man: "Late....." The flat landscape gives an unbroken view for miles in all directions the horizon is dark and motionless in the final minutes before the sunsets. A green light flashes on the horizon followed by two more flashes of green. Suddenly the horizon is dotted in all directions with flashing green lights. Once, twice and a final third time from each. The man smiles and turns to walk back towards the old farm house. From a wider view more buildings and homes are visible of the same construction as the farm house vehicles, mostly pickups and trucks, are dotted in the yard. A man on the roof of the farm house pulls a cover over a spotlight as another stands guard with a rifle, as the res