
CIRCLE OF FLIGHT - By Richard E. Stockham - Illustrated by Ed Emsh
In a crumbling city ruled by an all‑powerful Authority, the last two leaders of the resistance face their final night together. A husband, a daring pilot obsessed with tearing apart space‑time, has a ship ready for a reckless plunge into “hyper‑space.” His wife, a quiet scientist, has built a delicate device that would let her dissolve into the very atoms of the world, hoping to heal the broken fabric from within.
Their heated debate blurs the line between love and ideology, as each argues that the only way to save their people is to follow a divergent path. The story unfolds in a tense, claustrophobic hallway filled with distant rocket blasts, capturing the urgency of a world on the brink. Listeners are drawn into the stark contrast between grand, destructive ambition and gentle, restorative insight, setting the stage for a profound clash of visions that will determine the fate of the rebellion.
Language
en
Duration
~24 minutes (23K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Dianna Adair and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2010-06-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

A little-known mid-century science fiction writer, remembered today for short speculative tales that appeared in the 1950s and later found new life in public-domain and digital reprints.
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