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I’ mscared, man. It was maybe twentyfeet in diameter, perfectly flat on top, disappearing straight into the ground. one console flashes RED and BLINKS ON AND OFF with the words REMOVE CONTENTS as something is deposited in the tray. Theyweren’t even wearing clip holders for spare ammo.

Cars were strewn on either side of the dual-lane like flotsam left after the tide. He fired at the sound, and right at thatinstant I heard another shot from a Winchester, and the other rover, who’ d made it safe into the shadows,fell forward holding a big pumping hole in his chest. He was nut-brown and had deep-set eyes that seemed veiledlike a cobra’s. “ The Very Last Day of a Good Woman” (under the title “ The Last Day” ) originally appeared in Roguemagazine; copyright © 1958 by Greenleaf Publishing Company.