by Billie Jones
My mobile rings. “This is Kez, from Zoologists R Us.”
My boss’s raspy voice huffs through. “Kez, I see you’ve got it covered there.”
“How do you…”
“Google Earth. We’ve been watching you from the safety of the snake-proof bunker.”
“Oh, the bunkers. Of course.”
“Yeah, somehow you guys have managed to stop retrograde from rising, so the typhoon has completely vanished. It’s like it was never here.”
The landscape in front of me is back to normal and the heat scorches our sweaty skin. “Yeah, we made it.”
“Only problem is, you pushed it so far that the next disaster is imminent.”
“What?”
“Yeah, every two thousand and fifteen years, when mercury hits retrograde and Venus is rising, just after the super moon, spiders develop a unique ability to control the tectonic plates that make up the outer layer of the earth.”
“So? Spiders are OK.”
“No, no they’re not. Haven’t you heard of tarantula-quake?”
Holy fucking shitballs.
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Snake Typhoon
Copyright ©2014 Rebecca Raisin
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