It was Lucy Hitchcock, who lived next door. “Hi!” she said with slightly alcoholic jubilation in her voice. “Could you and Tom come over for cocktails tomorrow night? Bob just got a wonderful raise, and we’re going to celebrate.” “Congratulations,” Betsy said. “We’ll be there.” “I’ve got to call ...
The Marianas had just been invaded, and the men stood around the radio shack listening to the progress of the battle. “It won’t be long before we’re there ourselves,” they said, and glanced at each other. The wags in the crew, principally the coxswain by the name of Wortly, made jokes about it. “...
Because Sparks could not copy the fast, brief reports which Nanmak sent in Morse code to Commander GreenPat, Nathan soon took to sneaking up to the radio shack to do so. If the captain guessed that this was going on, he did not object. The whole crew was bored with the Arluk’s slow passage throug...
Sweat drenched his clothes as he turned over and coughed more painfully than ever. He’d never voluntarily leave his command … he was no hero but he was no damn malingerer either … God, his forehead felt hot. He wondered how much truth there was in the theory that said the subconscious mind ruled ...