Heavendrome

He had adapted his airfield into an assisted-suicide business. Climate and plagues had changed everything. Most customers chose to hook their nooses to weather balloons and leave this world drifting into the sky. But loved ones objected, and they were coming. Every night, he duct-taped his revolver to his hand.

Rusty Allen is author of the debut novel Ella’s War (Vine Leaves Press 2023), and he is a career freelance writer and owner of The Writers Studio. writersstudio.com