Billy’s mom rolled her eyes when Billy claimed the television’s closed captioning was sending him secret messages.
Such an imagination, she thought.
Next, Billy claimed his television captioning buddies wanted to visit. Billy’s mom told him he should make new friends.
“Go outside and play,” she signed.
She found Billy outside with her cell phone, texting their address, of all things. So the television friends could find them.
“You’re grounded,” she started to sign when a strange green light enveloped their house. A saucer-shaped spaceship landed in the driveway.
Billy’s mom’s gaped as Billy waved hello to his friends.
► “Don’t Ignore Your Television’s Captioning” • by Carol Scheina
► “Honeybunny and the Embroidery Witch” • by Brandon Case
► “Literally” • by Yelena Crane
► “Watch Over Me” • by Addison Smith
► “It’s Alive!” • by Kimberly Ann Smiley
Carol Scheina
is a deaf speculative fiction author whose stories appeared in publications such as Diabolical Plots, Flash Fiction Online, Escape Pod, and more, including of course Stupefying Stories. You can find more of her work at carolscheina.wordpress.com, or most recently in STUPEFYING STORIES 24.
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