THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

The villagers were staring at the sea when they noticed a comet streaking across the sky near the horizon where the sky met the deep water.  It felt like an eerie sign.  The evening primroses popped out of the darkness at their feet.  Nothing could be heard other than the sound of the waves.  One of the elderly fishermen who was gazing at the ocean mumbled, “Nothing good ever happens when a comet appears.  That’s what the old-timers used to say.”

Kayama/Godzilla/2023