Gabe Gomez hears some bad news on his packed flight. The nation's deranged leader has settled into his permanent position by orchestrating one of those battle royales that used to happen only in books, movies, and sadists' daydreams. Now scores of passengers are in for a turbulent ride till it's the last man standing, and with no help to be found in their carry-ons. The Gladiator Flight has reached bruising altitude.
Gabe enters the fray wielding nothing but his wits. Good thing the only weapon allowed on airplanes is also the deadliest. Matthew Atkinson brings you a high-flying barnburner from the SHORT STORY collection, This Fist, a claustrophobic melee of first-class supersonic chaos. The fasten-seatbelt sign is ON.
Gabe Gomez hears some bad news on his packed flight. The nation's deranged leader has settled into his permanent position by orchestrating one of those battle royales that used to happen only in books, movies, and sadists' daydreams. Now scores of passengers are in for a turbulent ride till it's the last man standing, and with no help to be found in their carry-ons. The Gladiator Flight has reached bruising altitude.
Gabe enters the fray wielding nothing but his wits. Good thing the only weapon allowed on airplanes is also the deadliest. Matthew Atkinson brings you a high-flying barnburner from the SHORT STORY collection, This Fist, a claustrophobic melee of first-class supersonic chaos. The fasten-seatbelt sign is ON.