Hi, my name is Nick Armbrister. I'm from Manchester, England. I've been writing since April 1996 and published since Nov 96. Very much part of the late 90s 'small press' writing scene, published in mags, 'zines, anthologies and later in the 00s, online and in my own books. I've worked for an American publisher before but left due to editing issues. Self published a hundred books under Nick Armbrister and my pen name Jimmy Boom Semtex. My variety of work is huge. I've written with a wide variety of poets/authors. Love to be creative, like hiking and high ground and also love tattoos and aeroplanes. My books are on the usual sites though my Jimmy Boom Semtex books are banned on Apple/iBooks/iTunes due to adult erotic content. Get those in rival sites like Amazon.
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Saturday, 30 May 2020
my short bio
Hi, my name is Nick Armbrister. I'm from Manchester, England. I've been writing since April 1996 and published since Nov 96. Very much part of the late 90s 'small press' writing scene, published in mags, 'zines, anthologies and later in the 00s, online and in my own books. I've worked for an American publisher before but left due to editing issues. Self published a hundred books under Nick Armbrister and my pen name Jimmy Boom Semtex. My variety of work is huge. I've written with a wide variety of poets/authors. Love to be creative, like hiking and high ground and also love tattoos and aeroplanes. My books are on the usual sites though my Jimmy Boom Semtex books are banned on Apple/iBooks/iTunes due to adult erotic content. Get those in rival sites like Amazon.
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Nick's world of writing
about me
Author, writer, poet, aviation enthusiast, reading, writing, gothic/alternative/heavy metal music fan, gig lover, films, nature, outdoor enthusiast/hiker, a lover not a fighter, tattooist/tattoo collector and pagan. I'm working on full coverage and more ink to follow. I love good ink on gals. I love goths, witches, indie chicks, metal heads, artists, teachers and singers. I'm never bored due to my interests esp writing, being into planes and my love of getting tattooed. I'm a published poet since 1996 in the poetry scene, small press. In zines, mags, collections, in books. I have some books out on good sites like amazon and itunes. My books by NICK ARMBRISTER or my pen name JIMMY BOOM SEMTEX.
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My books/ebooks can be bought online.
You can order my old skool books instore at good bookshops like WH Smiths and Waterstones all you need is the title and my author name of NICK ARMBRISTER.
Nick has worked with other writers like Andy N, Mel Grobler, PJ Reed, Saurabh Pant, Shy Lhen Esposo and others on joint poetry books/poems.
If you have any questions ask me and I'll get back to you.
A REVIEW OF MY DARK POETRY/SHORT STORIES! War. The mind of Nick Armbrister is a mind of war. War everyday. Every breath. Every sentence. His work is dark and real. Poetry that is not for pussies. It is verse for those who want the truth about the human mind. The disease, the despair, the carnage filled hell that is life. Armbrister pulls you deeper into his world with every word and you will be changed. He will leave you ready for war even in times of peace. The citizens of London , Manchester England better watch their asses because Nick is on the loose and he doesn't give a shit about writing stuff that is commercial. All he cares about is pain, suffering, crazed humanity, and about getting down in the trenches and pistol-whipping his readers with devastating blows of reality. Reality that this world has lost. But not for long. Read Nick Armbrister and prepare for Armageddon. ---Andrew C. Zinn author of The Truth Behind The Eyes.
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I'm just me a goth/alternative guy who loves writing since 1996 been published in the small press, poetry scene. Did my own anthologies of poetry+short stories. Done 2 mystical novels, now do ebooks in erotica/romance. I'm a very versatile writer who is widely regarded as the best in Oldham of his generation and one of the most talented in the Greater Nanchester/Lancashire area. This is backed up by continuous publishing in the small press from being in DJ Tyrer's series of magazines on Atlantean Publishing (Southend, Essex) to appearing in the critically acclaimed Earth Love nature zines to many other lesser known places. Over the years appearances in poetry anthology books like the series run by Select Publications (Tilbury, Essex) to other collections. Nick appeared online rather late but a few of his poems made it onto several sites including DJ Tyrer's and other ones. Please make up your own mind on nick's mad creativity. One day he wants to find his old aircraft art and release a full size picture book of his rare lost early art when he finds it. I luv tats+collect them lol see my pics. I luv planes very much, since 1981 my dad's influence. been into goth music since the late 80s. I read Sven Hassel since mid 80s and Liz Hand since early 90s both got me into writing theyre the best. I'm alternative, luv anything goth, pagan, magical etc and luv history, mountains, like my country, like interesting, creative+fun people. Like many alternative people im different, often misunderstood coz of what I like, I've got issues like anyone else. I have lots to write about lol my head is a tv! I tolerate other religions but won't be preached to. I luv weapons like missiles, jets, lasers, stories on ufos+secret planes that don't exist but I equally believe in the power of world peace and patience to overcome differences. I like beer, red wine, vodka. I luv sexy goth gals with bare legs+pale faces. I like life. I luv dark clear evenings and nature when she is wild. Below is a list of my books click the links to view them you can order them online or in good bookshops. My books are written under my name of Nick Armbrister.
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2011 NICK ARMBRISTER OFFICIAL WRITING BIOGRAPHY Nick Armbrister (Nicholas Arthur Armbrister) is an English writer, born in Oldham, Lancashire, England in 1971. He is best known for his poetry and short stories published since 1996 in the “small press,” his own self published collection of books, which include the poetry volumes “Fade into Focus, Focus into Fade” (2006), “Skeward Images” (2007) and “Her Name is Hope – Life Force” (2008). A collection of short stories “A Nation in Flames” (2007) brings his early work together. A collection of his aviation based poetry was released in 2009 on lulu, “Aeroplane Poems.” Nick moved into fiction writing, completing two novels in his “Juniper’s Daughter” series, these included “Juniper’s Daughter” and the follow up “Juniper’s Daughter – Frontier Town” (both released 2011). Early Life Born in a working class town Oldham, north of Manchester, Nick left school in 1987 and went into college and into several varied jobs ranging from motor vehicle repair, bakery work to fork lift truck driving. His early aspirations to join the Royal Air Force came to nothing. As a child Nick wanted to join the RAF due to his love of aviation and planes but he was put off by the strict discipline. For most of his life Nick lived in and around Oldham where he worked and started writing, his writing stemming from his love of music and reading. Growing up in the latter years of the cold war shaped Nick and he gained a strong interest in aviation and military history. Along with his love of music of that era formed his journey into writing. For a few brief years Nick made plastic model aeroplane kits and drew aircraft drawings on his path to creativity that would eventually stop in his writing. He is an only child. Writing Career He tried to join a band but couldn’t sing or play any instrument. He follows music like gothic bands of the 1980s like The Mission, All About Eve, The Cult, The Sisters of Mercy and more. He also a fan of 80s pop like The Bangles and Berlin and some metal bands like Metallica and 80/90s metal. He got into gothic metal from Europe and Scandinavia in 2001 when a penpal sent him a tape of The Gathering and Lacuna Coil. Nick has tattoos of these two bands and some other band names and other tattoos. All of this inspires his writing and feature in some of his poems. He has seen many gigs live and this inspires his poetry too. Nick started writing poetry in April 1996 while listening to Goth and metal music at an old friends’ flat while getting drunk. Each Wednesday Nick went and drank beer, listened to music and created his very early work. He did up to eight short poems or a few longer ones and took a chance in sending them off to get them published. If he failed and none were accepted, he would of quit writing. But one was accepted in an early issue of an Alanis Morrissette fanzine called The Pill, Nick’s poem was called “Ode to Alanis”. Other poems were published in the “small press” (poetry scene) in a selection of magazines like pagan magazine Ace of Rods (his long poem in verse “The Dark Tower”). Nick had poetry included in a variety of poem anthology books featuring various poets. His first was called “Through my Eyes” in a Poetry Today book called “Rivers and Bridges” in 1997, more followed. Different subject matter in Nick’s poems appeared in collections by the Poetry Guild and in up to half a dozen books by the Select Publications of Tilbury, Essex. Nick appeared in these in the late 90s with up to two poems in a single book (e.g. “The Road” and “Mustiness”). From 2001 Nick was published in DJ Tyrer’s series of magazines (Atlantean Publishing), appearing in The Supplement, Awen, Bard, Garbag and Monomyth. Several dozen of his poems on much subject matter have been published up to 2008. Also several short stories appeared in Monomyth which is a short story magazine edited by DJ Tyrer. Two examples of Nick’s stories are themed around the Cold War like “Red Empire” and “Final Flight”. Nick’s only piece to be published in Oldham was called “Kahlia Akasha” this was in a short story collection book about Oldham titled “Big Sky, New Light” and was published in 2004. Nick was in the local newspaper called the Advertiser. His story was about an aeroplane. Nick moved from Oldham in December 2005 to the Essex/London area to further his writing career and to compile his writing anthologies, his first four volumes. This he did until his return to Oldham in late 2008 where Nick continuously writes. His first three self published books are with iuniverse of America. The first two are poetry collections “Fade into Focus, Focus into Fade” and “Skeward Images.” This was his early poetry. A short story collection followed titled “A Nation in Flames”; this comprised his stories on war, planes, Goth, horror and more. Nick compiled a further third volume of poetry under the title of “Her Name is Hope – Lifeforce”. This contains the rest of his poetry from 1996-2008 that never made his first two poem books and is published by lulu. Nick was invited to do spoken word performances and work with a guitarist/band on his poems performing in front of a live audience. This he did in The Abbey pub and also The Gardeners pub in Oldham in 2009. Nick worked briefly with an American ebook publisher before parting ways for professional reasons. Nick did a spoken word album called She Flies, it's on reverbnation.
Nick continues to write his varied poetry and stories to this day, 2017. His work is as unique and as alternative as ever.
Tea Time Theatrics – Erotic Scenes from Juniper’s Daughter: The Final War Nick Armbrister
Tea Time Theatrics – Erotic Scenes from Juniper’s
Daughter: The Final War
Nick Armbrister
“My dear Lee, it was only a bit of fun,
nothing more. Don’t worry about it,” she said soothing him.
“I did enjoy it but I feel so odd about it
now, I just don’t want it to cause problems,” he said.
“No it won’t cause any problems Lee, believe
me, not with anyone including you. It was okay to have some fun, really.”
“I just wondered… I’m fine if you say that
then, I do believe you Sarah.”
“One last party before the war! You know
what it’s like in our game, we always live on borrowed time and must live for
the moment. Look at our times in the civil war against the Welsh, we partied
like fuck then but fucked other people, not each other. This time is different,
even special…” Sarah commented, ending their conversation.
Lee wondered what she meant on the last
battle thing, whom would this be with? The English army? He guessed so; recent
events will cause some sort of reaction. An army attack would be just that
reaction, for which they had to be ready and this was what they had tried to
prepare for with provisions like food, water, first aid, weapons, ammo etc. Thinking
about it, Lee was okay with the sex. A little embarrassed, if he thought deeply
about it but relieved that no feelings from him would upset the small group.
Lee left to have a piss.
Sarah finished her cigar and stubbed it out
in the dirty sink. She went to look for something to eat and a beer.
John awoke from his slumber jerkily and
surreally, standing up with difficulty. Slowly he stumbled round the garden
looking for his clothes. Out of the corner of her eye Sarah saw him and tried
not to look. He found them, dressed in the damp smelly clothes and came to join
Sarah.
“Hi Sarah how are you?”
“I’m okay big guy. Hell, you smell, you need
a shower!”
“Is that an offer my dear?”
“Erm… no not just now, one day maybe?” Sarah
teased dangling John a length of string. He left to take a piss.
Red and Gun Barrel joined the lady of the
night, acting shifty, unsure of how to act. Its not every night you get to make
love to your best female friend, is it? Sarah had a little talk with the boys
to smooth their delicate schoolboy feelings over and then she called Lee and
John in to join the small crowd.
***
Erotic Times 2
The door opened and a light came on, jerking
Sarah awake. She twitched and screamed in shock, unsure of anything, the light
on the back of the door darted around her watery unfocused eyes. Why was it
there and not on the ceiling? How odd.
Captain Alun Cook stood in the doorway with
two armed soldiers. He ordered them to leave, came in and shut the door; he
carried something – a bucket.
Water? I need a drink Sarah thought, is it
for me? A small army satchel balanced out the bucket, what was it for?
He walked over to where Sarah was on the
floor, alone and defenceless. Placing the items down, he knelt beside her and
looked at her with his deep evil crystal like eyes.
She recognised him for whom and what he was
right then and backed away to the corner.
He remained still for ten long minutes
looking at her, this lovely young lady before him. He smiled and laughed the
laugh of a mad man. He grabbed Sarah’s arm and she tried to slap him, he
blocked this dragging her towards him, closer and closer until a finger
thickness parted their faces.
She shut her eyes. He kissed her, she bit
him hard and tasted blood. He slapped her, bit her back. She cried but this
encouraged him more, animal noises came from his chest, as he took off his
uniform then placed it neatly on the floor. He wasn’t naked; he wore a pink
short summer dress and red tights and suspenders. Sarah screamed. This couldn’t
be happening! No fuckin’ way!
A bulge appeared in Captain Cocksucker’s
crotch making the pretty summer dress look wrong. He approached Sarah, picked
her up, slapped her when she wouldn’t stand, forcibly stripped her ripping and
tearing her clothes off. Her dirty sweaty body drove him crazy. He ripped off
her underwear and smelt it, jumped up and down buzzing like fuck.
Reaching for the bucket he got a wet sponge
and wiped Sarah’s pussy, before putting two fingers up. Pushing her to the
floor he finger fucked her to get her moist, her body hungrily wanted him as
she went into shock, another finger up her tight cunt made her bleed before she
came.
A really hard big penis twitched in
anticipation, he inserted this up her hungry pussy and raped her, making animal
noises while thrusting all the way up her and shot his spunk into her most
private place. His orgasm made him go insane, his nails clawed her face, tits,
legs and arms, unleashing blood from many wicked wounds. Cocksucker had the
nails of a woman and raping instinct of a psychopath.
Withdrawing his penis, he wiped it on the
sponge and opened his satchel, taking out an old Polaroid camera. Clicking it
on, he took 36 photos of the delirious girl before him at all angles; sordid
dirty perverted images for his men. They could share in the taste of victory
and celebrate the culture of the English army. Sarah was the six hundred and
fifty ninth bitch he had raped. He didn’t keep count of the men he raped it
wasn’t good sportsmanship. As each pic whirred out of the camera he let it dry
and placed it in a folder he got from the satchel. Opening the door he gave the
folder of porn to one of the waiting soldiers so he could take it to his mates
and have a laugh.
Taking a thirty millimetre cannon shell from
the satchel, he wiped it with the sponge and opened Sarah’s legs, stroking her
smooth milky white thighs before putting the shell slowly up her cunt. Just an
inch to relax her pussy, gently in and out, fucking her with the shell, further
up until the six inch length was all the way up, to the brass shell case. He
turned it round and played with her clitoris to make her cum, her body moaned
and bucked like a row boat in a summer storm, she arched her back and came.
He matched her movements with gentle thrusts
of the shell, the best dildo she ever had. This made Cocksucker hard again. He
wanked his cock with one hand as the other used the shell to fuck Sarah
senseless. He spunked up on her left leg, wiping it in like massage oil and
onto her open lips. She tried to bite him but he slapped her and mounted her
and held her tight, rubbing his cock on her thighs, on the shell still up her
cunt and onto her toned belly.
Over the next three
weeks she nursed the exhausted lad back to health, using her skills recently
taught by her Mother. She had never cared for another person before or been
responsible for their sole well being. She managed okay, bringing the boy fresh
water in newly broken coconut shells, along with fish she caught in the ocean
with hand made nets. Juniper’s Daughter cooked the fish on a small fire,
started by rubbing small bits of wood together, almost magic in the oldest
survival skill of them all.
He spoke a foreign language that she didn’t
understand a form of Polynesian but she understood his emotions and formed a
strong empathic link with him. She ventured into his mind when he was asleep to
learn more about him, where he was from and what he liked to do. Only when he
awoke, startled as if woken from a bad dream did Juniper’s Daughter stop this
mind prowl. It was done without his permission but how could she ask questions,
if he spoke a foreign language? She knew enough anyhow. She wasn’t entirely
happy with this new knowledge; later this would cause problems with severe
consequences.
He looked at her regularly, his eyes
ravishing her perfect body for she never wore clothes and never needed to. He
looked away when she met his gaze, a little ashamed but not embarrassed. Slowly
she moved over to him, not to startle him or be too dominant, she smiled and
reached out to hold his hand. He allowed this and together they embraced to
kiss. His lips met hers and her tongue probed his and he tried to pull away,
not sure of this. Never kissing like this before, she soothed him and taught
him. Soon he didn’t want it to end, he was a fast learner.
Her naked body was next to his tanned self
and she removed his animal skin to reveal his erect penis, all ten inches of
it. Moving position, she kissed his body all over, down his sweat soaked chest
enjoying his taste and smell, right down to his most secret area. Licking the
tip of his penis, she swirled her tongue on it and low moans came from him, she
took his cock into her mouth and sucked him dry, his cum exploding into her
mouth. She swallowed it and continued to suck him, making him have a second
orgasm as his body bucked and jerked like the innocent boy he was, until she
mounted him to make love to him.
He had made love five times before, she knew
from his mind but only with simple girls, not with anyone like her, she was the
best. She took his innocence as he took her virginity of her lovely serene
body; she had lived one thousand times before so she was the font of all
knowledge passed down through the generations.
Juniper’s Daughter still had to get used to
this body, she loved the tightness of her own vagina, she loved the way his
huge cock broke her virginal hymen skin, the way it bled and how tight it felt.
He loved her screams as her fanny got used
to his huge member, how the blood lubricated it until his cum claimed her, she
was his and he was hers. She would never let him leave.
Later they slept, arm in arm intertwined
like the loves they were. Moans came from his body, not of pleasure but of
discomfort, something was wrong, this awoke her and she wanted to know what
troubled her precious lover. This concerned her; she delicately intruded into
his mind, like a waft of fresh air hardly noticeable in amongst the summer
breeze. She was in for a shock.
Cold War Strange Erotic Times Nick Armbrister sample
Cold War Strange Erotic Times
Nick Armbrister
Cool Sky Girl
Diane flew her updated Northrop
F-20 Tigershark. She had just shot down three of the vaunted Sukhoi Su-35 Super
Flankers. Easy as taking sweets off a
baby. This updated Tigershark is awesome. The Asian Babes sure got it right.
Best 'shark ever.
NATO had fielded the best warplane ever built. Admittedly, it was an
improvement over the earlier F-20 models, of which ten thousand were built in
four versions. Versions five and six were perfect. Hundreds had already been
made and thousands more ordered. America/NATO would clear the enemy Neo Soviet jets
from the sky.
Suddenly Diane's threat warning gear beeped and an audio voice chimed in
her headphones, Enemy jet spotted... It
gave the heading, speed and altitude. A few seconds later, the type: another
Su-35. The target indication appeared on her Helmet Mounted Sight when she
turned her head and also her wide angle radar's scope. Then, turning her jet,
it appeared on her Head Up Display. She increased power and felt her plane
surge forward, powered onwards to battle by an F414 EPE engine. The computer armed
the remaining missiles and Diane monitored it. Perfect, saved me several seconds selecting BVR missiles just then.
Good, good, good...
"Here we go mother fucker. Hammer time," Diane commented,
moving her Helmet Sight in perfect alignment with her enemy. "Fox
Three!" A single fire and forget radar guided Meteor missile was on the
way. She violently turned away from her enemy and dropped chaff and flares to
decoy any enemy missiles; there were none. Her digital jammer wasn't even
needed. In seventeen seconds, the Neo Soviet Super Flanker ceased to exist.
"Oh suck me dry..."
"Yes. I will comply and suck you dry."
Five minutes flew by and then Denis shot his load. Fiona sucked him dry,
licked his cock and balls clean. When she had finished, there wasn't a drop of
spunk anywhere. She would reprocess his semen and use it for fuel in her energy
cell.
"Fiona, stand facing the nuclear bomb and bend over. I'll fuck you
from behind." Denis wanked his cock to keep it hard. The robot took up
position and lifted up her long black skirt. She wore virgin white panties.
"I'm ready to be fucked from behind," she said.
"Good girl. Remove your panties."
"Yes. I will remove my panties." Fiona did so and put them
neatly on top of the nuke.
Denis angled his cock and entered her from the rear. He began thrusting
away and said more rude things. These included impossible sex acts with nuclear
weapons and other unprintable words.
Choo Choo Train
Special
A favourite place for
hookers was the siding by the tracks. It was secluded and private. Nobody went
there because of the danger of trains. If you were careful it was fine and law
enforcement kept away. Different hookers worked at different parts of the line.
Some picked up clients at the train stations; others plied their trade in the
nearby towns or supermarket car parks. Most came here for sex. A local
businessman had even installed Used Condom Collection Bins to limit the mess
and limit any STD spread. Was the businessman one of the clients? Nobody knew
nor his name. He was also rumoured to fund discreet civilian ‘protection’
patrols to watch over the girls and clients. A crime and fear free atmosphere
was a must. Passing trains were hardly noticed as the raunchy acts occurred.
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Tea Time Theatrics – Erotic Scenes From Juniper’s Daughter: The Final War
Tea Time Theatrics – Erotic Scenes from Juniper’s Daughter: The Final War by Nick Armbrister features the erotic/adult scenes from Nick Armbrister's highly acclaimed first novel Juniper’s Daughter: The Final War. The main characters are John, Lee and Sarah plus Juniper's Daughter. A dangerous antagonist, Captain Alun Cook of the English Army has a pivotal role. Read all about the ex freedom fighters getting it on and relaxing. Other more dangerous scenes are included. Watch out for the follow up collection.
Cold War Strange Erotic Times
Nick Armbrister has put together a collection of erotic stories set in the Cold War and 21st Century. Love, sex, tattoos, weapons, conflict all feature here. From soldiers to weapon factory workers, via the national leaders, it is all here. Everybody makes love especially in war. Other stories feature tattoos. Watch out for volume 2 and 3 in this series.
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Cold War Strange Erotic Times and Tea Time Theatrics – Erotic Scenes From Juniper’s Daughter: The Final War By Nick Armbrister
Cold War Strange Erotic Times
Nick Armbrister has put together a collection of erotic stories set in the Cold War and 21st Century. Love, sex, tattoos, weapons, conflict all feature here. From soldiers to weapon factory workers, via the national leaders, it is all here. Everybody makes love especially in war. Other stories feature tattoos. Watch out for volume 2 and 3 in this series.
Tea Time Theatrics – Erotic Scenes From Juniper’s Daughter: The Final War
Tea Time Theatrics – Erotic Scenes from Juniper’s Daughter: The Final War by Nick Armbrister features the erotic/adult scenes from Nick Armbrister's highly acclaimed first novel Juniper’s Daughter: The Final War. The main characters are John, Lee and Sarah plus Juniper's Daughter. A dangerous antagonist, Captain Alun Cook of the English Army has a pivotal role. Read all about the ex freedom fighters getting it on and relaxing. Other more dangerous scenes are included. Watch out for the follow up collection.
Saturday, 23 May 2020
Aurora's Night Jimmy Boom Semtex
Aurora's Night
Jimmy Boom Semtex
Aurora's Night
That night in the bar
was THE night. It stayed with me. We were having a lad's night. The usual
stuff.A load of Buds, shooting pool, eating burgers, listening to Rock n Roll
and dancing with girls. I was 23 years old. A graduate from MIT and Caltech. I
got a job at Lockheed's Skunk Works1. They made them all: U-2,
SR-71, F-104, C-130 and a few secret ones. All were cool. In-between pool,
beer, burgers, gals and my mates, I made a paper plane. I was bored! It flew
over the bar for sixty feet. My mate watched it.
"Hey bro.You
should enter that paper plane competition. It's next week. There's free beer.
Be warned though. Some teams there take it very seriously."
I drank my beer and
thought. Why not? It's about planes and
there's free beer. Cool. I could even win!
"Why not? It
sounds fun. I love a good competition..."
***
The week later, I
entered the comp and won! Can you believe it? Me, the winner with my small
paper plane. The more experienced 'teams' weren't impressed! Did they know I
was a 'Skunk'? Working for Kelly Johnson's world famous Skunk Works. I bet they
did.
***
One week after that,
I was called into the boss' office. Why? Had I screwed up my job? Had a jet
crashed? No, I'm too good. Why then? Did I talk when pissed when I was in bed
with Sally? The hot bar girl I met. You should have seen her legs. Went on
forever! No. The boss read me like a plane book!
"Relax son. I've
a job for you, if you want it. You know how we work here. Hush hush. I heard
about your paper plane win. Well done. Listen... build us a plane. The coolest
plane ever built. You up for it?"
I nodded.
"Build us a
Blackbird replacement. She needs replacing."
"Wow!" I
exclaimed. "I'll do it."
"It needs to be
twice as fast, fly twice as far unrefueled and twenty five percent higher. We've
got a new engine design team. They're good. They made an engine. We call it the
'Donut'. You'll see why when we test it. It's new..."
I drank my coffee
that my boss' secretary gave me. It was good. You should try it. I looked at
the desktop plane models of his: U-2, SR-71, F-104, C-130 and the other secret
ones. Wow! Wish I could tell my mum.
She's gone. A nasty bout of cancer last year. Things aren't the same now...
"Glad you're on
the team."
"Yes,
thanks." My plane will be cool. And stealthy, that's the new buzzword
round here. Invisible to radar. But she won't 'exist' in the real world. How
sad. No civilians will ever see her, love her, wanna fly her. Only her pilots.
We don't exist here. We are ghosts. My boss told me this, again and again. I
nodded.
He stated, "Call
her 'Aurora.'"
I nodded again and
said the word, "Aurora.A pretty name."
"Yes, it is. Design
me the plane. We have the engine. It's Pulse Detonation. Uses methane.Same
things that cows make. It must also look cool. The coolest plane ever built.
Like our Blackbird."
"Cows?Methane?
All right... I've just the design..." And I had. You know which one.
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