Visitors examined the crumbling stadium, considering the destroyed rows of seating. So many! They wondered… Had there once been enough Earthlings to fill them?

No, they determined. It had been built to deceive, to convince visitors Earth was dangerous.

Earth had been left alone as long as the stadium stood.

Connie Taylor left California to become a commercial fisherman in Alaska. She fished salmon, crab and shrimp for twenty years before settling in Cordova to become a printer and art gallery owner. Now she’s a publisher, photographer, and author. See more at fathompublishing.com.