{"product_id":"2940152422733","title":"Last Thursday","description":"\u003cp\u003eAutumn in New Hampshire. The air is crisp, the moonless night still. Bonnie and I tilt our chairs back against the rear deck railing and take in a brilliant celestial canopy. How can there be so many stars? Were they hung there just to remind me of my own insignificance?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA satellite hurries by overhead, scurrying like Alice’s rabbit against a grand backdrop of distant suns. Its frenzied pace seems almost comical – a Charlie Chaplin hustling among the slow moving gods and goddesses of the heavens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA meteor streaks across the sky – a thin line of sparks that disappears in the blink of an eye. Bonnie says it comes from Orion’s club. Did I really see it – or only imagine I saw it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI feel tiny, just an old man on a little back porch of a small farmhouse in a tiny town on a speck of a planet in a speck of a solar system in a speck of a galaxy remembering bits and pieces of a life of almost; almost rich, almost famous, almost brilliant – now almost done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of what I write comes from the actual people and events of my life. Every so often a piece, like this one, springs full grown from my imagination. All these works are dedicated to those who’ve loved me back – and the remaining few who might love me forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnjoy – Peter 9 Bowman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eP.S. – If you enjoy these short stories you might try my novel Armilus: It was the best of times; it was the End of Times also available on Smashwords.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter 9 Bowman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173021303024,"sku":"2940152422733","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152422733_p0.jpg?v=1764020248","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152422733","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}