Posts Tagged “365 short stories”

Continued from, Day 9. Groom Lake Kyle Johnson touched his Cessna Skycatcher down on runway one left, as instructed. A fleet of assorted vehicles had the plane surrounded before it came to a complete stop. Kyle turned to his passenger, Mark and said, “just keep calm. The worst they’ll do is escort us off base.” [...]

“You’ve got two days to get me my money, Charlie. Two days. You understand?” he said, his index finger inches away from Charlie’s nose. Stevie wasn’t a very big man, but he had a reputation. “Yeah Stevie. Yeah, I understand,” replied Charlie, his breath visible in the cold November air. Dawn was breaking on a [...]

He awoke to the blaring sound of his alarm clock. It was 6 AM. The sole thought in his head was that if he didn’t get up now, he’d fall back to sleep, miss his bus and be late for work. Alright, I’ll get up, he thought to himself. It wasn’t going to be easy. [...]

“Good morning, Mister President,” said the tall, slender man walking into the Oval Office. He was Robert C. Bayerbach, PhD, the newly appointed NASA administrator. “‘Morning, Bob. How’s NASA treating you?” “Very well, sir,” he said as he laid his briefcase on the coffee table in the middle of the room. He opened it up [...]

Continued from Day 14. When the Ghost Chases You Being a social engineer means thinking incredibly fast on your feet. The people you’re conning can be highly unpredictable so you need to be ready for anything. You need to know exactly what to say and deliver it convincingly with a rock solid poker face. Falling [...]