2785.A seat on a rocket © Bruce Goodman 15 July 2023

There was no doubting that Planet Earth was on its last legs. Space rockets had been commissioned to transfer Earthlings to a newly discovered planet for the sole task of propagating the human species. Old people (those over 35) couldn’t enter the lottery draw for a place on a craft. Several billion eligible contestants were to miss out. In fact only two hundred thousand were selected to fill seats to the new venture. In an extraordinary coincidence, every politician was selected – even the old ones. Names had been drawn at random out of a hat. Honestly, you wouldn’t read about it. Who would believe that a coincidence like that could happen? But that’s not the end of this strange piece of history. With the politicians gone, Planet Earth managed to survive and flourish. But the space crafts were sucked into an eternally spiralling vortex that had no time. Enmity and hatred between the travelling political factions is destined to last for eternity. Contact Author Back to Index Next Story Previous Story