Human-alien encounters -- Fiction; Nuclear weapons -- Fiction; Science fiction; Short stories; Torture -- Fiction; War stories
Winston Eberly burped for the last time. It was a terrible,
frightening, destructive, big burp. It could be felt for miles. The
force of it knocked gulls from the sky over the Mediterranean. It shook
buildings and rattled windows in Italy. And, when the smoke cleared
away, there was not the slightest doubt that the mighty expulsion of
Winston Eberly had done its work well.
Soon the few remaining space men returned to look down with troubled
eyes upon that boiling crater. They circled and puzzled and spoke sad
words. Then they pointed the noses of their ships up toward open space
and proved once more that they were brave only when they held the upper
hand.
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