He prayed and the UFO appeared above his fence, whirring and clicking. Now he's thrown away the bottles and waits for its ghostly shape to visit him, rising above his makeshift altar like the moon.
A few blocks away, 8-year-old Jimmy Bentley sneaks into the garage and fires up his older brother’s drone.
Each month, Press 53 hosts a 53-word short story contest. This is my response to their prompt for the month of July, which was: write a 53-word story about a UFO. To see the full list of prompts and contest winners, click here.