Monsters in the street

My son went round to a friend’s house to play. When I went to collect him, the friend’s little brother, aged three, told me it wasn’t safe to leave because there was a monster in the street. So he went first with his ray gun and killed the monster for us.

You forget these things so quickly. It’s nine years since my own son was killing monsters.

Posted by sheila

Sheila came to La Palma with a six month contract and has stayed 24 years so far. She used to work as a software engineer at the observatory, but now she's a writer and Starlight guide.