What better way to start off a new week than to take a look at a story that you might have overlooked amongst the thousands in GA Stories. To start off Signature Week, Cia has provided us with a review of Crash Landing by Bill W. If you haven't already done so, you can go and download this months Signature Background to go with the story. Enjoy!

Reviewer: Cia
Status: Complete
Word Count: 11,032

When I first read Crash Landing, I expected a contemporary story, maybe about a plane going down. We come into the story meeting the local sheriff of a small town—no one else would expect a call at home about a disturbance—and I was prepared for some local disaster. But real quick we learn there’s something else going on.

A lot of the town is out, looking for fun, as they search for whatever streaked across the sky. They don’t expect little green men… but what did they find? An ordinary science discovery. They think. And then things begin to go wrong… very, very wrong.

I’m not going to spoil the story by saying what went wrong but I will say I loved the twist in how they fix it. The story has a really good moral underpinning the plot, but you’re not struck over the head with it. I liked the characters Bill wrote too. The sheriff is a good man who has the best interests of his town at heart; he’s good at solving problems and keeps things on an even keel.

I would’ve liked to know more about his deputy, Conrad. He plays a pretty big role in the story, at least on a local level, but we don’t get much of who he is since the story isn’t from his POV. And no, it’s not because the story is a romance. I will admit to enjoying a good bit of love in a story, but it wasn’t part of Crash Landing, and I found I didn’t miss it. I was far too involved in what was happening to everyone and learning how they were going to survive… if they did!

Have I intrigued you with all my veiled references to an apocalyptic misadventure? Well, why aren’t you reading the story yet?