Friday Flash: Moonbreak

Moonbreak

Astronomers across the globe confirmed the results as the Earth’s rotation brought the outer planets into view. Moons were splitting open, cracking in a haze of ice, gas, and rock. Titan had been first by more than a day, but Io broke before either Ganymede or Callisto. Now telescopes pointed at Triton, at Europa, and at all Saturn’s moons in case another should split.

News had leaked to the Internet, and people stopped to stare at the Moon in Earth’s sky, waiting for signs of their impending doom.

Meanwhile, a dragon uncoiled from the Sun. Her eggs were finally hatching.

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100 words

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