The Moon’s Choice
The neighboring building, the road, the balconies beyond the glass all remained where they were, but other shapes slowly surfaced through the familiar city view.
A black mountain peak rose beyond the rooftops.
Then another appeared behind it, higher still. Silver light traced the edges of the cliffs, and above them an enormous moon gradually emerged, so close that the ordinary daytime sky beside it looked like nothing more than a thin layer of paint laid over another world.
“Margosha…”
“I see it.”
A stone arch appeared where the neighboring balcony should have been. A car passed straight through its base, red taillights briefly mixing with the silver of ancient stone before disappearing arou