
"I Was a Teenage Space Jockey" by Stephen Graham Jones
LeVar Burton Reads
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Jess and Martin's Battle for Galaga
Janet Riley, a senior from the smoking circle, was already at the Galaga machine and drawing a crowd. Since she and rants had been trading top slot on the high score list for the past year, I'd always kind of known they were going to have to start going out like that was the rule. Unlike rants' silent Indian routine though, she was vocal, always chirping and screeching in retreat, snarling and growling when caught in a corner. She screamed when she shot her way out again as if the aliens could hear her be intimidated by her. But he'd had to respect Janet's game, I knew, especially the way her reflexes seemed
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