Dashed against Stone

A steel whale gobbled up every auto in a parking lot and an entire line of people. It burped, clamped a hydraulic jaw shut and set sail. On shore a horn blared. The ferry shrieked, snubbing the plea. The monster left a stranger on the island of Skye, surrounded by sheep and eagles, along with souls speaking snatches of Gaelic.The stranger could not be aware, a decree delivered that day to a young ...