And Then the Town Took Off

"And Then the Town Took Off" by Richard Wilson is a science fiction story that explores the fantastical idea of an entire town taking off and rising two miles above the Earth's surface. The town of Superior, Ohio, becomes the subject of this incredible feat, and its citizens calmly accept their newfound elevation as the result of one of their own townspeople, a crackpot inventor. However, for the protagonist Don Cort, who is stranded on the rising town, things are not as simple as they seem. As the story unfolds, the reader is taken on a wild ride through a world where anything is possible, and the extraordinary becomes commonplace. This is a tale that will amaze and delight science fiction enthusiasts and anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to witness a town taking off and rising into the sky.