“Life is a great big canvas. Try not to paint it with blood.” So begins Plane Gray, an 80,000-word battle of mile-high ambitions versus negative-g calamity.
With that advice in mind, pilot Glenn Gray lands an airplane on Bushwhacker Butte in Colorado, where he loses the craft to a quasi-religious hijacker. His boss, Chief Pilot Bobby Dabel, frames him for the theft, jeopardizing Glenn’s goal to provide transportation to ailing children. Other impediments to Glenn’s charitable quest include fake Deputy Redding, baked edibles expert Greaser Jean the Deli Queen, Kimbo the one-armed air ambulance pilot, company owner Colonel Lima, aeronautical researcher Gage, and nightclub proprietor J.L. Braek. Glenn’s comedic arc through these culprits leads him to the prime suspect: televangelist Skip St. Scott. The true thieves, however, succumb to DIY justice via a code-violating favor performed by Glenn himself earlier in the story. With the hijacking solved, Glenn heads off an explosive ending with the help of his pet rat, Scout, learning in the process that chaos can serve a higher purpose.
If you consider the absurd a literary genre, possibly even a way of life, Plane Gray supports your principles. If you believe otherwise, the story will offend. Either way, I hope you find within a thought- or laugh-provoking word or two.
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