I went downstairs to fix a cup of coffee. I needed a break from the word processor; the flow of words had come to a careening halt.<\/p>\n
My grandmother was watching television. I heard the voice of Mo Rocca. She was watching CBS Sunday Morning<\/i>.<\/p>\n
He was talking about Grover’s Corners.<\/p>\n
“Grover’s Corners,” I thought. “That sounds familiar… What’s it from, what’s it from…” Suddenly I had it!<\/p>\n
It was where the Martians landed in Orson Welles’ The War of the Worlds<\/i>!<\/p>\n
Then Mo Rocca started talking about Thornton Wilder. And Our Town<\/i>.<\/p>\n
And then I realized that I had the wrong fucking Grover’s Something-something in my mind.<\/p>\n
It was Grover’s Mill<\/i> where the Martians invaded in 1938.<\/p>\n
Then I realized what an awesome literary mash-up this would make — Wilder’s Our Town<\/i> and Welles’ War of the Worlds<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Emily and George grow up, start a family, and then…<\/p>\n
A Martian cylinder lands outside Grover’s Corners!<\/p>\n
Then the Martians become sick and die, and this parallels Emily’s own death.<\/p>\n
Because that’s what Our Town<\/i> needs — Martian war machines, death rays, Black Smoke, and rampant destruction. :h2g2:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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