The magpie carried her high above the rusted bones of the Launch Complex. A point now hollow, emptied of the great star-faring vessels the Launch Complex had once been built to produce and fuel. The Launch Complex was collapsing. She inspected the snake, trying to ignore the deluge that threatened to collapse the factory, the Launch Complex, the world. Author profile Robert Falco Robert Falco is a Massachusetts resident who writes under the constant supervision of his pet bearded dragon.