Throngs of excited viewers stood outside wearing protective eyewear to watch a rare total solar eclipse. However, an overwhelming humming noise enveloped the sky. They covered their ears.


    "That''s not the moon!" shouted an observer.Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.


    Rays of light beamed from the disc''s shadow directly into their eyes.


    Observers glowed, gyrated, and vanished ...


    A newscaster stated, "It''s The Rapture!"


    "Sure, if God is an alien," said a guest astronomer. "It''s clearly an opportunistic alien species abducting people, taking advantage of our cultural habits."


    "How would you know that?" asked the newscaster.


    "It''s what we do to ourselves all the time."