Terror on Flight 789

AUTHOR'S NOTE: "Terror on Flight 789" is a very early, much shorter draft of what would eventually become my book-length memoir, The Accidental Terrorist. If you like what you read here, please consider ordering a copy of the book, which is significantly revised and expanded from this version.

31 October 1995
3 min read

Foreword: A Record in Mine Own Hand

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4 November 1995
5 min read

Chapter 1: Come South, Young Man

It may not surprise you to learn that I was once a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints—dark suit, tie, name tag, short hair, the whole bit. Two entire years spent knocking on doors, from the... read

8 November 1995
5 min read

Chapter 2: Escape from Canada!

The bus rolled into Calgary at around six-thirty in the morning. I waited for the transfer bus anxiously in the huge downtown Greyhound station, fearing that someone from the mission would spot me and the game would be up. Now,... read

12 November 1995
5 min read

Chapter 3: The Full-Court Press

So there I am, unable to reenter Canada, closed up in a stuffy office with this pretty young Immigration officer who's staring at me like I'm something from the bottom of the Marianas Trench as I try to explain what's... read

16 November 1995
8 min read

Chapter 4: The Bell Tolls for Me

As I said last time, Snow and I had numerous adventures in our two and a half short months together, most of which once made for great telling at mission reunions. There was the Mattress on Top of the Car,... read

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