Download or read book The Static of the Spheres written by Eric Kraft and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-09-19 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leroy recalls his maternal grandfather's attempt to build a shortwave radio, a project that begins with an article in Impractical Craftsman magazine promising "hour after interminable hour of baffling precision work." After many, many hours spent watching his grandfather labor at his basement workbench, Peter at last gets to put the earphones on, flip the switch, and twiddle the dials. Through the crackling and sussurous static he detects the sounds of love and lust, joy and sorrow, hope and loss.