Visit

Who thought it was a good idea to let Hal Spacejock inspire the next generation of spacefarers?
Clunk has arranged a school visit, and Hal only agrees after he learns about the free lunch.
All he has to do is give a speech, hand out a few gifts and admire a project the students have been working on.
Simple.
Unfortunately, Hal's speech has been neutered, his gifts are about as welcome as detention, and the 'student project' involves strapping their test pilot to a homemade rocket sled and launching it across a lake.
And then Hal discovers exactly who the unwilling test pilot is.

Visit is a 3,500-word Hal Spacejock comedy short, and can be read as a stand-alone story or anywhere after Hal Spacejock (Book One).