The Beast Within: A Sci-Fi Short Story
Elysa Hendricks
- This
- is
- a
- short,
- short
- sci-fi
- story.
- Approximately
- 4000
- words.Amy
- Starr
- knew
- asteroid
- mining
- was
- dangerous.
- One
- small
- error
- could
- kill
- you.
- But
- her
- desire
- for
- the
- stars
- outweighed
- common
- sense
- and
- fear.
- Now
- trapped
- in
- her
- disabled
- ship
- far
- from
- the
- chance
- of
- rescue
- she
- has
- two
- choices:
- a
- lingering
- half-life
- filled
- with
- pain
- and
- disfigurement
- or
- a
- quick
- merciful
- death.Which
- would
- you chose?
