Bait (fiftywords)

in #flashfiction6 years ago

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Another flight through the wormhole.
Those before me, lost.
On the other side, a gaping maw, opens and closes.
So now I understand the starship's design. The tether.
A fish hook, for the thing bearing down.
The bastards are trying to pull it through.
They know.
And I'm the bait.

(50 words)

This is a submission for @jaynas 50 word challenge: https://steemit.com/fiction/@jayna/fifty-word-short-story-round-up-and-fresh-prompt

Image from Pixabay and used under Creative Commons: https://pixabay.com/en/abstract-decoration-decorative-772523/

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el final es imponente. felicidades

Interesting Sci-fi story you've got here. Haven't read one in a while and your image made the story worth reading too...

Nice bit of sci-fi there... 👍

Hey - thanks so much :)

Very cool imagery in this sci-fi take of the prompt. Well done @foxfiction

Thanks a lot! :)

Oh gosh. It’s no fun to be the bait! This is not going to end well for the character, whatever they catch (yikes!) and probably the ship itself. Cleverly done!

Love the sci-fi angle! The image makes it all the more trippy and wanting to know more. All sorts of disasters await when they pull the thing through. Poor character.

Yup - they clearly haven't thought this plan through 😬

Beautiful written. Your use of words is amazing. Nice poem.

Very unpredictable. Never thought of using this word on a spacey context. Good job!

Thanks! (I think we posted on each other's simultaneously 😂)

Oh, I think we kind of did. Haha.

Love the sci-fi angle! The image makes it all the more trippy and wanting to know more. All sorts of disasters await when they pull the thing through. Poor character.