Twilight of Ares - Episode Nine
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Gunnarsson saw a small access panel back toward Engineering. If he could get lower down and rendezvous with the Marines, he’d be…
It blocked the corridor before he finished the thought.
Unlike the Grays with their eyeless barked skin but familiar forms, the abomination now blocking the corridor was a grotesque headless conglomeration of its dead brethren. A bipedal tumor with teeth like a lamprey, it stared down Gunnarsson through pulsating red antennas feeling out the corridor’s intricacies.
“Fuck you,”
He fired.
It charged like a rabid ape, bullets glancing off its mutated hide and crushed him against the bulkhead.
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Author’s Note
Welcome to A Microdose of Fiction, a series of genre fiction micro-stories that offer you an exclusive glimpse into expansive worlds. Every week, new installments and stand-alone adventures, all under 101 words, will transport you to far-flung worlds. I hope that these stories will provide entertainment while you sip your coffee and start your day on an adventurous note.
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No! Don't end it there! Gunnarson, no!
Wow! what can I say other than I can't wait for the next dose. That was awesome!!! The chosen photo was described well, " A bipedal tumor" 🤢