Under New Management
And No Way to Call Home For Help
We'd spent four days in the dark under the Arctic ice pack tracking a Chinese ballistic missile sub. That's when the Chief of the Boat came to me ashen faced.
"...Skipper, we got a problem!" He led me forward to the isolated sonar dome in our submarine's nose. I squeezed through the tiny hatch following the chief. "You see, it's Collins." He pointed at the crumpled figure stuffed into a hollow.
My blood ran colder than the dark, watery crypt beyond our hull. Collins was dead, two fang-like puncture wounds in his throat. We have a problem.
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Oh no! HOW DID IT GET IN 😮😮😮
Oh boy! This was a good one Roy! I was not ready for the twist that a vampire might be loose on that tiny submarine! How eery and intense! Simply genius! Will there be a part two of this one?
Oh wow, that IS a problem!! And just the picture of that submarine had me backing up in my seat. Too tight quarters for me. Great piece as you already ramped up the tension and then served up that twist :)
Haha… yeah, that’s a problem! My ex husband was a submariner. I toured his boat and got so claustrophobic. I can’t imagine being stuck on one… especially with a blood sucker.
Oooo, I love how unsettling and creepy this is! Simply brilliant!
Ah, Roy, you didn't go nuclear with this story. You went jugular!
Oooooh yikes!! 😱
Yikes! Great pacing to really build the suspense! Well done, Roy!
Yeah, that would definitely be a problem. Well done.
Oh, that's never a good sign. A real cliffhanger here, Roy!