Rescue Mission
“Take us in.” ordered the Captain.
Once our starship dropped into the violent Crimson Nebula, we were buffeted by strong winds. We saw through the storm windows of our bridge thousands of lightning flashes before us. I knew the storm windows were built for conditions like this, but I secretly wondered if they were strong enough…
The huge manta-shaped Ecraw, who lived in nebulae like this, flew around our ship unaffected by the conditions around them.
Then I finally located the signal that we’d been unable to find due to the electromagnetic radiation. We had found the missing ship.
Joanne Fisher
This is more like space opera than science fiction…
This was written with the prompt storm windows provided by the Carrot Ranch November 14 Flash Fiction Challenge.
Additional: I recently passed the 500 followers mark. This was one of my goals for the year. Thanks to everyone who follows this blog, I really appreciate it 🙂
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©2019 Joanne Fisher
joanne the geek 
I’m gonna bet the ship was eaten by an ecraw.
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Maybe…. 😉
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This is a very exciting piece.
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Thanks 🙂
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I like sci-fi, though I don’t read do much of it these days, so I like this. And 500 followers in two years… took me far longer. You must be doing something right! Well done.
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Thanks 🙂
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Great take this week!
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That’s a terrifying place to be, wondering if the storm windows will hold. And congratulations on benchmarking a blog goal!
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Thanks ❤
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Excellent use of the prompt. You know they say, “Out in space, they can’t hear you scream.” I only hope the storm windows hold. ~nan
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Hopefully, Ecraw is the hero of this piece…
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I loved your story.
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Thanks 🙂
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Wow, and I thought trying to find my car in a large parking lot was difficult.
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