The Hungry Stars

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{ 2009 11 28 }

After flying across space for a thousand years in suspended animation, an astronaut awoke to feel his arm being torn apart by jagged teeth. A hissing voice echoed in his head, “I can’t believe he’s not butter!”

Rating: 6.7/10 (6 votes cast)

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Posted by Martin T. Ingham on Saturday, November 28, 2009, at 4:09 am. Filed under Competition. Tagged aliens, astronauts, Fantasy, hungry, sci-fi, spaceflight. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

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