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The monster in the post.
Written By: Jim Crossley
Fiction
The telecommunicator beeped, indicating a parcel had arrived. Silas, the ship's engineer, opened the doors to see what it was. A fearsome beast, an abomination, stood in the telecommunicator booth.
The cinnamon colored creature, less than a foot tall, jumped out of the booth and approached Silas. He took a step back. The beast moved on four limbs, with a fifth one in its rear, not quite touching the floor, swaying lightly from left to right.
Silas grabbed the nearest weapon, a sonic blaster, cranked the dial to the highest supersonic setting and blasted the beast with a sonic ray.
The ray had no effect on the beast. It opened its elongated front section, revealing two rows of pointy white teeth and produced a loud, sharp sound which reverberated in the small engine room.
Silas plugged his ears and in doing so dropped the blaster. The beast continued to approach. Silas' legs weakened, trembled and gave out on him. He slid to the floor, his back against the wall.
Nothing happened,he waas hit in the chest.