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A Galaxy Apart
#100StoryChallenge — No14
The signal was weak, but Nora could still hear her boyfriend’s voice as he sat in his apartment back on earth.
She had been gone 183 days in earth time. It was long enough for him to move on — but he hadn’t.
He still thought there was hope that she’d come home before he died.
As they talked about his job, she tried not to sob.
The ship had run out of fuel three days ago.
There would be no return voyage.
She would die out here in the nothingness of space.
But could she tell him?
No, not yet.
This is a part of my endeavor to go back to writing tighter fiction with more stringent word counts. It’s just one attempt at the 100 Story Challenge because I thought it would be a good exercise to do to keep my imagination sharp. We’ll see how it goes.
For longer fiction, you may enjoy my stories linked below:
