After a bit of a hiatus, I’m back to working on my sci-fi horror novel STARBOUND. Chapter 5 was just released on my Patreon for members to read. You can find the link on my website.
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At the end of the corridor, he turned a corner—and froze.
The hallway ahead was a wreck. Panels gaped open, their contents spilling out in tangled coils of wiring. Sparks crackled from exposed conduits, casting brief flashes of light against the debris-strewn floor. The air smelled of scorched metal and something else—something wrong.
Was there an attack? Quinn’s mind raced. What the hell happened?
He stepped forward cautiously. Something dark stained the wall up ahead. His breath hitched as he got closer. It wasn’t just a streak of red—it was smeared, dragged, as if whoever wrote it had struggled. The words stood out in jagged, frantic slashes:
HELP US.
A tremor ran through him. He backed away, coldness gripping his spine. His foot caught on loose debris, and he stumbled, catching himself against the far wall. His hand pressed against a dead, cracked display screen—only for it to flicker violently to life beneath his touch.
Dozens of error messages flashed across its surface.
Then, suddenly, they stopped.
Only one message remained.
THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, QUINN.