By Perry McDaid
The telepathic tumble of grievances repeated through the turgid darkness.
I can’t stand the stink of this new detritus.
My skin is burning.
Our young were stillborn again.
Older than names, he couldn’t remember how long it had been since he had seen another of his kind. If a female existed somewhere out there in the depths, she was far away.
Needing to feel useful, he told the young races that he would investigate the plague settling around them.
He couldn’t know that the same poison had caused the gland (that regulated pressure) to atrophy.
‘WEIRD CREATURE FOUND ON MALIBU BEACH.’
This was marvelous – a futuristic, sci fi tale becomes all to current and true to life…
Very realistic SF story. Loved it!
Nice SciFi!
Nice Perry, one of my favorites.