Flight Into The Unknown
By Tom W. Harris
It was Bailey's first trip into space and
things began to happen that made him wonder if
luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy
August 1957
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
... A hand moved ...
Young Bailey fell. It was a terrible sensation, falling. Bailey was not sure how long he had been falling. There was no one near him. They had been scattered like seeds from a burst pod when the meteor hulled the ship. Bailey was falling through the dark alone; he had been falling endlessly.
... Those with him now were all palefaced with fear ...
The voice of Krotzer was still in the headphones: "... closing in on me, I can't describe them, you've got to get here...." Krotzer had meant so much for so long; now his voice was less than nothing. Bailey was falling like a stone; the sensation drove everything else out of him. Bailey could not stand it any longer, and began to scream.
It shattered his visor and icy space rushed in. There was light and his captain was looking at him. Captain DiCredico was shaking him.