Short Stories

Story 48 - Lost in space

Eddie was an ambitious space explorer who set out on a mission to discover new undiscovered galaxies. His determination brought him further and further from home as he ventured off into the unknown. After months of journeying, Eddie found himself isolated in a vast expanse of inky blackness, a space so empty that time itself seemed to stand still.

Eddie began running out of supplies and the oxygen in his ship started to deplete at an alarming rate. He frantically tried to locate life-sustaining planets, but soon enough he realized that he had gone too far, and there were no planets for lightyears to come.

Eddie now began to regret his rash decision to venture out into the incomprehensible void. He was overwhelmed by feelings of hopelessness as he watched his ship slowly decline from utter exhaustion. He had no communication or outside contact with his planet, and no way to get help.

And so, as the grim darkness descended, Eddie resigned himself to the realization that he was doomed to drift alone into eternity, a sad victim of the eternity of space and his own ambition. Lost in a cold, lonely void—a living tomb of space—Eddie had nothing but the silent stars to keep him company.