Sample 1 — The Signal

Sample fiction — replace this chapter with your finished story.

The message arrived without a sender. It played once in the cabin speakers, a voice asking for help in a language everyone aboard understood differently. When the playback ended, the navigation display showed a destination none of them had entered.

Mara touched the screen. The coordinates changed under her finger and returned as soon as she lifted it. Across the table, the others argued about turning back. Nobody mentioned that the voice had spoken each of their names before the recording began.