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    The Eighth Passenger
    The Eighth Passenger
    The Eighth Passenger
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    The Eighth Passenger

    By Justin Cawthorne

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    Diverted to an uncharted planet for reasons unknown, the crew of the USCSS Marlow find themselves facing death at the hands of an unstoppable force.

    But the universe has more than one way of killing you ...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJustin Cawthorne
    Release dateApr 25, 2016
    ISBN9781310682155
    The Eighth Passenger
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    Justin Cawthorne

    Justin Cawthorne is an author of tales that explore new ways to draw terror from both the known and unknown. In partnership with the "Tales To Terrify" podcast, Justin Cawthorne was a recipient of the 2016 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form), awarded for the adaptation of his short story "Graves". He has a short story, "Colder Still" appearing in the anthology Shadows & Teeth Volume 2, published by Darkwater Syndicate.

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      The Eighth Passenger

      by Justin Cawthorne

      I’m surrounded by death.

      Seven bodies. Seven names on the crew manifest. Each one dead.

      I'm on my own.

      Most of them never saw it coming. Captain Lincoln sits in her command chair, blood still dripping from the hole in the back of her head. No time to plead. No chance to stand up. Sent to her grave without even knowing what it was that took her there.

      I suppose that makes her one of the lucky ones. I wouldn’t really know.

      Out of all of them, only the engineer, Walker, tried to put up a fight. He was a force of nature. Didn’t stop until it was over. The others just stood there and watched him go down. Hoping for salvation. No clue what to do. They don’t get trained for this sort of

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