EXCEPTIONAL! A 1,000 word limit, right? You have excellent characters, each with an important "spotlight". You have a dilemma, hope, despair, and the perfect ending. This is so well done, and it's a winner. Seriously.
Good story...was not expecting anything less from you. Half way reading I had a feeling where this was leading to.
Thanks, guys.
Patrick--You really know how to buck-up a guy with your super comments.
Laz--In my defense, I can only say it's hard to camouflage an ending when they only allow you 1,000 words. Seems like a good excuse, anyway....
Oh, and good luck!
Thanks, but considering the prodigious amount of Sci-Fi ideas coming out of that head of yours, we lowly peons need to run for cover...
There's some pretty tough competition all down that thread. And then there's the German submissions...