Spacer Tales: The Haunted Hatchway

Welcome to Kluskey's spacer hangout. Here, spacers swap yarns of ghost ships, space monsters, the weird and wonderful and the downright daft. In this story, spacer Biz Cooper tells of a ghostly presence on board the freighter Colestar 24. A 4,500 word story.Biz Cooper comes into Kluskey's bar with an urgent tale to tell. Two thirds of the Colestar 24's crew have left the ship as it comes into port. The second hand hatchway they had fitted three months ago has been acting up ever since it was installed. The crew of the space freighter has figured out why.The Colestar 24 will shortly be advertising vacancies for crew.You may want to hear what Biz has to say before you consider applying.