Seduction At Sea
by Mike Pollock
(November 17' Micro-fiction Entry at SFFWorld.com)
Beckett clung to what remained of the ship’s helm as men
drowned around him. Insensibly he watched a man flail among coils of rigging
before being pulled below the waves.
A sudden burst of passion burned away all thoughts of the
cold, and from the darkness he saw her glide across the frothing water amid the
bodies and flotsam.
“You need only take my hand.” She sung.
Thoughtless, he lunged for her, hands passing through the
apparition. Laughter swirled around him and he fought desperately to reach her,
but her song only grew louder as he succumbed to the sea.
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