Stories tagged “mining”

• No sound in space

  There’s no sound in space. No one can hear you scream, as the saying goes. No one can hear you talk either. Not when you turn your radio off. It gets lonely in the belt. No one wants to talk out there. Just focus on your work. Set up the beam dri...

  • Author: Etaoin Shirdlu
  • Posted almost 3 years ago.
  • 4 out of 5

• Tunnel Vision

  I’ve been digging for hours. The scree under my feet rattles and scatters as I swing my pick against the temporary walls of my confinement. I couldn’t see any ore if I was looking for any. Even the happy glimmer of a gold vein would be lost...

  • Author: Full Metal Possum
  • Posted over 1 year ago.
  • 5 out of 5