Alien Cargo

A short story—They thought they were bringing home a ghost ship.Instead, they brought extinction.When the cargo vessel CS Nostromo reappears after vanishing for twenty-three years, the crew of the rescue ship Searcher is sent to investigate. The freighter is silent. Empty. Pristine. No distress signal, no damage—no crew.But something is aboard.Buried among salvaged debris is an alien artifact—smoo...