The Spaceship in the Woods

Summary

My brother, Ryan, vanished that night.

I was ten and he was seven. We were in the woods behind the old mill when we

stumbled upon an abandoned spaceship.

Curiosity got the better of him, and Ryan scrambled inside. The hatch slammed

shut behind him, and no matter how hard we pushed, it wouldn’t budge.

Panic, cold and sharp, pierced right through me. I ran home, screaming and

crying for Mom and Dad.

Every adult from our little mill town turned out, combing every trail and

thicket in those woods, turning the whole place upside down. They found nothing.

Not a single clue.