I Read Stories: Bait by Rowan Hill

 

Bait by Rowan Hill in The Phantom Pulse

There’s a young woman stuck in a ditch, calling out, but not in any known language. The deeper they dig, the deeper she sinks. It seems impossible to get her out. And then they stop, as darkness fills the hole.

Not everyone can accept this, and one man tries to dig her out. But it’s becoming clear that whatever this is, it’s not a rescue.

Read This: Dreamlike weird eruption
Don’t Read This: Just unpleasant things under the ground