ASIN: B00LKIXB98
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 72
Oceania, 1947 or 1948: The American vessel "Silver Star" picks up an SOS from a Dutch freighter by the name of "Ourang Medan": "We drift stop second officer dead on bridge stop captain and chief engineer dead in chartroom stop probably whole crew dead stop part of the crew..." The broadcast breaks off abruptly. What follows is nothing but indecipherable Morse code. It seems that the radio operator on the "Ourang Medan" is in his death throes, his hand still spasmodically hitting the Morse key. Finally, two more words are received from the "Ourang Medan": "I die." Then there is silence. The "Silver Star" races all through the night toward the position of the stricken vessel. In the morning, the "Silver Star" sights an ancient steamer. When the Americans board the "Ourang Medan," they find a ghost ship strewn with corpses. Their faces are contorted as if they died in agony — or of horror. ...
