SCREAMS!!!

Greetings. Feeling quite excited about today's entries, I bid you all welcome. What a selection we've got this time around! From a witty alas... "brainless" work to some twisted nautical tales; all of them peculiar and dark in their own way. But if I had to pick one (and I do), the story that stood out this time was...

STATIC

The Cargo  (18+) A SCREAMS!!! Contest Entry #2219313 by Mastiff

Congratulations, Mastiff ! Is it strange that now I'd like to visit Greenland even more than before?

As for the new challenge, I daresay I can't match the brilliant prompts S. Serpent gave us the other day, but here is a couple to think about nonetheless:

A slowly dying fire

or

Footprints in the mud

You have up to 1,500 words and time until tomorrow noon (WDC time) to turn them into some chilling tales. Best of luck!