Fifty Word Flash Fiction

While checking out some of my favorite sites, I read an article by Barry Smith (inktank.com) about this "Fifty Word Flash Fiction" thread he was participating in at Forumopolis.

I like the idea and think that it might help with some of the creative problems I've been facing lately. So I think I'll turn this into a regular practice in this blog. Read my first attempt below:

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Technicians stood in stunned silence and fear as alien creatures started emerging from the gateway.

The surface of the domed energy field that connected to this world with another glowed and rippled as creature after strange creature passed through the transdimensional breech.

"What fools we've been," thought the chief scientist.