StrayStars2 Writing Sample

StrayStars 2 is the unproduced sequel, set in the same universe as StrayStars. Ash and Taylor, lifelong best friends, are tasked with escorting the colony ship back to Earth while the colonists enter hibernation. Their routine mission shatters when they wake to a bloody slaughter in the hibernating chambers. The horror quickly turns personal: CCTV footage points directly to Ash, framing him as the murderer.