I’m always curious to read, in my blog stats, the search terms that dredge up Sotto Voce. Usually they’re fairly topically relevant, but this morning I found this one [minus a couple of typos]:

“nomadic crew of a spacecraft have their relative tranquility disturbed when they take on board a doctor”

If you Google this phrase without quotes, the top link is my page on Star Trek Film Reviews, in which most of these keywords are used at various points (though unfortunately not “nomadic” — I need to find a way to use that word more often). I scrolled down more of the Google results but didn’t find anything that looked like a promising result.

Now, this sounds like a cool plot for a short SF story. I mean, it could go so many ways: horror, comedy of errors, psychological thriller, drama. So here’s your writing prompt for the day, boys and girls: go forth and write a short story that runs with this plot. Wanna share it? Drop a link in the comments. As for me, sounds like it’s time for another installment of The Event Horizon.

And on the off chance that you, Dear Reader, are the person who did that search and now you have stumbled upon this humble entry, could you please leave a comment and let me know:

1. Is this a story you read or saw somewhere?
2. Is yes, when/if you find it, can you let me know what it’s called so I can read/watch it?
3. If not, is it a story you’re working on?
4. If so, and you post it on the web, would you share the link please?

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