Set your story after aliens have officially arrived on Earth.

Posted in Science Fiction on Aug 4, 2023

Submissions are closed

Sorry, we are not accepting submissions for this prompt as it is not part of an active contest. Make sure you don't miss our next contest by creating your free Reedsy Prompts account.

Or create a new Reedsy account:

Why not check out our active contest?

✍️ 96 stories

“The Alien Affair.” by Daniel Brandt

Submitted to Contest #210

"I'm just sayin’, maybe it was good that the aliens took over you know?" Tony said as he forced a shovel into the ground, prying away frost-bitten dirt. "It wasn't that amazing before am I right? It's more clear now you know what I mean?". He filled the shovel and threw the dirt over his shoulder. He was the spitting image of a New Jersey man in a leather jacket that drank and hit his wife too much in order to do what he had to do to do the things he had to do.It was night. Winter. In a glade. In a pine tree forest. Tony and two other men, D...

3 comments 3

Read story

“Operation Fury” by Jeydie Woloszczuk

Submitted to Contest #210

Jaime Jimenez adjusted his goggles, slipping the cloth that was wrapped around his head under the straps. He glanced at the others through the tinted lens, twelve in total. They were waiting for his command, a gesture to move forth into the scorching light. He jabbed his finger in front of him, and the group stealthily moved forward, dipping their heads from the sun. Each wore a uniform that protected them, yet they couldn’t stay out for too long, or they would die. An old scrap of newspaper tumbled towards Jaime; it latched onto his leg. He...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Unscheduled Lunar Touchdown” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #210

The July humidity continued to hang across Delmarva’s Ayers Creek this Friday long after the sun set and the full moon encased the area in its heavenly glow. The hot moisture imprisoned the lone fisherman floating his kayak along the surface like a straight jacket. Yet Dr. Fulbright at first had embraced the relatively minor discomforts of the eerie evening. He thought they would provide a quiet retreat from the pandemic-induced terror he had faced in six months of 18-ho...

2 comments 2

Read story

“Planet Earth: Restoration Strategy and Implementation Plan” by Jacob Ashton

Submitted to Contest #210

They look like us, sort of, but different enough. Taller, longer limbs, hair that moves like grass in the wind. Something of the other in the eyes. And they smile a lot. # First came the explorers. Sleek ships, weathered by space dust and interstellar debris, but with sufficient defences to nonchalantly bat away the missiles of panicking world powers. The aliens smiled as they emerged from their craft, paying no attention to the bullets that bounced off their forcefields. When the frenzy had died down, they spoke with presidents and pol...

2 comments 2

Read story

“Beyond The Stars” by Mary Ann Estes

Submitted to Contest #210

It’s only been a few months since the Khanthraities came to our little blue planet. Pictures on the news of their enormous spacecraft hovering over Earth's atmosphere like a dark shadow. Their little ships invading our cities as they mingled within our own people like they have always belonged. It’s scary how similar they are to us, not just their looks but as we learn early on, their anatomy as well. And then there’s that fanciful story of one of their own ships arriving or maybe crash landing, on our planet centuri...

0 comments 0

Read story

“When The Sun Became A Purple Giant” by Ping W

Submitted to Contest #210

There is an eclectic chalet by the intersection of Haverhill St. and Windsor Road. It’s windows, tinted with a vague aubergine glow, with a beauty severely depredated by cracks on the glass. There are bright yellow curtains just inside the window, pulled to the sides, secured by thick white ropes with cream-colored tassels. This is how it is today. This is how it was yesterday. And this, is how it was fifty years ago. Unmoved, un-touched. If you dare to go close enough, and peer in through the window, you will see a porcelain bowl, with a s...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Afterwards” by Ellie Hulstine

Submitted to Contest #210

The world changed forever on that fateful day when the skies filled with alien ships. It was as if the entire planet held its breath, anticipating what lay ahead. The arrival of extraterrestrial beings brought both fear and curiosity, but for a group of teenagers in the small town of Millbrook, it was a unique opportunity to find their place in this new reality. Among them was Alex, a bright and imaginative young man with dreams of exploring the cosmos. He lived with his grandmother, Mrs. Hastings, who regaled him with stories of her youth w...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Marina” by H.e. Ross

Submitted to Contest #210

Marina’s world was a play world. She and her friends loved to go into the wild and create worlds of kind rulers and just systems for all. Of course Marina only knew the ‘all’ of the wealthy since the perimeter of her ‘wild’ was fenced in and guarded. Marina was a princess and her father and mother ruled their lands. Marina’s ‘friends’ were enslaved children from lands that her parents had conquered. Marina’s father was over protective of his daughter who he considered the most beautiful girl ever imagined. In his thinking if he al...

1 comment 1

Read story

“Fourth From the Sun” by Brittany Butler

Submitted to Contest #210

I felt the warm air begin to blur into autumn as it brushed against my face. It was the morning after Labor Day, and the first day of my senior year, as I began the four-block walk from home to school. I breathed in the fresh air slowly through my nostrils and let it out equally slowly through my mouth. I liked this part of my route the best, but it had been a couple of years since I last took it. It was the part where I felt protected by the shade of the mature trees lining the historic Presidential streets of my small hometown, with o...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Bloody Death is Dead” by Joseph Peck

Submitted to Contest #210

Lexi hated Allen. She didn’t care about how many push ups he could do, or how good he was at sports, nor did she care about Allen’s relationship with his boyfriend, Kuro. “Allen, for the last time, I don’t give care about you and Kuro,” Lexi snarled, a sneer curling on her lips. Feeling the slight pain of chapped lips, Lexi wished for the hundredth time that she had some lip balm. Years after the world went to Hell, and she still could not find any lip balm. She brushed filthy blond strands from her eyes, ignoring Allen’s af...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Shortsighted” by Dustin Hartuv

Submitted to Contest #210

“She needs to see a doctor.” “Kathy, she’s fine! It’s just a phase. She’s a kid—that’s what they do. They like to imagine and play games and make-believe and—” “You know what, fine. Then you go talk to her. Ask her to play her game with her and see how she responds.” Her lips were dripping with sarcasm. Mary Leib knew her daughter better than anyone, and her recent behavior was no phase. Her husband refused to accept that their daughter needed help. It all started when they received a letter in the mail. Lily had been the first to fin...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Aliens Hate Greed” by Rene Raque

Submitted to Contest #210

I was sitting there as stunned as everyone else. The news that David Grusch was releasing to the public was not normal news. We have had plenty of former coworkers go public with their “classified information”. They release the information they have been sworn not to. For many different reasons. Some do it for financial gain. Others do it because they believe they are righting the wrongs of the world by pulling the invisible cloak off of top-secret information. What these whistleblowers don’t realize is that the information they are given is...

1 comment 1

Read story

“A CHANGED WORLD” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #210

The world I live in now is different than the world I once knew. Strange beings roam my home thinking they belong acting like one of us. They are not humans. They come from another world. They come from the stars.Every day when I wake-up I look out of my window and see their ship hovering in the sky. Two years they've been here and I still don't know what to make of them. Are they friend or foe?Many of the people love them. The beings have given us everything we could ever asked for. New technology, medicine, a new food source, a better unde...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Repro” by Michael Jefferson

Submitted to Contest #210

Roman Hand waves at his neighbors, who are quietly heading inside after an entertaining night out. Smiling politely, Ricky and Lucy Ricardo wave back. Sliding into the passenger seat of the Repro Services van, Roman says, “That never stops being weird.” “Are they bad neighbors?” Fletcher Fixx asks. Fletcher smiles at Roman. They’ve been partners for five years and have a loose, friendly kinship. Fletcher always wears a pair of opaque sunglasses that further serve to highlight his dazzling white smile and accentuate his hip nature. Roman...

2 comments 2

Read story

“New Thanksgiving” by Mark Ritchie

Submitted to Contest #210

**The following story contains allegorical depictions of racism and genocide.** “Look honey, that one’s a soldier! Watch out, he might try to shoot you with his bang bang!” They’re speaking Drakellian but the translator installed in my cochlear nerve fixes that. Even without it I’d still understand, as often as I hear that joke. The child has three golden eyes in front, one in back, which makes it a boy. The rear optic hasn’t opened yet though. He’s still very young. He points his thinly scaled finger at me and mimics gun noise...

0 comments 0

Read story

Load more stories

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a character who has to grapple with something completely alien to them.

Character – 46 stories

Write a story about a character who is trying to share groundbreaking news, but isn’t being taken seriously.

Dramatic – 30 stories

Make a mysterious message an important part of your story.

Mystery – 40 stories

Write a story that includes someone saying, “We’re not alone.”

Dialogue – 88 stories

Contest #210

Enter our weekly contest!

This week's theme: Is There Anybody Out... Here?

$250

Prize money

300

Contest entries

112

Stories

Ended on 23:59 - Aug 11, 2023 EST

Won by Julie Clark 🏆

Title: Sight Unseen

View details

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

We'll send you 5 prompts each week. Respond with your short story and you could win $250!

Menu

CONNECT

BLOG

APPS

TOOLS

ABOUT

Set your story after aliens have officially arrived on Earth.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 96 stories

“The Alien Affair.” by Daniel Brandt

“Operation Fury” by Jeydie Woloszczuk

“Unscheduled Lunar Touchdown” by Bob Faszczewski

“Planet Earth: Restoration Strategy and Implementation Plan” by Jacob Ashton

“Beyond The Stars” by Mary Ann Estes

“When The Sun Became A Purple Giant” by Ping W

“Afterwards” by Ellie Hulstine

“Marina” by H.e. Ross

“Fourth From the Sun” by Brittany Butler

“Bloody Death is Dead” by Joseph Peck

“Shortsighted” by Dustin Hartuv

“Aliens Hate Greed” by Rene Raque

“A CHANGED WORLD” by Melinda Madrigal

“Repro” by Michael Jefferson

“New Thanksgiving” by Mark Ritchie

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a character who has to grapple with something completely alien to them.

Write a story about a character who is trying to share groundbreaking news, but isn’t being taken seriously.

Make a mysterious message an important part of your story.

Write a story that includes someone saying, “We’re not alone.”

Contest #210

Enter our weekly contest!

$250

Prize money

300

Contest entries

112

Stories

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

Explore more writing prompt ideas: