Write a space adventure story that features a visit to an alien marketplace.

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“Signus” by Lonnie Larson

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06/24/2038: Six years after N A S A developed, tested and then flew their first space ship using their Faster Than Light (F T L) drive engines they planed a deep space mission to Sirius. The ship, Explorer One, was ready and waiting and docked at the new International Space Station, Genesis. The crew was shuttled up and boarded. There would be a ten person crew; six women and four men. The Captain, Margaret (Maggy) Burke, had six years experience with N A S A, performing shuttle missions back and forth to the moon base and she was mo...

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“An Alien Bazaar ” by Heather Starling

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“There is no need to panic. We just need to find a way to get off this planet. We will split up into groups of two and explore the planet. Let’s keep our com-links on and periodically keep in touch.” Commander Mandy Bennett said to her four crew members. “Grey and Martinez, you two team up and head North. Son and Reed, you two go West.” I will head East. Let’s try to meet back here at sun rise.” I trust my crew. We will find out how we ended up on this planet. And more importantly, I know we will find a way back ...

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“Tuxiang Market” by S U

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The moment my nose got the whiff of the Tuxiang Market, it couldn’t decide what it smelled like. It was a blend of sweet, sour and pungent. I could smell the sea, ones back on earth, the fresh saltiness but I could also smell something I couldn’t put my finger on. It smelled sickly sweet yet also bitter, I scrunched up my nose at the unexpected blend of aromas. “Too much for you?” Wu Xing, spoke looking at me with a grin. He, too, had taken off his space helmet. Luckily the whole market was indoors and supplied its own blend of oxygen rich...

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“The Red Ribbon” by Helena Terra

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Bryenok woke up thinking about what kind of worlds and moons he would like to leave for his kids Ewark, Mullkin and Grozetta. He thought of the time he was a kid and would go on trips to Udron’s moons back and forth with his family and friends. They would pack up fun games and gears and get in grandfather’s shuttle, which was rusty and smelled like the odd Irong fruit that grew on the vast plains up north. Everything was red up on Udron’s moons and being close to one another, we used to spend half the time on one moon and half on the other ...

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“Further And Beyond” by Lesli Williams

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The next time I visit a Uranian marketplace, I'll be sure to leave my sister at home. Or perhaps I'll just leave her on Mars or Jupiter. The Urani which busied themselves at their respective stalls in the enormous shopping centre seemed as if they were going to swallow her into their massive mouths at any moment, since she won't stop yammering on about how cold it is inside this icy planet. A female Urani had even told her off and dared her to claw her way to the surface and fend for herself in the icy, bitter storms which plagued this go...

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“A SPACE ADVENTURE” by Sivaram Govindaraj

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Kingh was an Indian-origin billionaire and owned an island with space launch facility. At age 30, he had seen most of the earth and longed to see aliens. He decided to do it by getting a space ship built to accommodate two passengers. After it was ready he contacted Dr.Colaco a space scientist about travelling into space. Of course he was still single and the possibility of a wife sharing his journey was ruled out. Colaco said “Mr.Kingh, your spaceship hasn’t been proved. So before you go to meet aliens you should go to a friendly planet and...

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“Planetary Links ” by Abby Zbacnik

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In an odd sense, Peter was as much of a teenager as anyone would have thought someone to be like on earth, except for the fact that he wasn't born on earth, and he didn't live there either. Peter enjoyed going out and spending time with his friends, and playing games where he lived, just like any other boy his age living in the universe just next door. While they knew of the existence of earth, the people of planet Xhran didn't have any motivation to further expand their reaches. So unlike their earth counterparts, the people of xhran did ...

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“Journey to Zarvelor” by V George

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The autumn sun glimmered on the Isar river. The trees had turned red, orange, and other fiery colors. Vani glanced at the red trees that looked like bouquets sprung from the ground. The day was picture-perfect but she didn't have the frame of mind to appreciate anything.She left drained from work and walked to her station as fast as she could. She watched the tall office building of Crystal labs, her dream company. Vani was an electronics engineer with an ambition to learn as fast she could. Knowledge was power. She hated being the young pow...

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“Stones from Earth” by Sam W

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Gaína(Planet)Gaína was the center of the so-called Intergalactic War. It’s nearly barren of vegetation and its fauna is feral and aggressive. Gaína is the only known source of the metals and minerals necessary to build vessels strong enough to tesser in.Gaína’s only so-called rational race are locally called Sestry. Outside their planet they are known only by the name of said planet, as are all other intergalactic travelers.The Gaína as a race are incapable of emotion and empathy. Their unnatural intelligence enabled them to build the first ...

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“Neil Armstrong space Adventure in a Galaxy away from Earth to a place of Aliens.” by Prince Brempong

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The story is entitled Neil Armstrong space Adventure in a Galaxy away from earth to a place of Aliens.As observed in a Galaxy far away from Earth Neil Armstrong an Astronaut with the help of the Space shuttle and Spacecraft visited the moon for the first time. Neil Armstrong also observed that both the moon and other Planets had strange humans called Aliens popularly known as Scarecrow living in these mysterious places such as the moon and some other Planets.The Aliens were noted to be afraid as a cheeky Superhunan being shrink in all the pl...

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“The Subrogators” by Chris Wagner

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We strolled through a tent that smelled of naphthalene and skunk. The merchant burned fruity incense that reminded me of the chemicals they put in electronic component packaging. A variety of nonhuman creatures walked in and out of the establishment, purchasing armless turtlenecks, pants with three or four legs, jackets that allowed for wings. My hairless green girlfriend handed me what amounted to a leather strap. "Here. Put this on." My job required me to wear a number of humiliating things. For video calls, th...

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“The Expectation ” by Soumya Garg

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I was gazing at the dark beautiful outer space, reminiscing every bit of it when suddenly the sound in my ears echoes. “Ready for landing. Everything is set. It will take another five minutes.” and the voice died out from the dull green radar. I took a long breath. The capsule was comfortable to be in. It was warm and was cool enough to protect me from outside’s heat. I was wearing a thick white uniform and only I can tell how much my body was oozing out sweat. I remembered the day when I had envisioned my dream to be an astronaut and t...

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“Neverland Tales” by Suma George

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Shaperoon! Shaperoon! Where are you? Where has he gone? The alien mom called out to her son in a feeble voice as she was trying to nestle into her cozy kit. Shaperoon was idling around lost in thought. His thoughts varied every moment. He was wondering about the good times he had while he was at the fair. He was thinking deeply about the toy he would love to own. He was losing his thoughts to many more things. Finally he seemed to have realized that it was time for him to hit sleep. He took a 360 turn around and inched forward in sliding ste...

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“Fighting for Allegiance” by Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

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Pacing across the marble entrance hall of the Moonminster Embassy in Nightborne, Kaelia waited for Zaivro to return from his late morning run. They’d both been itching to get out of the embassy since they’d arrived in Nightborne, but the embassy’s rules had restricted so much of their freedom. When the administrator had finally given in to their persistent requests and allowed them to go out for up to half an hour doing ‘exercise’, Zaivro had taken the opportunity to get out. Well, so he’d told the administrator. In reality, Zaivro had indee...

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“The Grand Tour” by Siobhan Dempsey

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The Grand Tour. Captain Hendry took the opportunity of the trip from ship to market to lecture me on the item we hoped to precure. I feigned interest, as is the polite thing to do, nodding at appropriate times. ‘The Bromillian Core is grown rather than manufactured. It starts life as an imperfection, a stray grain of pollen or some such that lands on the bark of a tree in the jungle colony, much like a grain of sand in an oyster creates a pearl.’ Hendry liked to use these obscure references, I acted as if I knew what he was talking about. ‘T...

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Write a space adventure story that features a visit to an alien marketplace.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 123 stories

“Signus” by Lonnie Larson

“An Alien Bazaar ” by Heather Starling

“Tuxiang Market” by S U

“The Red Ribbon” by Helena Terra

“Further And Beyond” by Lesli Williams

“A SPACE ADVENTURE” by Sivaram Govindaraj

“Planetary Links ” by Abby Zbacnik

“Journey to Zarvelor” by V George

“Stones from Earth” by Sam W

“Neil Armstrong space Adventure in a Galaxy away from Earth to a place of Aliens.” by Prince Brempong

“The Subrogators” by Chris Wagner

“The Expectation ” by Soumya Garg

“Neverland Tales” by Suma George

“Fighting for Allegiance” by Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

“The Grand Tour” by Siobhan Dempsey

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Write about a pirate captain obsessed with finding a mythical treasure.

Write a thriller about someone who witnesses a murder… except there’s no evidence that a murder took place.

Write a romance where the characters pretend to be dating each other in order to win a reality show.

Write a story where one character needs to betray the other, but isn’t sure if they can.

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