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

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“New Discoveries” by Hanna Moore

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When I signed up to be a pilot for Earth, this isn’t what I expected. My supervisors decided to assign me to a galactic outpost, the Atlantica, settled on the edge of our space. My job assignments mean I get to work with diplomats and leaders. Alongside that, I get to defend the station and accompany research vessels. “Red, you need to get up!” a crewmate, who we call Plushie, shouts. “I’m up,” I groan. “You better be,” Plushie states. “And why’s t...

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“Terotha” by Sara Blanch

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Terotha was the equivalent of finding a diamond in the middle of the woods...random,unexpected and makes you wonder how the hell it got there in the first place. The intergalatic planet was hardly bigger than most moons yet the docks were always jam packed with ships of various conditions and origins. Colloquiely known as the 'Hoarder's Heaven' across the 7 galaxies the tiny planet fell under intergalaxy law, meaning that the most bizzare and dangerous items across the realm...even those normally banned on most planets could most ...

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“My Fawcett Runneth Over” by Shelby Elaine

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The year is 3015 on a planet on the outer edge of the Zaxan’Thiar-511 galaxy known as Cradus 216B. July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins successfully completed Apollo 11 and immediately the voyage had doubters. Persons who were unconvinced that the travelers were successful in traversing the 238,900 miles to Luna. As if that was some impossible feat. Claiming N.A.S.A had concocted this fraudulent odyssey across the vacuum that is space. Claiming that we’d never actually landed there. Well, they never landed there...

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“The Space Underneath The Bed” by Nicole Escorial

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At nineteen, I unwillingly became a mother to a six-year-old boy. I hate kids; I’ve always hated them and their tantrums, their spoiled arses, the deafening squeals and shrieks—basically everything they are. People slap me with that “Hey, you were once a kid,” line, but I try to counterslap them with a “Yeah but I didn’t have to take care of me, did I?”. Now, I got stuck with this spoiled six-year-old boy who cries over things he either can’t control or can’t have. It’s always been a pain, looking after this boy, if only it wer...

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“THE TREATY OF PHOBOS REGARDING THE ORION-CYGNUS BRIDGE” by Andrew Grell

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THE TREATY OF PHOBOS REGARDING THE ORION-CYGNUS BRIDGEBy Andrew Paul GrellArticle 1. The minor spiral arm known in human language as THE ORION-CYGNUS BRIDGE, an arm radiating from the main body of what is known in human language as THE MILKY WAY and which intersects a line between the as-seen-from PLANET EARTH constellations Orion and Cygnus, shall be a protectorate of the HUMAN – VISITOR JOINT SPACE PROBE AGENCY, with said Visitors being inhabitants of the planet known to humans as Ross 128 b.“Think they’re gonna show?” Larry Vine thre...

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“The Alien market” by Ashmeet Litt

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I was standing in milky white fog.I was looking for my mother calling her "Mum,Mum,Mum"but it was nobody there.Finally a person came to me and frightened me by giving me a huge pat.It might be male or female (man or women).I couldn't consider it any of these two categories due to the presence of both horns and pink wings on purely white feathery body.Due to extremely large(huge)head like Einstein,I considered it an "Alien" and started running far away from the creature but unluckily it caught me very soon without moving any more there and st...

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“Marketplace Manor” by Pamela Berglund

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The voice on the loudspeaker said "attention all passengers leaving for Planet Aries, please report to shuttle dock 10. "Flight number 3933 is now loading passengers." "Please have your boarding pass ready and only one space suit per person is permitted." I immediately joined the line, verified that my boarding pass had been stamped in the proper places and tightened my gravity boots that I had loosened while waiting to board my flight. The trip to Planet Aries was be the first of many assignments to the planet. I was hired as mana...

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“A CLOSE ENCOUNTER” by Maverick Cotsen

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Maverick Cotsen CWAP 7-7 Park 10 November 2020 A Close Encounter "Not again! This can't be happening again! He said he fixed it!" Typical. Right before I was scheduled to make a drop off to my wealthiest and most powerful client, my hyperdrive blows a fuse. It’s not as I didn't check on it, goodness knows. For crying out loud, I had it fixed last week! But either the man I hired was more sketchy than I thought, or my hyperdrive was runn...

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“To the Moon” by Anna Kosten

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Marco wiped the sweat off his forehead, shifting his stuffy, space suit. He felt like a marshmallow, walking around the Space Center. “Marco!” Captain Ed called. “Yes, Captain?” Marco put on his serious face. “I want you and Simon in the shuttle in thirty minutes.” “Yes, Captain. Have you seen Simon at all today?” “Actually, come to thi—“ The ear-bursting speakers echoed through the Space Center. “We need all space attendants on the main deck. This is extremely urgent. I repeat, this is extremely urgent.” Marco’s stomach ch...

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“Earth” by E Sampson

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“The weather looks great today.” The corner of my lips twisted into a tight smirk, not wanting to give Ezra the satisfaction of a smile. “Laughing won’t kill you,” he dimly pointed out, strapping his mask across his face. I rolled my eyes and pulled the white straps of my mask behind my ears. I briefly glanced out the small, disk-shaped window and took in the luminous sight. Space was truly beautiful; a tenebrous canvas lite with beaming glows. Although space had no weather, it did provide gleaming views at every moment. My eye...

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“Zahk-Za Bazaar” by Tito Silva

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The Zahk-Za Bazaar When my ship docks on planet Zahk-Za, my hyperbaric sleep chamber automatically begins the awakening process. I’m always groggy after years of hyper sleep, but I also feel refreshed as if my body had been completely regenerated. That’s because it has. I step out onto the cold ship floor which I can feel intensely since my bare feet were now soft on the bottom from the regeneration process. I stretch my arms and check the gauges and realize it was the fourth rotation of the 87th Sun, which meant I was absurdly late by 3 ...

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“Marketplace Mishap” by Joe Sweeney

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This was the worst time to be in the marketplace. The evening crowd was out and they were hungry. The only reason she was here was because Ambassador Bnedy Kaine, special envoy from Earth, had insisted. “It will be a unique experience,” he had said. “Instead of food trucks like on Earth, the shops have storefronts! You can sample their offerings and buy, or go inside for a sit-down meal. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.” Henal, being the ever-dutiful diplomatic escort, basically caved to the request. She was too tired to argue; too tire...

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“Xylanthia the Last Hope I-III” by Balazs Nemeth

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Xylanthia, the Last HopeBook One A Journalist’s Diary prologue The year 2029 on Earth 8.9 billion human beings from the different genetic origin, Caucasian white, black, Asian, Indian, tribal people, and aborigines were living on Earth, the planet which seems to be a fragile blue sphere from the window of the International Space Station, ISS orbiting around it. The human race, called Homo Sapiens had at least 260 million-year history from the first step of walking, staring upon the sky in the night and wondering about the hundreds of b...

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“Such a Good Deal” by Rick Bramhall

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When I want to impress a date, I usually take her to the Tanglebar market on Terraformula II. "What's so particularly great about this marketplace?" Sandy asked. True to her name, she had sand-colored hair. Other than that, there was nothing sandy about her at all. "It's the most visually interesting market I've ever seen," I replied. "I've never seen a place with a wider variety of life forms." Sandy looked somewhat impressed. "How many planets have you been on?" "About six or seven," I lied. "Well, that's one more than me." We took ...

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“Spacial market ” by Sandra Claros

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The mothership landed in the interplanetary market hangar of the galactic fourth-dimensional infraorbital planet, just two lunar corners away - from the third star system, where there used to be an old spacial market working there, every single day and night ting revolution - according to its sensors, of course, due to a prevention programm playing a key role on rescuing the survivors of the big explosion happened zillion light years ago, but which collateral effects were still being felt. The survivors of the explosion of a great qua...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 123 stories

“New Discoveries” by Hanna Moore

“Terotha” by Sara Blanch

“My Fawcett Runneth Over” by Shelby Elaine

“The Space Underneath The Bed” by Nicole Escorial

“THE TREATY OF PHOBOS REGARDING THE ORION-CYGNUS BRIDGE” by Andrew Grell

“The Alien market” by Ashmeet Litt

“Marketplace Manor” by Pamela Berglund

“A CLOSE ENCOUNTER” by Maverick Cotsen

“To the Moon” by Anna Kosten

“Earth” by E Sampson

“Zahk-Za Bazaar” by Tito Silva

“Marketplace Mishap” by Joe Sweeney

“Xylanthia the Last Hope I-III” by Balazs Nemeth

“Such a Good Deal” by Rick Bramhall

“Spacial market ” by Sandra Claros

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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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