Write a story about a road trip taking place 300 years from now.

Posted in Science Fiction on Nov 1, 2022

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“Autonomy” by Stefan Matthews

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“William Morris once called Bibury the most beautiful village in England.” SUSIE was busy explaining the appeal of the Cotswolds to Biff, who had found an old signpost marked “Welcome to Bibury” and was proceeding to rip it from its pole and store it away.The other two listened with varying interest; Nelly’s interest had been piqued when Susie mentioned William Morris’ trade as a textiles worker, though she subsequently lost interest after that. CF6, on the other hand, hung on every word SUSIE said. SUSIE was very knowledgeable about humans,...

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“Journey to UB313” by Nyka Knot

Submitted to Contest #6

Abby woke from her nap to Sam screaming. Not knowing what was going on she leaped off the couch and took off running towards the child. As she got closer she could see there was no danger so she slowed to watch. Sam was a very smart 6 year old boy with an imagination beyond compare. Abby watched the boy for a few minutes and finally asked him what he was pretending to do now? He replied "I am pretending we are on vacation again. Except this time we're goi...

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“On the Road in the Year 2319” by Jeff Marcus

Submitted to Contest #6

Waves of dry rain pinged off the windshield as the old Caddy careened through the mushroom forest. Dean maxed the wipers, clearing the tiny spores. The road appeared in snapshots, the way a strobe light in a dancehall captures shifting spastic poses. I cursed Dean, expecting each blade-swipe to reveal the object of our deaths – a giant mushroom in our path an instant before we’d plunge into its meaty stalk.“Howee!” Dean said. His forearm rested at noon on the wheel, and his eyes fixed on the strobing view of the road.We zoomed past phallic s...

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Write a story about a road trip taking place 300 years from now.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 18 stories

“Autonomy” by Stefan Matthews

“Journey to UB313” by Nyka Knot

“On the Road in the Year 2319” by Jeff Marcus

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about a family road trip.

Write a story about two people in a long-distance relationship, driving to a location mid-way between both their cities.

Write a story about someone who started a road trip ten years ago and hasn't stopped since.

Write a story about friends taking a road trip they've been planning for years.

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