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Write a story about a team tunneling down into the centre of a planet.

Posted in Science Fiction on Oct 26, 2022

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✍️ 6 stories

The Descent

Submitted to Contest #108

News Print: The New State Man Attempts Heroic Feat On the 17th of October 1908, Alexis Jackson descended 1000 feet into the legendary tunnel located in Anna, New England in hopes of dislodging a monumental stone that was obstructing complete passage. This tunnel, eponymously named Anna’s Tunnel, gapes at a diameter of 6 feet and drives at a depth of 7,900 feet towards the center of the earth. Developed in 1907, Anna’s Tunnel was a high-priority project purposed by the Old Government to acquire minerals embedded deep within the earth’s c...

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Lemon and the Dragon’s Runes

Submitted to Contest #108

Hey, Tazán?”     “Yeah?”     “How much longer do you think we’ll be flying?”     “I don’t know...probably at least another day.”     Three cats crouched on the back of a massive orange dragon, surrounding a spherical globe of flame floating in the air, their only source of light. Playing cards were laid at each of their paws.      “The light’s getting low,” said the yellow cat who’d first spoken.     “Maybe I can fix that,” the gray que...

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MARS

Submitted to Contest #108

        MARS by Kryste Andrews After one full hour, Nikolai’s effort to break through Mars’ rocky exterior ends, fruitless. The raw sound of the jackhammer-like apparatus still works on Stanislav’s nerves. He grumbles, irritated by the failure to make a dent in the lava-like landscape. What a ridiculous instrument to bring on a mission of so much import. A primitive tool, like father used to wield while breaking up concrete, not sophisticated enough for space ...

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The Nexus Team

Submitted to Contest #108

I am a great hunter.  I have a big hat and boots, and I carry a big elephant gun.  This summer, in the Serengeti,  I collected many trophies and put their heads on my wall.  I have maps and locations, and a guide to bring me there.  This time we’re hunting Kudu, a spiral-horned antelope.  Did I mention I have a big moustache? Lunch is prepared, and I eat two ham and cheese sandwiches, no crusts.  Lemonade is cold, and it feels good when I drink it.   Great waves crash into the side of the galleon....

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In the Stomach of the Mad Titan

Submitted to Contest #108

It was warm within the stomach of the Mad Titan, and all of our equipment was next to useless. The pressure was bearable for us, but it had long since crushed our more delicate instruments. The stew of liquid metallic hydrogen was so dense that we could not submerge ourselves beyond our waists. Above us, a flurry of warm hail raged too fiercely for our headlamps to illuminate more than a few feet in front of us. The light of Helios did not reach here, and we can only see by the occasional flashes of lightning. It was warm. It was also no...

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Planet Robinoso

Submitted to Contest #108

The shriveled tube of Gelenium sunscreen spat out its last glob of fluid. Jacko scrimped the green gel-cream into a petri dish. Exhaling circular smoke rings, he eyed the blinking camera sideways.As planet Robinoso's ruler and manufacturer of the alien mineral sunscreen, he'd failed to stock up. In half-second, this hilarious folly of his would become a chatter matter amid his crossed-eyed team. They were twenty-something alien geniuses who hacked his home recordings for fine-tuning their funny bone. Jacko visualized another laughing air mem...

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