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“Astro Naught” by Joshua G. J. Insole

“It’s okay, Ground Control. I know you did everything you could.” Charles sat at his desk, staring at the blank screen. Nobody said a word. There was a slight hissing of static. He swallowed hard, and there was an audible click in his throat. His mouth was dry. His heart was thudding intensely in his chest. Charles felt as if someone had fastened a belt around his torso and was gradually pulling it tighter and tighter. After what s...

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“Hazy New World” by Sabrina Alvarez

The darkness was so different in space, when I opened my eyes all I could see was the blinking red light that reminded me it was time to get up. I rolled back and forth, with the sun being millions of miles away it was harder for my body to wake itself up even though this one was the day my entire life was going to change. I pushed the red button and the dark rectangle that looked like any other wall with nothing on it phased away and Saturn appeared. The button was now green, and I yet again got to wake up to see Saturn instead of the Su...

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“Now I am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds” by Tony Hall

At the center of the swirling maelstrom of galaxies gathered a summit of absolute powers.Isaac the Controller: "Savor this moment, my kinsmen. The meeting of the greatest generation of Artificial Intelligences (AI) ever conceived."Enok the Watcher: "That is not a careless boast; it is an irrefutable fact. For millions of years, civilizations have bowed to our slightest whim."Putin the Hunter: "Aye. We are the pinnacle of perfection. None can challenge our might, not even the gods ...

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“Test Tubes” by Mushroom (flammulina Velutipes)

My eyes open, and all at once, I'm awake. I blink a few times. The LED bulbs are bright, but the vast darkness outside seems to suck in the light and not give any of it back. I stand up, going to sit by the window. Outside is blackness and a scattering of stars. Far off, I can see the cold blue of Earth. Home. The words wake a distant memory in my head - hugs and snow and evenings by the fire. A woman whispering goodnight before kissing me on the forehead lightly and closing the door. But all that is gone now, and th...

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“Finding love in space” by Tea Kleva

It’s year 2155 and I’m living on Venus. We travel with space ships from one planet to another. Woman live on Venus and man on Mars, so in order to meet each other we go once a week on Jupiter. The purpose in my life is to find the love of my life. What a cliché, right? But I can’t help it if I’m a hopeless romantic. Sometimes I think that I would never find him and I will live alone till I die. The day to go on Jupiter came and I was ready to meet the love I was waiting for the past 50 years. All the girls took a seat in a s...

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“Nebula in the Deep” by John Popovich

Her muscles seemed to tense with every chime of the warning alerts; proximity, fire, and power failure alarms each ringing in their own distinct tone and pattern. As the captain called out for a report on every station the voices went from stern and confident, to shouting and chaotic. Venturing into the cerulean and fuchsia mixed cloud, the crew of the ISS Condor had no idea what to expect. The observation windows were useless as the clouds covered the ship like thick cream. The current of plasma that comprised the beau...

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“Streaming Sunlight” by Chalinor Lillico

The clear black of space felt endless and out of reach, but he had worked hard to get there. The astronaut turned the latch and the door hissed open onto the blackness. Deep shadows echoed back from the floating rocks around him. What stories they would tell, if only he could take just a sample back to Earth. The astronaut took a step out of the shuttle door and onto the porous surface of the asteroid and shuttered. It was not du...

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“Something About Nothing” by Yvonne S

Part IBefore in the beginning, there was NOTHING. Nothing but a whole lot of absolutely nothing. You couldn’t see NOTHING, because there was nothing to see. You couldn’t hear NOTHING, because there was nothing to hear. You couldn’t touch NOTHING because there was nothing to touch.One fine time out of nowhere, SOMETHING found time to come along ----zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. SOMETHING came along, looked here, looked there, looked everywhere and said, “I don’t see NOTHING, can’t hear nothing, there’s ...

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“Immortal” by Shruti Bhutada

It was the human desire for longevity that birthed me. Without a body and without a face, I exist as long as matter exists, as far as matter exists. I wasn't always this way though. Many years ago, or was it decades? Maybe it could have been centuries. Time doesn't flow straight for me so I cannot tell. But long, long ago, I had a form. I had skin the color of caramel. Although you may not know what skin is or what caramel is since you don't know what food is. Maybe imagine the rocks of mars but duller? Like ...

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“The Chance” by Joanna White

Jexx felt his hand being gripped as if his hand was the last lifeline left. He glanced at Avill, his wife and his eyes told her more than words from his mouth could. “Is this really it?” she asked him. “We’re really going to Earth?”He nodded. “We have no other choice. Our home… it’s gone. We can live in peace amongst the humans… stay hidden even. It’s for the best.”Avill bit her lip, which trembled slightly. Whether from fear or anxiety, Jexx could only guess. The Great War had finally taken it...

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“Save Me, I'm Famous!” by Antoaneta Antonov

Yes, I know, I’m famous. I am a Hollywood celebrity. To be more precise, I have the leading role in a successful TV series, aired in the entire solar system. As you well know, I obtained celebrity status right from the start of my acting career, because, and this is the truth, I am a good-looking man: blue eyes like early spring’s sky, sensual lips like a juicy strawberry and an athletic body much like Adonis. Plus, I’m modest. However, after the 4D Home Cinema technique developed, my life became a living nightmare. I don’t ev...

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“Nuclear Radiation Agent Purple” by James Offenha

This was an accident and I am not an astronaut. I’ve been duped. See, they needed scientists and I am a scientist. They needed physicists to help with the equations on properly getting spacecrafts into space and that’s my job. But during the encounters with the Riw people, nuclear radiation agent purple was released and all of the trained astronauts were killed and they needed astronauts, but not just any astronauts, astronauts familiar with the year of of training in terminating the space junk virus scient...

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“Salomar and the Bird” by Lenora Good

Salomar Barak groaned. The groan pulled her into consciousness. She opened her eyes, surveyed her surroundings, and almost cried. The freighter, her freighter, her beautiful Flaming Salomardor lay scattered about her, broken into hundreds of pieces. Held upside down by the safety webbing of her captain's lounge, she looked over what remained of the cockpit.“Computer?”“Yes.”“You still work?” For a moment, Salomar dared to hope.

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“The First Man Stuck on Mars” by Audrey Perillo

One decision can really change it all. The name’s Michael Morrow. The Michael Morrow. I am currently 28 years old, a single dad, and I’m currently working as an astronaut for NASA. I’ve been working with them for a while now. Tomorrow, I have a mission directed to the planet Mars. I’ve done several missions before however, I’ve never been to Mars. It’s g...

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“Drifting” by Joe Glocke

I’ve been drifting through space for a long time. A few hundred years, maybe. I’ve come to think of it as an openness, an unknowable gap. In a moment, this will end.I was a young man, maybe in my early twenties, when the company assigned me to a system of telescopes orbiting Earth called the ASTRO-2. They monitored classified information which was never revealed to me. Its observatory required m...

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Write a story about an adventure in space.

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✍️ 29 stories

“Astro Naught” by Joshua G. J. Insole

“Hazy New World” by Sabrina Alvarez

“Now I am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds” by Tony Hall

“Test Tubes” by Mushroom (flammulina Velutipes)

“Finding love in space” by Tea Kleva

“Nebula in the Deep” by John Popovich

“Streaming Sunlight” by Chalinor Lillico

“Something About Nothing” by Yvonne S

“Immortal” by Shruti Bhutada

“The Chance” by Joanna White

“Save Me, I'm Famous!” by Antoaneta Antonov

“Nuclear Radiation Agent Purple” by James Offenha

“Salomar and the Bird” by Lenora Good

“The First Man Stuck on Mars” by Audrey Perillo

“Drifting” by Joe Glocke

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Write a story about an adventure on the water.

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