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Write a story set in the dark recesses of space where the two main characters are often at odds with each other in humorous and comedic ways.

Posted in Science Fiction on Aug 24, 2020

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“JOHN AND MARSHA IN OUTER SPACE” by Margie Ricca

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Write a story set in the dark recesses of space where the two main characters are often at odds with each other in humorous and comedic ways“I swear if there was anyone else on this spaceship, they would help me kill you!”  John said to Marsha.“Oh, yeah.  If there was anyone else on this ship, they would help me boot your ass right out that escape hatch.  Just think of the endless worlds you could haunt out there.  John and Marsha had been on board the CHAMELEON collecting data from the various worlds in galaxies in ...

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“Deep Space Nein” by Chad Lehrmann

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“HOW ABOUT YOU SHUT UP, KARL!” Bert had had it.  Too much time in the vacuum of space, too much time in close quarters.  Too much cleaning and sauerkraut. Seriously, who eats that stuff? “HOW ABOUT YOU MAKE ME, BERT, YOU AMERICAN PIG!” Karl was done, too.  The American was arrogant, prideful and sloppy.  Then he was a clutz, too. That’s why they were here now, in space, with the gravitational controls out of function, floating.   Not just the capsule.   Them.   Floating.   In the ...

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“Prank Wars” by Logan McDonnell

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AdalynI ram the screwdriver into the panel to open it. Dust falls out and I cough. “My jobs Fantastic” I muttered sarcastically to myself. Being a mechanic aboard a ship sucks, but it does have some perks. Like the money I earn, and the great view of space outside. Yea, you read that right.I am in freaking outer space! I chuckle and put the screwdriver away before It could float away. My hair is always a crazy mess, so I don’t even bother it when it flies up. I grab a scrunchy from my wrist and I put my reddish-brownish hair into a...

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“Just A Touch of Luck” by Alex Castro

Submitted to Contest #24

“Dude, it’s post lunch time and we’re still stuck out in the Void. Didn’t you promise I’d get to eat some of that frosty cake??!”“Shut up,” Calci grumbles as he continues tinkering with the dermometric tank in front of him.Flix doesn’t, perturbed that the one time of year he can have actual sweet food, he’s stuck on maintenance duty with the most stubborn mechanic of the garrison. He’s so busy complaining about his loss, neither company notices the floating anchor falling behind. Said anchor is supposed to keep their scaffold-shuttle in...

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“Art Is A Mistake” by Quil Wyrm

Submitted to Contest #24

The steady flashing of the red light overhead was growing quite monotonous and irritating on the eyes. At least Maimun had finally managed to get the blaring voice of the A.I. system repetitively screaming, “System Breech. System Breech. System Breech,” to stop.  Xion massaged his temples, attempting to ease some of the headache he could already feel forming.  Beyond the ship’s viewing ports was an endless expanse of stars, each their own untold story, winking and flashing at him as if mocking the fact he was stuck here instead of ...

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“Welcome Interruptions” by D Drummond

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Welcome InterruptionsOn the thirty-third day in the deepest black Daltz woke once again to the gnawing of the navigator. His presence rummaged in her mind, as insistent as it was unsubtle. Swearing softly at the uncaring confines of her hab, she was surprised to find her eyes watering, her wince having drawn frustrated tears. A month of broken sleep and zero privacy could do that. Still drowsy, she fancied she could feel phantom fingers on the inside of her skull, mapping the contours and wrinkles of the bone.‘Itching powder for the brain.’ ...

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“Djinni Mugs” by Jay Stempin

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DJINNI MUGSJay StempinChapter 1Batilda The crescent moon shone bright in the night sky, its beady gray eye haloed by a lopsided grin. Yes, that sharp-edged crescent in the sky illuminated the forest floor, shoving bags of darkness under Mother Earth’s grassy misshapen rug. Batilda Bahama loved taking walks late at night, even when it was cold, especially when flakes of frost bit into her heart. Darkness was her favorite venue. Darkness was her friend. Darkness was a pastime. And when she really thought about it—her faithful enemy. Brought a ...

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“Lunar Antics” by Isabel B

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Silas bounced across the dusty gray soil, felt his heart jolt when he spotted the golf ball. Finally! It’s what he’d been searching for for almost three days. Three days on the moon to be precise. One moon day equals twenty-seven point thirty-two days on earth, and it had taken him over sixty-eight earth days to find the damn thing!Grinning, Silas carefully bent down and picked up the old golf ball with his pressurized glove. Fifty-eight years old, to be exact. It was one of the two golf balls astronaut Alan Shepard surprised the world with ...

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“The Pallas” by Mickey McLaughlin

Submitted to Contest #24

As the Pallas silently glides across the inky black of space, it places its penultimate card upon the green felt of the artificial poker table. “Uno.” Pallas states, plainly. “If we were playing with actual cards, I would throw them at your face.”  Grumbles Amelia, the captain and sole crew member of the freighter, the Pallas, at her ship’s AI. She takes one last look at her fist full of digital cards and closes the game window on the bridge display console.  “I do not have a face.” Pallas responds.  “Good, because I would pun...

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“Cosmic Toothache” by Joe Kraus

Submitted to Contest #24

Cosmic Toothache Albert turned the zirconium cipher-cube every angle geometry would permit, but he could not find a way to make his reader accept it. He went so far as to remove a deep-cleansing cloth from his dental kit – which, under the universal terms of policy, would incur an itemized expense he could not be certain of being recompensed for – to wipe away what might have been invisible impurities. Still, nothing. He could not get his reader to recognize the miner’s insurance information. “It looks as if I’ll have to charge you currency,...

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“Ships in the Night” by Carol Coupland

Submitted to Contest #24

Station Eureka Warp 2, 50 million light years away from anywhere. Captain Galileo, also known as Bob is looking through the telescope. His second in command, Martha heaves a sigh. ‘There is nothing out there in the way of intelligent life.’ ‘Nothing in here for me either.’ ‘Well I don’t stare down a long, cylindrical, metal tube pretending.’ Bob turns his attention to Martha. She had once shared a home with Stewart, but left him for what she thought would be a wild adventure into outer space. Bob found her to be...

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“Crash Landing” by Laura Simmons

Submitted to Contest #24

Astronauts Rick Meyers and Janet Nardo we’re gazing at the sea. They both loved the beach, but this was no ordinary one. They had crash landed on Kepler 22b, over 600 light years from their home planet Earth. And they were the first human beings to be looking at this planet, the real thing, not just a photo or a schematic diagram. “What’s the matter, Rick, are you chicken?” “What’s the matter, Nardo, are you twelve?” She took her eyes off the bizarre ocean to gaze more clearly at him. Ignoring the insult, she asked: “Why Is it I call you...

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“The Cadet from Saturn’s Rings ” by Boston Chandler

Submitted to Contest #24

The thing about space is that you are always in the belly of it. Making a wrong turn can lead you to the bowels. It’s worse than taking the wrong exit off the 99 in downtown Seattle. Earth is set to be demolished today. I am from earth originally but now I live as a student on Saturn’s Rings. I’m studying to be a space pilot, exploring new lands, reaching out to other galaxies, expanding the collective knowledge of the universe. But today I wanted to take a break from exploring and return home. For the last time.   “I think we were...

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“Drifting” by Augustus Gigous

Submitted to Contest #24

We drift. Every hour we pass by, we drift. Like survivors of a shipwreck, we cling to our raft as we float on the black sea of space. A comet sails in the distance like a fairy running a marathon. A nebula, hundreds of lightyears away, is our major source of light in the pitch darkness; it stretches like a towering cliff on the coast. Stars dot the sky like tiny bubbles of sea foam. Or is it space foam?Ezekiel won't admit it. He is stubborn that way. Every time something happens, it is never his fault. Even back when we were training, w...

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“I'll call you S.T.A.R.” by Faith Sea

Submitted to Contest #24

The abyss had a way of looking at me that made me feel safe. It was quiet, peaceful. Quite lovely to be frank. The immense blanket of darkness that surrounds me has comforted me as long as I can recall. From time to time there would be music, murmurs that travelled from far away to be translated into unrecognizable syllables. Sometimes the darkness would bring me friends, some would stay and some would go. A few times us gaseous clouds dissolved into one another and created a new being. I let myself indulge in relaxation as I melt into the u...

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