Write from the POV of someone, or something, that experiences gravity differently.

Posted in Science Fiction on Oct 26, 2022

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“When Michael Learned to Fly” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

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I met Michael LaRoos when he moved up to Pilot Knob after his mother and father were killed in a horrific traffic accident on the Long Island Freeway. He had come to live with his Grandpa Keller who owned one hundred acres north of our home. He was twelve, the same age as I was when he came to the eastern shore of Lake George. Named for the King of England before the Revolution, my father boldly claimed the lake was named for him whenever the out-of-towners walked into his store. Who was I to doubt him since&nb...

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“Ally's perfect gravity” by Cassandra Chi

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Waiting in line for our turn into the elevator, I constantly check Ally's mood. Since she is not feeling great, I start exploring options. After all, she is my most important significant other, my soulmate, my Angel and it is my only concern to do my best for her well-being. Ally is getting old, brave and generous as she is, I can see she is in worse shape every day. Her back feet are getting insecure and standing up looks really painful, but she never complains. She is in my life for 13 years now, since she was just a dumb puppy. Grew up to...

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“The Pull of Gravity” by Shirrl Beeson

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Isaac sat waiting for the appointment, watching the door to the doctor’s office when it opened, waiting to hear his name. The woman who emerged looked discombobulated as she lost grip and juggled, then dropped her phone. Then her key fob fell out of her purse as she reached for the phone. Isaac picked up the phone and fob and held them out to her. Her eyes were puffy and wet but the most beautiful blue–the sky on a perfect summer day with rays of sunlight sparking out from the tiny pupils. She smiled and her eyes smiled too...

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“Eva” by Christina Henderson

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Trigger Warning- sexual content and violence Her eyes screamed in silence, her lips parting like the red sea and her moan was explicit. My kisses trailed down her abdomen, past her navel and to her inner thighs. As I reached the mouth of her moisture, my rapid heavy breathing makes her twitch wildly. She begged for release but I jolted awake. The dream had made me frothing and left me gasping for air. It made me wonder to myself why I have these dreams, is it because I'm living a lie? Here I lay next to my wife, as she begins to stir, her ...

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“Yamaraj” by Hiren Dusara

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Part 1Alice was sitting in an emerald-coloured armchair in front of a fireplace that gently crackled. She knitted using two silver needles attached to a thread which unfurled from a purple ball of yarn. Alice was a lady in her sixties, with neatly trimmed short grey hair, dressed in a flowery nighty and a beige cardigan. Her slight frame barely filled the armchair. She faced the fire and the warm glow lit up her pale complexion. She stopped knitting, her melancholy blue eyes looked toward a wooden table, and she laid the needles down with tr...

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“Touchdown” by Jeanne Lejeune

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“Strap in, everyone. Touchdown in T-minus 20.”The expedition leader, (what is her name?), floating just below the cockpit’s hatch, spins and surveys the mismatched group of researchers and mercenaries. “Alrightee, you heard the pilot, if any of you’s go flying, you’ve only got yourselves to blame!” Her gaze sweeps around the pod, pausing on you just long enough to wink at your flustered visage, before she swings herself into the remaining seat and straps in.You double-double check your harness, rolling your eyes as Jia smirks at you from her...

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“Space Force One” by Bill Soest

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Space Force One As the hangar doors slowly parted, a hot dry wind blew in from the desert around Area 51. But even the hot air was not enough to prevent the goosebumps from forming on his body at the sight of the magnificent ship in front of him. Feelings of apprehension, nerves, fear, and excitement all washed over him as he walked into the hangar. He smiled at himself as he recalled having these same feelings twenty years ago on his first steps into the Air Force Academy. Only here in this hangar, there was no one yelling at him, no one b...

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“Fulcrum” by Colin Strivelli

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The world lingered upside down in her gaze. In a society of super powers, soldiers and spies- this was not her life, for Junko Watanabe wished only to perform. Some scientists surmised her power manipulates fields of gravitons, the reason for her impeccable balance and the potential limit of her could be made into a perfect weapon. The truth of the matter, however was far simpler- she merely could isolate and control her own center of gravity giving way to incredible feats of agility, perfect for a performer; a paragon of form and finess...

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“A turn to the Side” by Delfina Barbiero

Submitted to Contest #134

Nelly was a normal six-year-old by all accounts. She liked dolls and trucks. She likes to kiss her younger brother. And sometimes bite him. She will do her nightly prayers and slept with her stuffed bunny. All was right as rain until one day, Nelly could walk on the walls. And only the walls. Just a normal day when her father stirred her from sleep to get her ready for school. But unlike most mornings when Nelly's fuzzy socks will touch the cold floor and stand from her bed, Nelly fell. Fell straight to the fl...

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“The Fall” by Stella T Morgan

Submitted to Contest #134

When I first cracked through the barrier of that tract of skin, the sun bathed my fluffy head, and all I could think of was my short yet wondrous existence on my strong protein skeleton. A harbinger of a trajectory towards warmer lands before the end of September. I’d grow and proudly protect my carrier against the elements. I’d diligently serve the laws of aerodynamics without being trained how to do so. Feathers like me are as important yet as easily replaceable in the sky domain. No bird with half its mind set right would ever get attach...

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“Dear Bob” by Sarah Ann Mellstrom

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February 15, 2022Dear Bob,It has been about a year since I wrote you, for that I apologize. Someone so dear as yourself deserves correspondence more frequently than once a year. But here I am, another Valentine's Day, celebrating your birthday writing a letter.It was our eldest granddaughter that reminded me, though she didn't know at the time that it was your birthday. She sent me a box of homemade gingerbread cookies and a gourmet cat treat for my new cat on Valentine’s Day. A cat? I know, we never had a cat when we lived together, three b...

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“The Heaviness of Waiting ” by Avery Thomason

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I open my eyes as I feel the sunlight coming through my apartment window and struggle to take a couple of deep breaths. I can already feel the crushing weight against me once more as I glance at the clock on my nightstand. It’s 10:23 a.m. I release a heavy sigh and grind my teeth in aggravation. Why am I not used to this already? Why does it feel the same every time? I think to myself, trying my hardest to roll over so I can at least face the window. I feel so useless with this constant weight on me; all I want is to be like everyone else. I...

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Write from the POV of someone, or something, that experiences gravity differently.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 27 stories

“When Michael Learned to Fly” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

“Ally's perfect gravity” by Cassandra Chi

“The Pull of Gravity” by Shirrl Beeson

“Eva” by Christina Henderson

“Yamaraj” by Hiren Dusara

“Touchdown” by Jeanne Lejeune

“Space Force One” by Bill Soest

“Fulcrum” by Colin Strivelli

“A turn to the Side” by Delfina Barbiero

“The Fall” by Stella T Morgan

“Dear Bob” by Sarah Ann Mellstrom

“The Heaviness of Waiting ” by Avery Thomason

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