Sci Fi
Between The Fences
3. To Grandmother’s House We Go Vera Grassly was 74 years old and wheelchair-bound. She lived alone, but got around well enough on her own. Shayla was her daily aide, yet spend more time reading and studying than taking care of Vera. The septuagenarian was a veteran of Vietnam, spending years in the early seventies as a translator for the US Army. Vera had graduated from high school and went directly to Rice University on a language scholarship. Cassidy didn’t know how many languages her grandmother spoke, but she knew it was quite a few.
By Anthony Stauffer4 years ago in Fiction
Between The Fences
As a writer, inspiration can come from the strangest of places or at the strangest of times. Many times, it’s the inspiration itself that is strange, and the event that gave rise to it is as boring and mundane as it gets. So it was with this story. My wife and I were removing our solar light strings from the fence in our backyard in favor of ones that would be brighter. I remember reaching over the fence to try and dig out a piece of zip tie that had gotten stuck between the slats.
By Anthony Stauffer4 years ago in Fiction
The Edge
In the darkness of space, on a barren moon, far from any civilization, any law, a lone building stands. Large and ominous it stares back at the emptiness that surrounds it, that seems to consume. Perhaps irony or a cruel joke, the station is named Hope. It spans far larger than it appears, heading deep underground, in all directions, it twists and turns.
By Kyle R. Yonker (soon King)4 years ago in Fiction
The Edge
Blood, so much blood, red and dark. It was everywhere. Enough to make a man sick, to make him weak. Cody was more than a mere man though; the sights and sounds never made him feel ill. Instead, he felt exhilarated, energized, alive and immortal.
By Kyle R. Yonker (soon King)4 years ago in Fiction
Starlight: Stargazers
The ship streaked across the sky as it dodged incoming fire from the ground on all sides. It screeched like some kind of monster as it seemed to move impossibly at the hands of its pilot. Three smaller ships weren’t far behind it, firing to bring it down.
By Kyle R. Yonker (soon King)4 years ago in Fiction
NASA
NASA, the United States' premier space agency, has always been at the forefront of space exploration. From the first manned mission to the moon in 1969 to the recent Perseverance rover mission on Mars, NASA has constantly pushed the boundaries of what is possible in space exploration. In 2023, NASA is set to launch several new missions that will continue to push the limits of our knowledge of the universe.
By Subhan Khalil4 years ago in Fiction
Fight or Flight
Sigra was jolted awake by the familiar dull thud of blaster fire slamming into bulkheads, followed by the constant, all-encompassing blare of alarm klaxons. She sat up in her bunk, adrenaline cranking her heart up to eleven. She kicked her covers off, and jumped into her flight suit, shoving her feet into her boots, and haphazardly throwing her belt around her waist, fumbling at the buckle. She pulled her blaster pistol from its locking pegs on the wall, and secured it in its holster. She picked up her CommPod, then changed her mind, biting onto one end of the strap, yanking a hair tie off her wrist, and quickly pulling her hair back into a pony.
By Paul Martyn4 years ago in Fiction
Starlight Genesis
A void. A void without end. Eternal, ever-reaching. So dark. Without light to scatter it away, the darkness spreads across all directions, increasing the void. Darkness that is thick, so thick it is made form, a form that is as thick as the sea.
By Kyle R. Yonker (soon King)4 years ago in Fiction
Time's Undoing: The Paradoxical Cataclysm
Once upon a time, in a small town nestled in the heart of a dense forest, there lived a young girl named Lily. Lily was a curious and adventurous child, always seeking new experiences and exploring the wilderness that surrounded her home.
By Taimoor Khan4 years ago in Fiction
A Falling Star
Concept: I wanted to create a science fiction story that also included witches. The idea behind it is that a witch ends up in a distant land and meets a rebel fighter. She adjusts to the new worlds she is now a part of. The issue? She was once like the very beings her new love is fighting.
By C.M. Vazquez4 years ago in Fiction
