Sci Fi
Across the Void
No one can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But that’s based on many assumptions. For instance, the assumption that “scream” refers to a vocalization, vibrations typically created by human vocal cords. These, indeed, do not travel without the medium of matter.
By Heidi McGinnis4 years ago in Fiction
Kevin 7
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. However, Kevin had discovered this was not true in the case of the foyer of a movie theatre. Everyone was staring at him. Also, the fact he was wearing pyjamas probably didn’t help. Kevin looked around, confused and bewildered. Most of the crowd had returned to their business, moving along the expansive concourse, to or from their allocated cinema screen. A few still stared at him, a group of three girls giggled and whispered behind raised hands. Then, he started to feel what was becoming a familiar churning in the base of his stomach. Panicked, he began looking around, desperately looking for sanctuary, when his eyes fell on the sign for the toilets. For some reason, known only to his subconscious, he announced, rather too loudly,
By Phil Tennant4 years ago in Fiction
New Worlds
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. And although the atmosphere doesn't seem to carry a sound, we will always find a way. Our way was through electronic interference. Communication is vital, ever since the new world order came into place. Some of our people; from earth, never liked the new world order. And for good reasons too, those people, the elite they called themselves, took over everything from the land to the water, controlled the sky, and contained us all on earth where no one could live without their exploits.
By Tim Cornett4 years ago in Fiction
Murmuration
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Ben patiently tried to explain it to Shelly as he gently airbrushed the tiny purple veins on the back of her hand. It was from a movie he had loved since his high school days, an exaggeration of its tagline. Ben guessed her next question would be about the word tagline, but her language acquisition software was moving at such a rapid pace these days her questions had become nearly impossible to predict. She was years ahead of the last generation, but still struggled with basic concepts - how long had it taken to assign good and bad? Months? He finally had a breakthrough with fair and unfair. Fair was good, unfair was bad, a balanced scale. He’d just have to attack the nuances on a case-by-case basis. Cat had been so easy, but how would he explain fright?
By Cara Emery 4 years ago in Fiction
Icarus Fire
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. And they've got science to back it up. With not matter to carry it, the tiniest whisper would get suffocated, stopped as soons as it began. Let alone a scream. They don't hear it echoing from across the void. But I can. It comes to me from deep in the expanse. Like a terrible, oppressive entity crying out in horror and rage, pleading for help.
By Braeden Black4 years ago in Fiction
The Great Grift of Stoto
No one can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Maila not only knows the sound. She’s had to endure it herself, silently watching on as the destruction she caused ran rampant throughout the Stoto star system, echoing in her mind at all hours of the day. She’s made the sound herself. She would empty out her vocal cords from her old rusty ship into the void of space, hoping that the barrage of emotion was able to scrape through and someone would come to rescue her from this honor-bound prison, but it never happened. If she were to get out, she’d have to free herself.
By Brian Rosen4 years ago in Fiction
Void Psychic
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But Kevy wasn't exactly human. No one was anymore. The psychic scream of one of her wingmates burned in her forehead like a white-hot bullet. It took every ounce of her will to keep her Chak's Organ, her third eye, from instinctively slamming shut. She could feel their pain and terror keenly, as they lost control at the moment of their death. But Kevy knew that shutting out the chaos of the battlefield for even a moment would almost certainly be a fatal mistake. She wrenched her focus back onto her surroundings just in time to sense two pellets tearing towards her at nearly 0.86 c. A sharp burst of telekinetic force was sufficient to disintegrate the first, its glittering remnants cascading harmlessly into the void.
By Landon Reynolds4 years ago in Fiction
