Sci Fi

Legacy
No one can hear you scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say, but Timberly Evans knew that her daughter Ashlyn did, as she felt her daughters heart wrenching cries reaching her ears and heart. As the mother travelled rapidly through the wormhole of light, memories sped past her, sucking her into an unknown dimension. Timi, as her family called her, was enveloped with the joy and pain of her life, as well as her ancestors. Some were sweet and beautiful memories, while some were very dark and painful, each meshing together to make a patchwork life that was her own. Cradled in the warm light, Timi allowed each memory that begged to reawaken enter her conscious, as she relived each moment as if it had just occurred. The first was one that she had not personally, but Timi wondered was it perhaps of a former life, or maybe the first piece of the puzzle in the mystery of her family’s ancestral secret.
By Andrea Cummings4 years ago in Fiction
Portal Tours
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But this isn’t a vacuum. It’s Laika, the largest city on Ocean Planet, and things have gone badly south.
By Dan Gee4 years ago in Fiction
White Trash Willy In A Strange Land
Willy pumped the brakes too quickly on his cherried-out 1979 F100 pickup with a hydraulic suspension system on rims from a newer Chevy Nova. The problem is it needed a part they don’t make anymore and so the 1979 front disk brakes were about to fail completely and the rear drums had to work twice as hard. Sometimes the rear wheels would lock up and skid mid way through the second brake-pump and sometimes it took 5. Good ol’ Willy never knew many pumps it would take. It was a rough ride.
By James Donahue4 years ago in Fiction
Viva Las Zeta Reticuli
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. "Probe this!" shouted Jeff. He slammed the button to the airlock with his fist. He ran to a porthole and watched the small grey being float away from the ship. He looked up towards the polished metallic ceiling and put his hand to his ear. "Nope, looks like you're right, I can’t hear you," said Jeff triumphantly. He’d heard that phrase drilled into his mind every time he’d been abducted before. It was as if they knew he would try to escape someday. The being locked its big black almond eyes on Jeff. The look of utter shock, frozen on its face. Literally. "One down, three to go!" he yelled. He put his hands back on the control panel and let the warm electrolyte gel engulf his hands.
By Vince Mac4 years ago in Fiction
Transmutation
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But that doesn’t stop people from screaming. I couldn’t hear Hannah’s scream as she was sucked out into the far reaches of the galaxy, but I could see it. Her eyes were supernovas. Expanding. Exploding. Fear ricocheted off of her in all directions, propelling her backward, into the void.
By Isla Kaye Thistle4 years ago in Fiction
The Sound Devil
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Throat coarse, I was pleading for a savior after being cast away like last week’s trash into the void of endless nothing. Backstabbed by my crewmates. I counted the seconds as I floated aimlessly, slowly observing the oxygen gauge within my suit depleting. I thank my lucky stars every night that Yerma had heard my desperate prayers. My oxygen had just about run out before the greatest opportunity would find its way to me. I wasn’t about to squander this fantastic moment granted to me by the labyrinth of constellations we call space. Gazing upon this maze from the inside, or I guess in my case maybe the outside, is an experience beyond imagination. You realize just how massive ‘nothing’ really is, and during a miracle you realize just how small the universe can be. It’s quite a shame that I must become the villain.
By Erick Thomas4 years ago in Fiction
Values
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. In the vacuum of space, a scream is held in your helmet. In a tin can grinding through dark matter a scream is welcomed. The constant churning of space can get monotonous. A sound of action, of any kind, would take the crews collective mind off the sound of the ship laboring toward its destination. A loud clang from the ship’s exterior caused the crew to raise their heads towards the direction of the sound.
By DubstheScribe4 years ago in Fiction
Migration
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I suppose it stands to reason then that nobody can hear you sing, either. And there'd probably be nobody to pull me up on my German grammar, which would be nice. I wonder about yodelling. Surely that's the real test. If I stood on the outer hull of this ship, face to face with Satine, and yodelled, could she hear me? Seems hard to believe something that spans the Alps back on Earth couldn't travel an inch, even in space.
By John Gehman4 years ago in Fiction
Homage to A Beast
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. “They”, being the people on Earth and what “they” know is very little compared to the vastness of the universe. The most concrete information they have is entirely fundamental and the rest is all speculation to some degree. Of all the things that are speculated black holes remain largely a mystery. True, with the advancement of technology comes the advancement of knowledge, but all speculation remains just that until a solid interaction is made. When that occurs it would remove the speculations… And everything else from existence. Once it grabs onto its next meal it will not let go, not even light can escape the consuming darkness. Not even the sounds of a billion screams would ever be heard. To reiterate, nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space. Ladies and gentlemen, that in itself is a speculation as the people of planet Earth don’t know the truth. “They” don’t know that there’s a being that can hear everything in the universe-be anywhere in the universe. Is it God? Putting the fire of religion to rest it is not God or the Devil. What it is is, well, to put it best, it is… And it is awakening…
By The Narrator 4 years ago in Fiction
Pirate Radio
“Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. However, they can sure hear you sing! Next up we have the latest pop song of 2134 coming all the way from earth, ‘Can you Still Hear Me.’” Marshall slid down his audio track while raising the new one. The song faded in and the bubbly pop star started her song.
By Cole Alexander Perron4 years ago in Fiction
The planet at the end of the solar system
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Still, I screamed anyway as my ship hurtled towards that purple, alien planet. My final resting place. My tomb.
By Sam Mackerras 4 years ago in Fiction
Stranded
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I wish they were wrong... "Help!" Agatha screamed. "Please, ISS come in! Is anyone receiving this?! This is Commander Reeves, of the International Space Station, is anyone receiving this?! I think my leg is broken, my tether has snapped and I'm currently in free fall. Respond!"
By Falcon 4 years ago in Fiction