Sci Fi
The Last Space Opera
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say, but by the time I jumped to the Moras Trio, barely ahead of the party of bounty hunters on my tail and a cacophony of wailing alarms vaticinating my ship’s imminent demise, I thought that perhaps I would soon test that theory.
By Vanessa Kerr4 years ago in Fiction
Break In
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I heard a vacuum in the back module of an interstellar rock wagon—does that count? I was on assignment with this second-rate band that paid its bills with the odd mining gig. I was freelancing (again) and hoping this band’s schtick was interesting enough to maybe get me back on staff with Clash. Not likely, since they have enough followers these days to be picky—not like when I was getting started. I remember when Hana and Chita and Remori and I wrote everything from a dorm room at Moony Uni (International Lunar University to most people). But I got into some things that I’d rather not talk about right now and Clash went nova and now I can’t even call myself a stringer. Let’s just say that I thought I could take a shortcut to making it big, possibly involving sleeping with a newsvid exec or two and it didn’t turn out like I planned.
By Martha Kearse4 years ago in Fiction
Where Fools Fly In
No one can hear you scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. LIlion MaKruchen had never been one to put such ancient thought to the test but she could hear her heart screaming. She wondered if anyone else could, knowing that the fleeting thought was nonsense. And if there was one thingilLIlion not partake in, it was nonsense. Still, she could feel the strain in her face and breathing, in each step toward the fighter ship and in the tilt of her head.
By Debora Dyess4 years ago in Fiction
Jupiter Station
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I have heard this claim from many of the other pilots on the team. Right now, I am ready to test this as I have been awake for nearly thirty hours, have not eaten a decent meal, and have not seen or heard from another human since I launched. It is too early in the flight to be losing my mind, which is not uncommon on these long-haul transport missions. Clearly my lack of sleep is causing my mind to wander if I am having the random thought of screaming in space.
By MIKE Krenesky4 years ago in Fiction
Stranger of the Void
Gregory Pines, a man of over five decades, walked out of the large factory. A twenty foot mechanized door to his right began to bang and screech as the giant white metal panels, laid horizontally, started to rise. Greg strutted back to his waiting big rig. It had taken him four days to pass the flight training, but he was now free to take his ten million credit spacecraft out of the industrial factory and down to his reserved launch pad.
By Colt Henderson4 years ago in Fiction
Into the Void
Chapter 1: Can You Hear it Calling Log 500, Day 10,227 “Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I heard someone say that once, and it's really stuck with me growing up. We as a human species have been exploring space since the beginning of time. It was about 16,000 years or so into our existence before we even found a way to make it out of our own atmosphere and to our only moon. Before Athena Alula, we never made it outside of our solar system.” Finally, as hope of ever making it farther than our nearest solar system was fading, Athena discovered a way to bend time space. Athena created what She called GaiaNovas; they were essentially devices used to create wormholes to any coordinates both on Earth and through space. Essentially teleportation had been born.
By Michael Oliver4 years ago in Fiction
