Sci Fi
Crossroads Demon
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. If, however, the hardvac suit you’ve been marooned in contains enough trace O2 and power, the last few hours of your miserable life will be full of futile screaming. And yelling. And crying. I have on good authority.
By Hans Apollo4 years ago in Fiction
Magellans
I. Deafening Silence Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. And so I used to believe. I used to believe sound wouldn’t carry in space. Our ears are sensitive to the vibrations of air. When someone speaks, their voice vibrates the air in waves to whoever listens. This is communication, as we know it, here on Earth. Without air - or a medium for the sound to travel through - there can be no sound at all. But what is sound to a human? It’s an understanding based on sensation – a feeling. Could a feeling bypass the medium of air, going straight from one person’s lips to the ears without traveling through sound? Can the brain understand the preliminary motions and translate it to the end effect?
By Walter Nunez4 years ago in Fiction
The Chosen
“Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say.” But Dex knew it was a lie just like all the lies she told him, told others. Just another pithy fabrication scrawled in a litany of fabrications upon torn fragments of paper and left taped to cupboards, mirrors and bed posts. Harbingers and shallow insights stolen from others and dumbed down to mimic original thought. She was never the same after their daughter’s death. It was in the days after the tumor arrived. Bedded in her brain and then the messages arrived. She scrawled them down in a fervency of import only felt by her. “Hope will be found in the ruins,” and other such nonsense.
By Kevin Rolly4 years ago in Fiction
The Sacrifice
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But I saw his jaw distend through the cameras on the forward bulkhead as his suit depressurized and my head filled in the rest. I heard it. All the way through the broken glass, along the tether, and through the vacuum.
By Isla Kaye Thistle4 years ago in Fiction
Scream Particles
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Before I say anymore, I have to in all good faith, give you the chance to turn this off now, and you can keep everything you think you know from being ripped from your perceived reality. I wouldn’t blame you; I would trade you if I could, but unfortunately, I didn’t have a choice out there.
By Lance Morgan4 years ago in Fiction
Abolition at Gran Tierra
“Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say,” He read aloud, stooping to examine the placard hung strung by a worn chain from the lowermost stairwell baluster. “Never heard that,” He laughed and straightened himself. The superintendent turned with an expectant look, one foot already on the steps to the surface and body tilted gently forward. “Alright.”
By barrett kennedy4 years ago in Fiction
Unhearables
CHAPTER I: Entry Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I clenched my teeth at they and I muted my comms and purged myself of voice. The scream was not silenced by the space that surrounded me. The scream charged out of my diaphragm and reentered via my drums. Like cycling urine in a Fosmos. I could hear my scream!
By Atrayu Sweet4 years ago in Fiction
The Wrong Place at the Right Time
“In space, no one can hear you scream, or so they say.” That ridiculous line from some Alien rip-off movie resonates in my head. Of course, no one can hear you scream in a vacuum. No air, no sound. So, I will not waste any of my last breaths screaming. I will restrict the screams to my mind as I try to understand why I have found myself floating in space.
By Antonella Di Minni4 years ago in Fiction
The Weak
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. The soul of a poor beast revolting in the endless fountain of colors, vivid as summer days that never happen, and extremely large as the vast ocean. The infinite becomes closer and closer as his consciousness became a cry of despair.
By Dain Hesuni4 years ago in Fiction
The Underappreciated Art of Space Espionage
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But just to be safe, I checked for a pulse one more time . . . and, satisfied that he truly was dead, sealed off the trash chute, pressed a single button, and sent him on a never ending journey to the unknown.
By Gina Anaejionu4 years ago in Fiction
Sentient
"Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say.", the artificial intelligence stated. The AI began pondering what would cause a scream in the vacuum of space. It held the power to simulate lifetimes in the matter of seconds, and through all simulations, not one simulation could produce a scream in space. The AI thought to itself, “Is the origin of this quote founded on something? Or is it more of a scientific basis?” The AI knew an organic lifeform could not produce a scream in space due to the lack of air in the vacuum of space.
By NAKarwisch4 years ago in Fiction
