Sci Fi
Self-Serve
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. If you want to survive, you better empty your lungs before taking a plunge into the void. Otherwise, the vacuum will rip the air out of your body faster than you can exhale. Space is unforgiving like that.
By Max Russell4 years ago in Fiction
NewWorlds
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I hear it. I’ve always heard it, but never understood what I was hearing until last night. When I was in elementary school and on a field trip to the planetarium, I felt really sick when the room darkened and the stars and planets unveiled themselves and instantly felt better as we left the building. I thought nothing of it until later that same night as I climbed into bed and read; I felt sick again, just like in the planetarium. I got up to tell my mother, but when I stood in front of my window, I felt as if something was pulling me from inside. I stood there for a moment and ran to my parent’s room. My mother took me downstairs to give me something to make me feel better and sleep, but I remember her hands shaking really badly as she poured the warm milk into my cup. When I asked her if she was ok, she asked me if I heard anything outside of my window. I told her no and then told her how I had the same feeling at the planetarium. She was nervous about something and I could tell by her reaction. I asked her if I was about to start my monthly cycles I learned about in school and she looked at me almost in a panic because she still had yet to tell me all the things a young girl should know. She said tomorrow we will go out and get you some supplies just in case and off to bed we went. Supplies? I said to myself and went into my room. I got into bed and started reading again. I fell asleep almost instantly but woke up around 3am to this pulling on the inside of my stomach. I was not in pain, but the middle of my body tightened and the feeling spread throughout my body. There was no sound when I yelled for my parents. I forced myself to stand, intending to go to my parents, but my body would only face the window and suddenly I fell to the floor feeling normal again. I started to sweat and breathe hard when I realize it wasn’t a sickness I was feeling; it was fear. I got up and walked over to the window and looked around the outside of the house to see if anyone was there. I’m not sure what I expected to see, a robber, a dog, something. As I turned to go back to bed, I saw a light twinkled out the corner of my eyes and turned back to the window to see it. I looked at the street light first and then my eyes traveled the open and well lit skies where it found a star twinkling. I stared at the star and imagined it was sending me an SOS signal or there were ships in the ocean following its direction. Maybe it’s another miraculous birth! I laughed to myself as I got back in bed.
By Zandra Washington4 years ago in Fiction
The Blue Door
"Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say", thought Ray as she looked out the window. Sometimes she thought about walking to the back of the ship, opening the emergency exit and letting her body float out to nothingness. Let space swallow her and take her. It would be more thrilling than this dreaded life of young woman stuck on this ship with her whole life being controlled by the tall, gangly creatures of the Myst.
By Megan Brown4 years ago in Fiction
Right Angles
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I wish I’d been in space when they had said that, so I hadn’t heard them. But, alas, I was on Earth, and I heard. I heard a lot in my job, heard a lot more in my neighborhood, and I ignored pretty much all of it. Some because I was told to, the rest because . . . Well, it’s just easier, you know? To ignore it, that is.
By James Leek4 years ago in Fiction
Scream All You Want
"Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say," Major Thomas McPherson sneered at the figure gesturing wildly outside the airlock's operator station window. He waggled his head and continued his monologue. "At the very least, I can't, because I've muted the intercom. But I can watch you scream, and that's very satisfying. Scream all you want, you worthless dreg, you irredeemable excrement, because no one can hear you."
By Ben Waggoner4 years ago in Fiction
Outer Tera
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I’ve heard it three times. The first time was when we were on our journey to the colony planet of Outer Tera. I was ten and it was the day my dad died. The second time was when I took my first solo space flight off planet when I was twenty. The third time I was twenty-five and it was the first time I encountered the Others. I try to tell people about it, but they just shake their heads and say it was all in my mind.
By Carmen Elmer4 years ago in Fiction
118 Years and Counting
118 Years and Counting Chapter One By Matthew Randquist Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Given that I was on a one-man space craft en route to a planet which, in the far distant past, had sent a probe into space, I unfortunately had no ability to test whether anyone could hear me. I am therefore creating this narration of my journey.
By Matthew Randquist4 years ago in Fiction
Moon Dust to Dust
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. The Moon-dust looked like little gray crystals in the sunlight. The workers did their damndest to ensure that the plot was even in every dimension. Their labor produced a fine spectacle of the dust as they bit into the Moon’s surface.
By Skyler Saunders4 years ago in Fiction
Oh, To Kill A Star
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But, strictly speaking, that's not so true. You see, things do scream in the vacuum of space. Throughout all of the galaxies things are crying out, begging to be heard. Great wails and yells. The entirety of space is screaming - endless, painful screaming.
By Leigh Hooper4 years ago in Fiction
