humanity
The evolution of humanity, from one advancement to the next.
Space Maestro . Top Story - August 2021.
Author's note: Space Maestro takes place on the colonization spacecraft The Giant Leap, introduced in Space Diner Proposal and referenced in Alien Honeymoon and Big Earth Journals. You are invited to acquaint yourself with the craft and some of the characters by reading those stories here on Vocal:
By Ben Waggoner3 years ago in Futurism
The Trans-Atlantic Snow Mobile
Luke pulled his scarf tighter around his mouth, hiding from the bitterly cold wind that sought to blast his face and seep away his warmth, telling him to go back from whence he came. Gripping his snowmobile with a death-like vice, he looked back to check on his precious cargo of fresh produce, grown in one of the pitiful few areas that remained arable in the whole earth.
By Jesse Leung3 years ago in Futurism
The search for distant moons
In 1655, Christiaan Huygens pointed a self-constructed telescope at Saturn. The Dutch astronomer wanted to verify his assumption that the planet was surrounded by a single fixed ring whose orientation changed over the years. In the process, Huygens discovered the giant moon, Titan. Henceforth, Saturn was the third planet, along with Earth and Jupiter, of which a satellite was known. Today we know: Moons are even more common in our solar system than planets.
By AddictiveWritings3 years ago in Futurism
I AM YOUR LOVER
I am the One, the one, that you feel to the depth of your toes, the one that awakens your heart, you feel me in every breath you take. You hold me deep in your warm embrace. Our bodies dance together, like the beauty of the ocean in the light of a deep red full moon. The ease and grace in my words will break your heart into beauty of what I see in you. I will hold your hand in darkness and dance with you to the light. I will laugh with the craziness and celebrate all that is you. I will see your darkness as a pain in your heart, but I will not make it mine. I Am. I Am. I Am. I am your lover, I encompass it all, great and small, in that moment our bodies unite, in fire, an intertwining flame of wonder. I am in you and you are in me. The fire burns intenstly bright, rising like a Phoenix in the night. Together the flames touch the sky, burning down to ashes where there is no you and there is no me, just in this moment as life should be. .
By Rebecca Clarkson3 years ago in Futurism
The Hidden Ones
It is time. The area is clear for now. My group, in which there are seven of us, set out on another outing to gain supplies and see if we can find any humans that want to be saved. We are the Hidden Ones. Our purpose is not easy, yet we try to stay strong. Demons scour the earth, but one of the biggest threats still out there are humans. Humans have turned on each other. It is hard to know who to trust, so we must be vigilant and be able to tell the difference between truth and trickery or folly will fall upon us. While the Gods may be with us, they will still allow us to learn as this is our job, our purpose. We must prove ourselves worthy. We cannot afford to be weak. We need one another to stay strong as there is still much left to be done before the final end.
By Tasha Brock3 years ago in Futurism
Waiting
“Sorry, never seen them before.” the security guard says. Another dead end. It’s been weeks since I’ve been in this city and I still haven’t found her. I don’t even know if she’s still alive. I just know I have to keep looking. But that was my last lead. I hate these moments. Partly because I feel stuck but mainly because they give me time to miss Helena. I want to call her, just to hear her voice, but then she’ll be all I think about for the rest of the day.
By Apoorv Jaiswal3 years ago in Futurism