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APRIL FOOL’S IN OUTER SPACE • by Amelia Brown

April 1, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

There’s a spaceship, a jumpsuit, and a moose. Well, really, there’s just the jumpsuit and the moose. They just happen to be on the spaceship. Oh, and there’s me. Trying to get to the jumpsuit. Being blocked by the moose.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories Amelia Brown, April Fools' Day, spaceships

I WOULD GIVE YOU ALL THE STARS • by Aidan Doyle

July 22, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The Akahoshi Hikari 4X is a family-class spaceship that comes equipped with the latest advancements in AI, as well as the superior firepower and reliable navigation you’ve come to expect from Akahoshi. Don’t trust your family’s future to anything less… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories Aidan Doyle, artificial intelligence, spaceships

ALAMBRE • by Holly Schofield

March 10, 2017Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

Sub-space radio transmission from the direction of Tau Ceti: “Mayday! Mayday! Do you read? ‘Beef’ Vaquero reporting in! Over, dammit!” Reply from Nina Bozovic, technician at Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico: “Is this a joke? Not funny. I’m just an underpaid… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories astronauts, Holly Schofield, revenge, spaceships

ABSENT SANTA • by Dale Ivan Smith

December 26, 2015Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

Early Christmas morning aboard the Masters’ starship, and once again there was no Santa Claus. I stared at the stars streaming past on the display window. There was a quiet knock on our apartment’s door, a little rap-a-tap-tap given with… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, Christmas, Dale Ivan Smith, Santa Claus, space, spaceships

IRON PRIVATEERS • by Alexander Burns

October 2, 2014Every Day Fiction 49 Comments

Antideuterium tablets flashed as they tumbled from Yuri’s shovel into the Theresa’s furnace. Exhausted, he staggered to the water bucket. Water poured down his chest and splashed to the floor, curling into steam around his boots. On a viewscreen he… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Alexander Burns, piracy, space, spaceships

GOING ALL THE WAY • by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

June 24, 2013Every Day Fiction 17 Comments

When the spaceship came, Tamsin thought it was some sort of marketing stunt. It landed on the beach just above the high tide mark with a whir and a puff of steam. People on the boardwalk stopped and stared. A… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, spaceships, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

THE WELL-TEMPERED SUBORDINATE • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

January 12, 2013Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

I still remember that awful moment, in school, when I realized mathematics is the language of the universe and I could barely speak one coherent word of it. I sensed its beauty, but could never commune with its soul. Mastered… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Sarah Crysl Akhtar, spaceships

THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE THE STARS… • by John Eric Vona

October 5, 2011Every Day Fiction 25 Comments

The fuel truck technician gave me hell for cutting him short and demanded that I report the change in my lift-off weight, “or else!” I wasn’t gonna report a damned thing. I had hauling to do, money to make and,… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories John Eric Vona, space, spaceships

RIVETED • by Kevin Shamel

May 17, 2011Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

Marla has new rivets in her and she isn’t sure why. Something itches inside — something like an electric bug. Her eyes are closed. She is afraid to open them. Behind them, visions flicker. The Earth floats below her. It… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories cyborgs, Kevin Shamel, spaceships

WITH THE BAND • by Alexander Burns

November 6, 2009Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

Ike Garrison staggered from his bunk to the small sink on the opposite wall of his cabin, awoken from a fitful sleep by an abrupt jerk of the ship. He grasped the sink to steady himself and felt the unmistakable… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Alexander Burns, journalism, rock bands, spaceships

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