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THE DELIVERY • by Tygan Shelton

January 6, 2023Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“We’ve failed,” XDS-4 blinked flatly, solar fins hanging dejectedly from her torso. “Now millions will die and there’s nothing we can do.” No one else in the pod liked what she was saying, but no one could argue with the… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Science Fiction, Stories dolphins, genetic engineering, space, space colonization, spaceships, Tygan Shelton

AN INSIGNIFICANT FUNERAL • by Jessica Andrewartha

July 19, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We had a little funeral today in secret. We didn’t tell the Brogdonians. No one was in the mood to explain why we had decided to hold this human ritual they barely understand now. For this. We didn’t tell the… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Science Fiction, Stories funeral rites, Jessica Andrewartha, spaceships

AD ASTRA • by Mira Jiang

July 11, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Five. The harness digs into his shoulder. Mission control keeps a stream of chatter in his ear, but Gagarin can hardly hear them over his pounding heart. The rocket shudders around him. Four. Humanity has always been entranced by the… Continue Reading →

Historical, Science Fiction, Stories Mira Jiang, space, spaceships, Yuri Gagarin

LOUD • by Richard D Barker

May 29, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Something hit the hull and it was loud. Just moments ago, we were on a routine flight around the station. Now we’ve stopped. The stirring started immediately, a quaking sensation rattling through the length of the ship. Systems were working… Continue Reading →

Horror, Science Fiction, Stories Richard D Barker, spaceships

RESIST • by Paul Miller

April 10, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

ZANDER STARHAWK: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGENDarticle by Kaim Scribson (Editor’s note: be sure to subscribe to the Galactic Union Gossip for instant access to every one of our stories via your ocular implant.) It is with some trepidation that… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories heroes, journalism, megacorporations, Paul Miller, spaceships

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

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