Science Fiction

The return. Chapter 7
The Earth had been under surveillance for 20 years, analyzed, photographed, scrutimixed, examined, until the Lunar government decided it was ready for a manned mission to land on the surface and start a settlement as the initial task of repopulating the planet. The mission was authorized, the team was selected, the rockets were refueled and provisioned, and the return date was set. The whole moon colony was excited, and everyone was glued to their comuter screens as the rockets landed, and humans walked on the surface of the home plant for the first time since they fled several hundred years ago. The mission team had pinpointed the verdant valleys of Southern Africa, in what was once KeaZuluNatal, South Africa, as the best place on Earth to restart humanity. It was beautiful, and warm, the air tasted fantastic, and it was so liberating to walk around unsuited for the hostile environment of space. Everyone back home on the moon and Mars hung on every word the team reported. They couldn’t wait to be repatriated. Well, maybe not everyone. Surprisingly quite a few people did not want to abandon their life on Mars or the moon. They had only known life there, had adapted to life in space and that was their life. It was not broken, why fix it?
By Guy lynn2 months ago in Chapters
A Call for Help. Top Story - December 2025. Content Warning.
"I want to kill myself." The tremble in the voice showed the emergency of the emotion, but was too subtle for most to notice. The man was stressed and had trouble showing his emotions in a typical way - as if there is such a concept as typical or normal.
By The Schizophrenic Mom2 months ago in Chapters
Who's the real Monster
~ Anderson's POV I should be awarded an Oscar for acting surprised with Armstrong's declaration. Having done my research with a fine tooth comb on everybody here. I saw Armstrong's father and my adoptive one had a couple of things in common. They both served in the Vietnam and were in the same platoon.
By Lucy Torralba2 months ago in Chapters
The evacuation chapter 6
Although every settler served in the military as part of their service, the largest part was in the space force, either as an astronaut, technician or some kind of mechanical training and work, maintaining the equipment. Arthur grew up learning to be a mecanic on the rovers that crawled all over the surface of Mars, so he got to explore Mars, and knew how to work on the complicated machinery in the field with robots and in the shop on base. He loved his job.
By Guy lynn2 months ago in Chapters
The evacuation chapter 5
Jamie and Tony were assigned separate quarters, cramped bunk beds, but they met up everyday to look after the sheep embryos as well as the pig and cow embryos. They also verified that the fish eggs were surviving the journey. Their mission was a success. Tony made no mention of the other members, but it can be assumed that the entire mission was a success. Two new members besides Jamie were include in the return journey, high ranking members of the Lunar government, the vice president and the treasury secretary, who was also the economic advisor for the president. Apparently there had been some horse trading behind the scene.
By Guy lynn2 months ago in Chapters
The evacuation chapter 4
George was getting old and frail, and his notes documented his decline. The authorities were aware of this, and not only passed all his duties as agriculture specialist onto his son, Anthony ( known by everyone as Tony), but also named the town Georgetown in his honor as recognition of all he had done to bring agriculture to Mars, and his hard work and devotion to the settlement. They wanted to do this before he passed So he would see the recognition of his life work. He passed away in his sleep with Tony by his side.
By Guy lynn2 months ago in Chapters
The evacuation chapter 3
During the 7 month trip to their final destination, my great great grandfather dwelt on their hurried departure and the goodbyes to the brave heroes, marines, space force guardians and his old base commander, brave heroes every single one of them, dead men walking, and they knew it. He was numb for days. That was when he found out my great great grandmother was one month pregnant with ,as it turned out, my great grandfather, possibly the last person conceived on Earth. It was also when he found out where they were headed- Mars. He shook himself out of his stoupor, and became excited about what was ahead, They were going to be pioneers, building a new civilization from the ashes of an old one. He couldn’t wait to get started.
By Guy lynn2 months ago in Chapters
The evacuation, chapter 2.
They arrived at the front entrance of Vanderberg Air Base, and it was chaos, which my great great grandfather expected. The news had gotten out, and people were desperate to get to the launch pads and the rockets that were ready to launch. He drove past the gate manned by marines on sentry duty screening all the people, and made his way to the secluded side entrance, where he was stopped by a space force guardian, and an old old comrade he had served with when he was stationed there. He mentioned the base commander’s name, and he was let in and escorted to his office. Once in front of him, he discussed what he could bring to the mission the commander was tasked with, and he and my great great grandmother were put on the huge Falcon rocket which was being boarded right then. An emergency launch. The packets of seeds, soil and fertilizer were loaded with him. He was tasked with being a farmer At the final destination. He didn’t know yet where they were headed, but assumed it was the moon. The base commander had briefed him the the entire leadership, the president, vice president, the cabinet, had already evacuated to the moon where they would form a government to run the Luna colony. In fact, 5 rockets had launched already from Cape Canaveral, and several private rockets had left from space ports all over the country. There were none left. This Falcon rocket was the last one left. The base commander informed him that the Indian government had evacuated to mars, to their colony, along with as many citizens qualified to start a colony, farmers, engineers, computer engineers, doctors. So had the European space agency launched 8 rockets with all the leadership of every member countries. Russia had evacuated its leadership, also to their colony on the moon, and China had evacuated its leadership to its 3 space stations orbiting the earth. A report came in that Brazil had just launched their sole rocket, no further details given. Then my great great grandfathers rocket took off, and he never came back.
By Guy lynn2 months ago in Chapters
The Universe Written on a Single Leaf
A philosopher discovered a leaf with veins forming patterns identical to star maps. He spent years studying it, realizing the design wasn’t coincidence but a reminder: the universe is not out there—it is in everything, even the smallest sliver of matter. When the leaf eventually decayed, the philosopher smiled instead of mourning. “Infinity,” he said, “doesn’t disappear. It only changes form.”
By GoldenSpeech2 months ago in Chapters
Evacuation.
I’m an armchair historian, not trained or educated in history. I mean, I learnt history in school, and I read, but Now it’s only for fun. So going through my fathers storage locker on day I found my great, great grandfathers notes and letters was a revelation. I never knew anything what he lived through, or what happened at that time, and how it affected the family. Well, so anyway, no boring reference points, no side notes, just me telling it like I read it. It’s amazing.
By Guy lynn2 months ago in Chapters
Inversion - 15. AI-Generated.
Chapter 15 The morning mist clung to the valley floor like a shroud, and Laurel found himself watching it from the ridge where he had chosen to make camp. Below, his followers were stirring – fifty-three now, by Asher’s count. They moved with the deliberate quiet so as to not to disturb their teacher’s contemplations, though Laurel suspected they attributed more profundity to his silences than they deserved.
By The Myth of Sysiphus2 months ago in Chapters
The Bridge Between Heartbeats
She discovered a place between two heartbeats where time paused. In that stillness, she met the version of herself she always feared and always needed. When she breathed again, she felt whole.
By GoldenSpeech2 months ago in Chapters