Adventure

Hunters
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Zi faltered suddenly, the memory of a warning snapping her out of pace on what was beginning to feel like an endless journey. She stopped moving, trying to recall where she had heard that before, and upon realizing that she was alone, decided to wait for her sisters to catch up. By the time she could make out two figures on the horizon, the sun was almost gone. On its slow descent, lingering streaks of auburn seemed to fuse into the muted copper earth, creating the most unusual sunset. In a few hours, the desert would be pitch black and frigid, with only a crescent of obscured moonlight to keep them on trail. The night in front of them promised danger, so Zi savored the residual warmth above her head pouring out of the taupe sky like paint on a murky canvas, its glow reminiscent of daylight. The brief moment of quiet broke quickly with the sound of footsteps catching up. Turning to face the approaching hunters, Zi gave them a quick once-over. Seri, the oldest of the group, wore an irritated expression, opening her mouth to speak the moment she stopped walking.
By Mahoro 3 years ago in Fiction
The Star of Xallia
Chapter 1 Xallia They say, nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space. It would probably just kill me faster anyway. My muddled reflection struggled to breathe, distorted on the caved in wall of my cockpit, laying between me and the endless Black Sea. I dare not look away from her, in fear of giving into the warm pool enveloping my body, beckoning me to sleep. I watched as her chest rose and fell short. In her eyes I found the reflection of a life already lived, the burden of countless taken, and the hollowness of a future never to be. The sea of green and gold engulfing the wandering needlepoint of our eye, was the only thing I seemed to recognize. Drifting to the bloody mess that was a pressurized suit, black and silver strands of cloth clung to our arms plastered to several long gashes that seemed to have always been. Speckled, charred, blistered and bloodied flesh, peaked through burn holes dappled down our legs. The ancestral marking slicing the jade of our now bare torso cut short. A piece of curved metal shrapnel glistened just below our lungs. Laying side by side, bits of blonde dipped crimson spilled across the floor. Crushed by my source of freedom, accompanied by a reflection, It seemed about right. A fitting end for someone who had lived like me. The weight of the vastness around me pulled my eyes shut. Pulling me further from my partner. My tie to this physical plane, my comfort and my pain. Replaced by the gentle coax of the vastness of space.
By AAshes3 years ago in Fiction
Spider's Treasure
No one can hear you scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. We used to practice screaming into the night sky, my brother and I. The only two boys in our family. Darius and I had a contest to see who's voice could echo out into the cosmos longer.
By Chris Williams 3 years ago in Fiction
Diaspora of Light
“Home is the human heart. Our return to God is in no way separate from our return to ourselves, to the point of inward truth out of which our humanity shines forth.” - Arthur Green
By Tim Carpenter3 years ago in Fiction
Gatekeepers
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But that is because “those who say,” including the owner of that specific observation, were standing in the wrong spot.
By Grace Hendricks3 years ago in Fiction
The Ode At Sea
“Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say.” “No way, man, you know that’s impossible, right? Not even the gods can do that.”
By Benjamin Chung3 years ago in Fiction
Dawn Children
"Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say." Wren stopped and looked to see who was talking to her. An old woman sat on the ground leaning against the sandstone wall between two fruit vendors. Her sunburned eyes fixed on Wren in a way that unnerved her.
By Jordan Renaud3 years ago in Fiction
Beyond the Belt
CHAPER ONE: SHIVER Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. There’s no medium for the sound to propagate, so it makes sense. What they don’t tell you, though, is that you can hear the cries of crew members taking their last breaths over the comms. That’s an all too familiar experience to me now. Raw. Horrifying. Demoralizing. It never gets easier and there’s seldom anything we can do to help.
By Sam Elwell3 years ago in Fiction
To Oblivion
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But everything is recorded inside a space suit. “Start it again,” Commander Bellona demanded from the corner of the small dark conference room.
By Sarah B Moore3 years ago in Fiction
Magellans
I. Deafening Silence Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. And so I used to believe. I used to believe sound wouldn’t carry in space. Our ears are sensitive to the vibrations of air. When someone speaks, their voice vibrates the air in waves to whoever listens. This is communication, as we know it, here on Earth. Without air - or a medium for the sound to travel through - there can be no sound at all. But what is sound to a human? It’s an understanding based on sensation – a feeling. Could a feeling bypass the medium of air, going straight from one person’s lips to the ears without traveling through sound? Can the brain understand the preliminary motions and translate it to the end effect?
By Walter Nunez3 years ago in Fiction
Unhearables
CHAPTER I: Entry Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I clenched my teeth at they and I muted my comms and purged myself of voice. The scream was not silenced by the space that surrounded me. The scream charged out of my diaphragm and reentered via my drums. Like cycling urine in a Fosmos. I could hear my scream!
By Atrayu Sweet3 years ago in Fiction
The Robber
this story bears absolutely no resemblance to any real life scenario. Should this story come even close to any real life scenario it is purely coincidental and not intended.
By the good witch 3 years ago in Fiction