Adventure
Sunk by the Moon
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But you can see one. You can almost feel one. The muscles flexing as powerfully as they ever have, desperately trying to force oxygen down their lungs, but there is none. Meanwhile you float ideally by, helpless, staring and scrabbling over to try to aid the futile. In the void of space, I’ve never heard such savage silence in all my life.
By Chris Mitchell3 years ago in Fiction
Before I Rejoice
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Professor Jean-Yuu in his 23rd century paper on The Man & The Stars, commented on the ‘human’ in space. Of the few races across the cosmos to evolve from the hominid, it is in our nature to conquer and scorch an indifferent universe with divine prejudice and governance. To a multiverse otherwise existing, we spend our days searching for purpose, for rationality, for order. The human condition and motivations lie in psychotic self-involvement, the only race that would otherwise scream in space– for other claves have already understood that nothing could hear you… What does that mean?
By Adam Terrelonge3 years ago in Fiction
The groves
“No one can hear you scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say.” “But how do they REALLY know that? I mean cmon, it’s not like they can take the helmets off to hear it properly right?” Noah exclaimed, eyes rolling while hoku read the fact in the most ominous voice she could muster. Smoke filling the car while 311 played in her 1993 Honda Civic she had gotten for her birthday that year. They had created this Friday tradition sophomore year where they would pick up sci-fi comics, lewd graphic novels and “Riplys believe it or not” strips. Pick up Taco Bell and get high behind the old “Culty”, as Noah so gracefully put it, church parking lot.
By Tonietta graves 3 years ago in Fiction
Wayward Souls
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I think that’s awfully assuming. Awfully presumptuous. A bit pretentious and possibly true. I doubt anyone ever tried to test it. Not really. Not a true, gut wrenching and agonized scream. One of terror and pain. The whole of the time this project was enacted, the years we spent orbiting the earth, I’m sure the only screams were ones of joy. Of new life. Of happiness.
By Alycia "Al" Davidson3 years ago in Fiction
Finding Home
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. As Rayne tumbled through the emptiness of space, her screams were anything but silent. Her screams were everywhere, surrounding her. So many thoughts and questions were clanging through her mind. She had been rejected, thrown out, abandoned by her crew, her family. Tears streamed down her face. She should be dead. Everything she knew about space told her she should be dead. Her screams should be silent. She shouldn’t be crying. The end was supposed to be quick and silent and painless. There was no pain, but her fear was overwhelming.
By Brittany Swenk3 years ago in Fiction
Silent
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Victor knew otherwise. Being a communication officer it was all he did, listen to the screams of static and the howls of the void. It was his first Slowsleep and he awoke to a frightful gasp as his body attempted to draw in more oxygen following a hit of drugs and adrenaline.
By Blair J Allan3 years ago in Fiction
The Earthlings
“Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say.” She turned and faced the class, meeting each student’s eyes in turn. “My parents were among the last generation born on Earth. When they were preparing to leave the planet, people started talking about an old film – that is, something like a physical print of a hologram story that needs special equipment to be seen – that used that line to make people afraid of non-terrestrial life. What they never mentioned is that it wouldn’t matter, because a person in the vacuum of space wouldn’t be able to scream. If one were to leave the biosphere without a breathing suit for more than a few seconds, the lack of atmospheric pressure would cause the air in one’s lungs to escape, and the oxygen in the blood is then drawn into the lungs to try to balance the pressure. Without oxygen reaching the brain and other vital organs, the body cannot survive for more than a minute, or maybe two if the person is very lucky. On the other hand, if the person returns to the biosphere within those first few seconds, there is a very good chance for them to make a full recovery.”
By Randi O'Malley Smith3 years ago in Fiction
