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Penumbra: The War of Prometheus | Short Story by NicholasGraves
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The six citadels have fallen. Earth has been ravaged. And Moros Eartheater lays waste to the surface of Prometheus. In the shadow of his brother, and the frigid rule of his father, there is only one thing Solus can do against such atrocity. A sci-fi short story.
Down Under by AmyMarieZ
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|WATTYS 2022 WINNER - HORROR| Shawn, a convicted criminal, never thought she'd see the sun again, let alone call another star system her home. When she's offered an out from her prison sentence, she embarks on a dangerous interstellar expedition along with 18 of Earth's most intelligent criminals. Their task is to set up a base on a supposedly habitable planet and prepare it for colonization. Although the planet has liquid water and a breathable atmosphere, it is believed to host only microbial life. However, upon arriving, Shawn and the rest of the colonists learn that assumption was grossly incorrect. In a brutal attack from rampaging wildlife, everyone but Shawn and four other colonists are killed. The five survivors retreat to the cavernous network beneath the ground seeking safety, but they soon come to a terrible discovery. These caves aren't ordinary caves, and they are no safer down under than they were on the surface. [][][] This was originally my entry for the 2021 Open Novella Contest, and it received an honorable mention! It has now been expanded into a full length novel. I used prompt number 53: "When wildlife starts rampaging, all the humans are forced underground. However, they come to a terrible discovery that being underground is no safer than being on the surface."
IN ONE BREATH by NicholasGraves
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From forgiveness to self-awareness, explore what it means to be human in this collection of short stories.
EMBR of the Earth by persephonehale
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In a world of incredible technological advancements and medical miracles, society falls when it becomes the target of an alien attack. Only a handful of people manage to escape. Tana Penn lives among the survivors in space, monitoring Earth's activity from a distance in an orbiting satellite. All that matters to her is helping to pave the way for a new future. Anything else was beyond her control. But after two years, an unexpected development on Earth forces her to return. This new world is cruel, in more ways than one, and it tests her at every turn. But as the days pass by, the aliens' connection to Earth becomes clear. And when the secrets unravel, not everyone will be on the same side. Only one thing is certain - the events leading up to the invasion were never as simple as they appeared. They happened for a reason. And Tana will finally get answers, whether she wants them or not. **Cover by @Crimson_Graves.** NOTE: This story is available on Wattpad only. If you read it anywhere else, then it is a pirated copy and I have not consented to its distribution. If you find out that my writing has been stolen, please let me know so I can deal with it appropriately. Thank you! :)
OGENUS EARTH 🌎 🌊 {Dystopian Sci-Fi Adventure} by WhiskeySeattle
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FEATURED on the Wattpad Adventure 'Voyages and Sea Epics' list! Not so far in the distant future, the Earth is drowning in our mistakes. The permafrost has melted. Millions have been wiped out. Thousands more suffer to breathe on land while facing down brutal raiders and monsters too fantastic to be natural. As a Tinker, Meg's not entitled to many of the luxuries most citizens enjoy aboard Arc City One. She was a mistake to be forgotten. A blip in time destined to be erased by obscurity. Until she spotted the anomaly. This is an underwater sci-fi adventure filled with robots, pirates, seafaring rogues, terrifying monsters, a few stolen kisses, and a murderous plot set to a timer that's about to explode! 💙💙💙💙💙💙 🌊 #151 in #SciFi - 12/19/20 🌊 🌊 #73 in #SciFi - 12/22/20 🌊 🌊 #71 in SciFi - 12/24/20 🌊
O2 by sarakbeeksma
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The Earth is dying, yet humanity survives. Pollution and radiation run rampant on the surface. The government rations food and clean air for everyone. The glass domes provide some sense of security, but they are only for the rich who can afford the astronomical price of providing precious clean air to a whole city. Nym and her family live outside the dome when the disease breaks out. Spreading through the Minor City Shelter and then to Shelter's around other cities, nothing seems capable of stopping it. People are going mad and dying off like flies. There's no cure they can find. They only know one thing. Their last precious resource is going to be the death of them. [ Open Novella Contest Shortlist | ONC Ambassador's Pick ] #TheCosmicAwards2019
Welcome to Mars by triciabird
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The Descent by TechieInAK
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After Denton foils a terrorist attack at an Intergalactic sporting event, he finds himself racing to save his homeworld from a plot of betrayal and revenge. ***** When Denton Staxx, a special agent with the Orbital Security Services, discovers the Intergalactic Olympic Games have been targeted by a terrorist attack, he rushes to Earth to try and stop the event before it's too late. But what he discovers on earth is far worse than he imagined, and Denton is quickly pulled into a galaxy-wide conspiracy that takes him from one solar system to another in the search for a mastermind that will stop at nothing to get his revenge on the richest man in the universe -- regardless of the innocent people who die along the way. [[Wattys' Shortlisted]] [[1st place, Month Elimination Awards, Sci-Fi Category]] [[Best Plot Development, Iced Tea Summer Bash Awards]] [[Best Adventure Scifi Story, The Ooorah's SciFi Awards]] [[1st place, Rebel Awards, Sci-fi Category]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]