Humorousscifi Stories

Sometimes the greatest fight is to discover ourselves... In the year 2247, Detectant Maxo Magnaveer yearns for an opportunity to prove himself in the Cosmic Law Force so he can be promoted to squad captain. When a greedy privateer, Colonel Zaza D'Rump, brazenly hijacks a shipment of synthetic foods on its way to Mars, Maxo sees his opportunity to save the day and finally move up in rank and prestige. Fooled by those he thought were allies, Maxo stumbles on the slippery edge of failure more than once as he races to what could be a catastrophic battle above Jupiter near D'Rump's secret base, Porto Blago. With his career and so many lives at stake, Maxo gains the help of old and new friends, and begins to realize his quest may not be about proving himself to anyone, but about discovering himself and rising to his true purpose in the universe. First, however, he'll have to survive the showdown at Jupiter's Edge in this heroic, humorous, and inspirational space opera.

In the year 2008, intergalactic explorer Krik from planet Akern 97B was on a routine cosmic survey when one tiny miscalculation just a decimal point, really sent his ship hurtling into the most bizarre, primitive world in the galaxy: Earth. Crash-landing in the middle of an abandoned Texas ranch, Krik quickly discovers that the strangest lifeforms on the planet aren't the cows... but the humans. Armed with his malfunctioning translator, an unreliable disguise generator, and zero understanding of "barbecue," Krik sets out to study the locals up close-by becoming one of them. Soon he's tangled in small-town gossip, a UFO conspiracy club that meets every Thursday, and a nosy neighbor convinced he's a long-lost cousin. As Krik tries to fix his ship before anyone realizes he's not from around here (or even this galaxy), he begins to suspect Earth's biggest mystery isn't why humans exist... but how they've survived this long. A laugh-out-loud blend of alien confusion, human absurdity, and interstellar mishaps, "Out of This World, Stuck in Texas" proves that sometimes, first contact is better handled with a cowboy hat.