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Elabon

An image of a reddish-purple planet suspended in space.

A chapter from a novel I wrote ages ago about swimming through space and the strange planets you come to as you do.

Posted byrobertsaysthis10th Aug 2020Posted inStory, WritingTags:aliens, science fiction, short story, Story, WritingLeave a comment on Elabon

Zoology

Time-lapse image of the stars used to illustrate a story about the future.

In the future and in a zoo, the last member of our species is the smartest animal alive. But they find that means nothing at all, in a world that doesn’t think of them as human.

Posted byrobertsaysthis6th Aug 202010th Aug 2020Posted inStory, WritingTags:flash fiction, science fiction, short story, Story, zerotoheroLeave a comment on Zoology

The Absence

The bottom of a human face with starlight visible above it.

It’s scary to think that aliens know the things we would never realise. But perhaps it’s even scarier when things are the other way round.

Posted byrobertsaysthis6th Aug 202010th Aug 2020Posted inStory, WritingTags:flash fiction, science fiction, short story, Story, zerotoheroLeave a comment on The Absence
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