Are there any lines that you simply will not cross? Alarms blared inside Jack’s helmet. His primary engine was gone and he was flying on reserve power. Well, falling. He scanned his readouts. Heat shield was offline. That was great. He would be burned to a crisp in the Earth’s atmosphere. He had to think. … Continue reading Prompt 64-Red Line
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Prompt 15-Stupid Question
What stupid question have you heard someone ask (or asked yourself)? It had been remarkably reckless to come down to the surface, but sometimes the only way to understand a thing was to witness it firsthand. Besides, Nisae was bored of monitoring from orbit and had grown curiously fond of the humans after decades of … Continue reading Prompt 15-Stupid Question
Prompt 10-Trouble
What did you get in trouble for the most when you were a kid? “T minus 25 seconds and counting and ARTEMIS is GO.” The voice from Houston echoed through the capsule. “T minus 20 seconds. T minus 20 seconds and counting. 17 – Guidance Release – 15… 14… 13… 12… 11… 10… 9… 8…” … Continue reading Prompt 10-Trouble
Closet Full of Notebooks 