Scifichallenge Stories

January '24 SciFi challenge. James is about to live a life-long dream, fly off to explore a distant galaxy. He understands the dangers, but does he believe they're real?

Feb '19 Challenge. 3rd Place. Respectable. But then I have no idea how many entries there were.

Aug 2021:Flash Fiction Challenge. Astronauts land on a strange planet. Update Sep 15, 2021: 1st place finish. Thanks to everyone that read and voted!

July 2021 SciFi Challenge. 16 light years from home and the conversations haven't changed. Are they going to shut us down? Will I have a job tomorrow? Some things never...

January 2020 SciFi Challenge. It fell from the sky. The townspeople headed out to the hills to see what the strange falling star was. What they found was totally unexpe...

January 2018 SciFi Challenge Tech/Magic - This new magician was simply magnificent! More to the point, no one knew where he came from. No one but me, that is.

December'22 SciFi Challenge. Once again, the title is the prompt. Winner in the Alt-U profile. s'Stahltonis and d'Doretta watch as the volcanic rivers of fire wind thei...

A sun-bleached lasat warrior-now-slave. Va'pae hadn't anticipated her solo-trip to Kashyyyk would be intercepted by pirates and she surely hadn't expected the pirates to...

This is an entry for the "Space Exploration" sci fi challenge. It the story of an illiterate boy sent into space to try going through a black hole. It is writt...

SciFi December 2023 Challenge. The title is the prompt.

Response to Challenge #20 of the SciFi Competitions prompt: "End of the World" Suddenly finding the universe 'harvested', sometimes, you just have to start fro...

An old nemesis returns to claim what was once theirs. Us.

When Earth was running out of its resources, scientists called, "Seekers", found Tanis through solar codes which revealed its coordinates. It had always been t...

January 2020 SciFi Challenge. Jeremy pushes his kayak away from the shore. Sunset's nearly over and the moon is rising in the East. Night paddling has it's challenges...

January 2023 SciFi Challenge. A story about the future of Artificial Intelligence. The Life-Search Project had been unsuccessful for over a hundred years. But now, a sig...

This is my Sept 2017 Sci Fi Challenge, "Legend". Although a freestanding short story, I wrote it as a side-story to Stars. Enjoy!

They weren't looking forward to conquer Earth, but humanity. Since the Outsiders arrived nothing would ever be the same, and only those brave enough to face their faith...

(February Sci-Fi Challenge) The Imperial imprisoned them in their own little world of destruction. It's time they payed.

The child of d'Dahjlonica Ghost or human? Which is better to be... To achieve one's desires how many souls have been tortured and destroyed. Does it worth the sacrifice...

The party was crazy! So crazy I can't remember half of what I did. So where am I this morning and who is the stunning girl in the next room. SciFi October'22 Challenge...