The man who wanted to go to space_A Meeting_Life on Mars_In The City
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The man who wanted to go to space
Alexander closed his eyes and took a deep breath, his stomach doing somerwww.onedoor.ccsaults, nervous and excited at the same time. He heard the loudspeaker across the courtyard switch on. A booming voice came from it. “Launch in thirty seconds.” Alexander checked if his seat belt was securely fastened for the third time since he got in the spaceship. He gripped the armrests at his sides, trying to calm himself down. The astronaut took deep breaths, he had been waiting for so long to go to space. Ever since he was a kid, his dream was to be an astronaut and go to space. When he applied to NASA, his drea...
A Meeting
“Oh, I’m sorry. Are you in a rush to be somewhere?” Eloc says hotly, looking down at his pants pocket. No one answers. “That’s what I thought. We’re going this way.” Eloc walks along a desecrated road that delineates the western edge of the town. Cracks cover its surface like dried capillaries. There are potholes here and there. In some places, the road is missing altogether and blends into the nonexistence of the earth. Eloc sometimes amuses himself by imagining an unlucky traveler forced to slow to a crawl along the ugly avenue, the bumps and dips exaggerated by any acce...
Life on Mars
Andrea was tying her hair up in a bun when Oliver came into the room. They two of them had been stationed here together for almost three months now, but they still hadn’t quite gotten used to each other. Andrea Stanford, better known as Andy, was a short, plump woman who took her work extremely seriously. She was in the army for a couple of years, earning herself a few promotions, before being recruited by NASA to train for this assignment. They had been tasked with an important mission, to find and document evidence of life on Mars, and she wasn’t taking that mission lightly. Oliver Georg...
In The City
"No! Mom and Dad are in the city!" Jessica said to herself. She couldn't stop thinking about the horrifying phone call she received from her mom before her phone went dead. How could they be in the city? Jessica thought she had rescued her mom and dad. The young woman was riding in the car with her mom and dad before her car ran out of fuel. She thought she had gotten her parents out of the city. If her parents were still in the city, then who were the two people riding in the car with her and her little boy.Jessica stopped breathing when she thought about her five-year-old son, Timothy. The y...