I came across a writing prompt asking for a 3-paragraph science fiction story that had to be titled, “The Spacemen That Survived Love,” and got really excited. As those of you who have followed my work before will know, I am a big fan of writing sci-fi. Although this story did start out with the intention of conforming to the rules and only being 3 paragraphs long, I got carried away and wrote almost a thousand words.
Anyways, here is a story about a pair of astronauts who come back home to Earth, only they don’t quite get the reception they were expecting.
Enjoy.
“The Spacemen That Survived Love”
By T. S. Ash
Alan Richford had spent over two years in low-Earth orbit, and now it seemed like his body had forgotten the feeling of gravity. Even sitting on the thin metal chair in the debriefing room just felt heavy.
A man in a white button-down shirt and a NASA tie clip had come in and congratulated Alan and Specialist Frank Tamblin on setting a new record in space, told them how proud their country was of their achievement, and that by the way, a disease known as N2-L4 had swept across the human population over the last few months. Continue reading
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