This is an old draft of a sci-fi piece I was inspired to write back when the Trappist-1 system was discovered - you know, the one with some of the planets in the habitable zone from its star? I couldn't find any prompts I liked, so I thought since I'm not doing anything with this …
Music Prompt #1
I found this performance of Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy, and it gave me an idea. I encourage you to listen to the song before or while you read this, by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjnaciNT-wQ The link there is Clair de Lune being performed on a theremin by Grégoire Blanc. The Earth was no …
Writing Prompt #14
An astronaut experiences the “overview effect” for the first time. For months now I'd been trying to imagine what it would be like. I’d seen interviews with other astronauts talking about it, and stared for hours at the posters of the Earth in my room as a kid – but now, as the shuttle docked …
Writing Prompt #6
In the far future, entropy can be reversed, but at great cost. All the remaining civilizations have clustered around the last living star, artificially sustained by technology. Beyond the solar system, there is only the Void. This prompt was found on the subreddit r/writingprompts here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/gh8zfd/wp_in_the_far_future_entropy_can_be_reversed_but/ Everyone has a word for the Void. Everyone knows …
