"Asteroid Mining" - Anthology

“Asteroid Mining” (Anthology)

3 Highlights:

 precious stones

space pirates

asteroid mining

Theme: Racing Time

Submissions:

Word Count: 2K to 3K

Photo courtesy of NASA

"The Neighborhood" - chapter 3 - "Dark Days"

Dark Days (The Neighborhood - chapter 3 )

3 Highlights: an object frozen in ice, a drunk (or recovering alcoholic), and grasshoppers (you choose what color and/or what kind of grasshopper)

Theme:  Restoration

"Space Elevator" Anthology

Space Elevator - Anthology

3 Highlights: :  a round trip ticket to space, a space elevator, and tumbleweed

Setting Backstory:  Your character is about to take a thrilling ride into outer space on a “space elevator”. You decide how they receive the round trip ticket: they win it, pay for it, or steal it, etc. To protect against space radiation, all passengers (you decide how many are traveling together) must take precaution (you decide how to do this). You decide if your character will go through with the round trip ride into outer space. While out in space, one passenger starts to have or finds a problem (you decide the problem, you decide which passenger, and you decide what happens).

Word Count: for each short story - between 2,000 words and 3,000 words

Genres:  Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Thriller

Setting – you choose

Post your first 500 words in the group at Linked In, Short Stories 2K Anthologies.