Funny Space Novels & Stories

“Shut up guy, you spoilt the moment.” “Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t know that you had moments.” He said stifling his laughter so that she wouldn’t notice. I glanced over at her. If she heard anything, she was doing a good job of ignoring us. “Oh man, I can’t wait till this is over...I’m going to make fun of you for the rest of your days.” I punched his shoulder and went to the other side of the room and sat. “Exiting hyperspace one minute” X stood and stretched. “Well, it’s about time to do my job.” He gave us one last glance and said something about staying safe. Exiting hyperspace in three...two...one...

Carter sighed and Katie turned to look at him. "That's all you got?" she spat, "this is suicide!" "Her father said the exact same thing when he tried to stop a hurricane." 🚀 "Ah shit!" cussed one of the astronauts while waiting to plummet to their death inside the rocket, "this is not how I thought I would go." "Oh sure!" responded his partner, a dark-skinned woman as she held on to her space helmet, "it's not like we haven't been on crazier missions like exploring the moon or asteroids in outer space!"

I’m so fucking in love with her, it’s almost unfathomable. “YEAH, let’s go with the real food.” Brody chimed in, taking a swig of water from her bottle and starting for the exit. “You guys good to go?” “Way to ask while you’re already leaving, babe.” Liza looked at us and hit the side of her head sarcastically. I took hold of my giggling Vasha’s hand, and we shot the shit all the way to Brody’s truck. I wanted to live in this moment forever. Laughing and poking fun at each other. Just listening to all of our young funny voices ring into the night life.

For a second, neither of us spoke. Then I forced a smile. “I’m here. Guess what I got you.” Immediately, his eyes lit up. “What?” “I got you guys tickets to a comedy show. Apparently all the smart kids like you are going to be there. And I got VVIP tickets.” I paused dramatically. “Are you innnn?” Eli tilted his head. “Hmm. That sounds interesting.” Then came the question I should have expected. “Are the jokes going to be space-themed or dinosaur-themed?”

She talks to herself too while she learns it all; I love watching her sponge brain working things out. The last exhibit we visit is one on space exploration. I love all the pictures from the telescopes and what earth looks like from the moon. It makes me wish I had gotten to live my dream of being an astronaut. Tyson reaches out and holds my hand when I realize I’m getting weepy about it all. The space exhibit is the least interesting for Maddie, but she does enjoy the shuttle experience where we get to simulate a take-off and landing. That is quite fun. Tyson’s face is the best part, wide eyes in awe of it.

He said while looking up from his clipboard. "Morning LT. Anything of note happening around here?" "Nothing special. Aside from our regular transmissions, all we hear is the universe laughing at us." Static bursts of radiation shooting across space always gave garbled sounds through the comms. Listening to the random burbling and garbles for too long could give a man chilling nightmares if he let his fantasy loose. "The universe can laugh for all I care. I just want to get through this area as fast as possible. This place gives me the creeps."

Nothing against manatees, but when Mers could shift into sleek, graceful, fast-moving dolphins, why-in-the-sea would anyone think they’d choose a meandering sea cow? “It’s true. Logan told me. ’Course he also said mer- maids don’t exist.” Michael broke into peals of laughter and Logan joined in, although obviously not getting the real joke. Although the real joke was on her.

I asked Gunner, a little space man was arguing with the cowboy toy now. “We’re only like half an hour in, are you over it already?” he asked, sounding a little disappointed and surprised, “No, no I like it. I was just thinking that I was a little tired is all” “We can go to bed if you want?” “Nah, I want to watch the rest of it” “Good cause this is my line, watch, watch” Gunner chuckled and squeezed me into his chest tighter. The little spaceman climbed onto the kids bed, said ‘To infinity and beyond’ and then jumped off. Gunner laughed and shook my shoulder,

Forget space travel—explain the Tupperware phenomenon! Speaking of space, let’s imagine aliens. Not the scary, slimy kind, but the kind that lands here, looks around, and says, “You people pay money to watch other humans eat food online? You invented planes but still argue about pineapple on pizza? And you call your leader a Prime Minister even though they’re rarely first at anything?” The aliens would probably just leave, shaking their green heads in disbelief.