Moonbound Novels & Stories

She drove the knife into the seam and forced it open. Inside lay documents sealed in plastic and a black stamp burned into the crate’s inner panel. The symbol punched the air from her lungs. Her hand froze. No. Her vision tunneled. She reached forward slowly, fingers trembling before they touched the mark. A broken crescent moon crossed by three claw slashes. Memory slammed into her. Smoke. Screams. Blood soaking the dirt. Her brother’s voice shouting her name. Then silence. Her knees hit the steel floor before she realized they had buckled.

Ang Escape Pod 0 ay humalik sa ibabaw ng Moon nang walang ingay, isang maliit na kislap ng bakal sa gitna ng kulay-abo at patay na tanawin ng Aitken Basin. Ang "Dark Side" ng Buwan ay hindi lang madilim; ito ay tila isang lugar kung saan ang oras mismo ay tumigil sa pagdaloy.

It smelled of scorched wiring and recycled air. "The seals are holding, Vic! God, stop breathing down my neck!" Zack wiped a smear of black grease across his forehead, his eyes bloodshot behind cracked goggles. He kicked a pneumatic valve. "The Aegis tech we pulled from the bunkers is stabilizing the hull. It’s not pretty, and it sure as hell isn't a luxury cruiser, but the Shadow Guard won't implode the second we hit the exosphere." "Good. Because the moon isn't getting any further away," Victor snapped. He looked up at the hole in the hangar roof. The sky wasn't blue anymore. It was a bruised, toxic violet, pulsing with the rhythmic heartbeat of the lunar spire.

My husband, Landon Warren, was one of the third group of astronauts to set foot on the far side of the moon. Ever since he returned, he's lost his mind. He doesn't remember our daughter Lucia Warren's nickname, refuses to eat anything round, and seals all the windows in our house with black fabric. He stands beside my bed with a knife in his hand on full moon. Yet, the knife never comes down. I ask him what he saw on the moon. He merely stares intently at my face, repeating, "I saw the moon spirit." Everyone tells me he's been traumatized by his experience on the moon, and now he has severe psychological issues. I think so too, until I secretly access the classified records. I disco

She turned the ship into a Dart of Intent, piercing the atmosphere and hurtling toward the silver disk of the moon. The Lunar Nursery: The Cold Room The landing was a "controlled crash" into the Sea of Tranquility. The icebreaker skidded across the lunar dust, its hull glowing red-hot, before slamming into the airlock of the Lunar Vault—a massive, subterranean structure made of white pearl and glass. The air in the Vault was perfectly still. It smelled of ozone and clinical cleanliness. As the doors hissed open, they weren't met by soldiers. They were met by Silence.

He settled into a long vigil, determined to be there for Kaerlia every step of the way on her journey to recovery, no matter how long it took. ~~~ The Moon Palace was a breathtaking sight to behold. It stood upon the surface of the moon, gleaming with an ethereal luminescence that cast a gentle, silver-blue glow over the lunar landscape. The palace seemed to merge seamlessly with the moon's natural beauty as if it were a part of the celestial body itself.

No animal dared to enter his domain, including the grizzlies that occupied the area ever since he battled the one that previously claimed the cave as home. The moon was full and shined brightly in the black sky. Kaynon lifted his head to stare into its light, feeling its mighty pull and relishing in its power. Closing his eyes, he took a deep inhale of the crisp air signifying the imminent return of autumn, and the anniversary of his pack's death. Their screams still haunted him and kept him up most nights. Another day of redemption tomorrow. He thought to himself before drifting off into a dreamless slumber. *******************************

That thing should be celebrated, but her mother saw it in a different light. “Maybe your mother was just surprised by the news. Let’s wait until everything sinks into her.” He planted a kiss on her temple and pulled away. Sebastian cupped her cheeks. “This is our miracle, my love. And no matter what happens, we will celebrate her life….” Irma nodded her head and kissed him on the lips. “WHY is the moon like that, Mother?” Luna asked as she looked up into the sky. A smile curved on Irma’s lips as she watched her child staring at the moon with so much fascination in her eyes.

We were standing upside-down on the southern pole of the moon, overlooking the whole town in a bird’s-eye view. “Thirty seconds left.” Commander Raja checked his pocket watch. “To the top, quick!” We raced for the northern pole while the tengu braves gave chase. It’d be over by the time the Storm Brothers destroyed the heaven stone. Unfortunately for them, it was already gone when Chief Bess summoned the moon in the sky. They might go to the airfield, but the door there was locked. Even if they managed to destroy it, they were going to have a big surprise.

Upon finishing from his side, Jonathan moved towards Iris who was trembling like a leaf under the heated gaze of Leonard. "Iris, now you would repeat whatever I would say." She turned her gaze down when Jonathan's eyes matched her. She was not going to let that happen so easily. It shouldn't be like this. "I, Iris Lockwood....... " Jonathan started to speak the phrase that Iris had to repeat before Leonard would mark her under the Blue Moon. This was the one-time opportunity that Leonard would get at that moment. If he would fail to mark her that day, he had to wait for a long to get it. That would be a risk on his part too. In case Iris's previous owner returns and has already left an impre