Showing results for "An Encounter" in Science Fiction

The last twenty years he’d spent on earth were the best years of his life. And that was saying something, seeing as he’d lived in the lap of luxury his entire life. Still, he’d known that he couldn't keep working for Intergalactic Rescue forever and that his father was going to retire from the head of the family business someday. He’d simply expected a little more of a head’s up that he needed to pack up his Earthly affairs and head back to Polonia to take over.

Pilot. Guard. Prisoner. All three are crashed in the Georgia woods, lost on a world where extraterrestrials are the stuff of science fiction. Blending into the human world is doable, if dangerous. But what if the locals are far from human themselves, with secrets of their own?

When starship captain Benjamin Rollins beams down to a strange alien planet that appears to have signs of intelligent life, he is shocked to be greeted by a human-like race of beings that traveled from Earth millennia ago and which claim to share a common ancestor with him. Their planet Titan is a wondrous utopia - their people live in peace and harmony, strife is unknown, and coupling is free and frequent.

Socially prominent and media darlings, the world thinks their lives are a fairytale. It is, but not the way people think. Larry is used to hiding the cruel way he’s treated, blamed for any and every thing that doesn’t go the way his mother and three older siblings want them too. His sole comfort is his stuffed dog, Mr. Bingles, his collection of vintage sci fi toys, and the imaginary daddy he pretends cares and loves him.

As spiders ended up attacking the village I was in, I honestly thought I was going to die. I kept thinking about all the things that I wanted to do, not wanting to lose like this. But then he came into my life and rescued me. Lian, a strong, handsome Commander with an army at his disposal who might seem cold, but he is actually a sweetheart. He wants to give me the world, whether it is with his mouth or his heart.

When Koo finds himself stranded out in the middle of nowhere in the dark of night, he’s grateful to the kindly trucker who picks him up. Discovering that the guy’s an alien? Mind blowing. Finding out that accepting rescue means he’s now on his way to outer space? Despite it all, absolutely exciting and he can’t wait to see what comes next thanks to the Intergalactic Rescue contractors he finds himself on a flying saucer with.

Tired of only being liked for his money, Dave had decided to make people take notice of him because of who he was. The problem was, that a guy who liked to go on bike rides through the neighborhood he lived in and occasionally the nearby park and spent the rest of his time watching cartoons and reading adventure and fantasy stories written for children was not someone particularly noteworthy. At least, it didn’t seem to be. But a guy who went on real adventures straight out of stories, well, that was a whole other matter.

When the family housekeeper accidentally discovers Stone’s love for horses and ponies aren’t restricted to the live animals like the ones on the family ranch, she tells his family. Stone soon finds out just how justified his fears over discovery were.

When the new tech startup hired him, Mark was ecstatic. However, his excitement quickly faded when the company unexpectedly laid him off, along with most of the staff, two years later. Seeking solace, he confides in the building's doorman about his mounting troubles. Little did he expect to be asked if he wanted someone to swoop in and solve all of his problems. And he certainly didn't anticipate being abducted by aliens while sitting in his living room playing a game later that night.

As those that returned to Earth continue to prepare for Ty and Samira's wedding, Eden encounters a group of women from the university who are startled to see her, but will not tell her why. Suspicious that they know what is happening, she goes to the laboratory to confront Ryan and discovers that the motivations behind him sending her to Uoria are far more complex than she could have imagined.