Space Humor

Swashbuckling charm. A mischievous sidekick. An AI with a crush. Kaz Jepsen is a legendary space explorer with a reckless streak, a flair for the dramatic, and a talent for talking his way out of—or into—trouble. His companion, Farber, is a genetically engineered blend of monkey and cat with fast reflexes, dry wit, and zero patience for Kaz’s theatrics. Together, they roam the galaxy aboard the Stellar Serpent, a slightly unreliable ship run by Chloe—an AI who's become a little too emotionally invested in her captain. When a fading distress signal leads them to a forgotten planet, ...

The Galactic Empire is missing its most precious resource: a sense of humor. Dax Bidet is just another unemployed, thirty-something slacker still living with his parents. Along with his best friend Buck, he spends his days making pranks and uploading them to social media. But things are about to take a drastic turn. When Dax and Buck are mistakenly abducted by aliens, they soon find themselves in a teeming galaxy sliding towards war. The only way to keep the peace is to regale the rebellious planets with… comedy. Dax has just been given the unenviable title of space clown. He has to ...

Aeolus Investigations — serious space adventure, sprinkled with a dash of humor. The year is 2026. When Lexi first met Ron, she was a doctoral student at a university on the west coast of the United States. She had a plan with clear goals for her life. She hoped to be on the first manned mission to Titan, although Mars would do. Ron was a student there too, except it turned out he was already an insurance investigator. One on an undercover mission. While it wouldn't be fair to say Lexi was knocked off her feet, she certainly felt the attraction. Ron abruptly left after their first date ...

In Lionel Shriver's entertaining send-up of today's cult of exercise - which not only encourages better health, but now like all religions also seems to promise meaning, social superiority, and eternal life - an aging husband's sudden obsession with extreme sport makes him unbearable.

Holy hedgehogs! Everyone's favorite bounty hunting duo is back! Nova Texas' favorite son, Duke LaGrange, and his silent swordsman sidekick, Ishiro'shea, once again find themselves unceremoniously removed from Cyborg Joe's and deposited on a planet at the least opportune time. The only way for the tandem to escape the harsh world of Psitakki is for Duke to survive the most dangerous underground pit fighting tournament in the cosmos.

There is a darker side to the Intergalactic Marriage Council that no one was aware of, and this changes everything. Natalie wants a simple life and chooses to marry a man from Zeylan through the Intergalactic Marriage Council. When she arrives on the planet, nothing is as she expects, and she must mentally adjust. Can the intense pleasure she finds with her match overcome the reality of her situation? Each book in the Zeylan Bride series is stand alone and can be read in any order. If you like it, check out my Otan Bride series as well for more arranged marriage erotica set in the ...

Space Bimbos are human too, right? ...and Sam is finding he's their ultimate Alpha Male! Sam's a geek for alien abduction stories. Heck, he's even been seeking them out, hoping to join the ranks. His dreams were never quite like this, though, as he finds himself abducted by a crew of gorgeous Bimbos from Space!. Seems as if this long-lost human civilization doesn't have a clue about real men, and Sam's more than happy to teach them the hot and steamy truth. He'll need courage, wisdom, and all the stamina he can muster to protect his new benefactors from the harsh realities of the universe, ...

How much excitement can one provincial priest take? Gregory Dumple is about to find out!Dumple struggles through his dull existence—the daily routine of funerals and heartburn aren’t anyone’s idea of fun. A mysterious beep from the church’s organ will change Dumple’s life forever, but he has no idea he’s experiencing the first piece of an extraterrestrial puzzle. Curiosity catapults him and confirmation student Ronny into a wild adventure among the stars. Dumple must uncover the secrets of an ancient alien civilization, play the hero and thwart an alien takeover with an ...

Aurelia Resupply Station 5 should have been the perfect hiding place. No one would expect me to join a friend on a work trip to the edge of known space. And the charity date auction she’s running may be a little ridiculous, but it’s for a good cause, so I throw myself into helping. But when I spot someone from my past in the crowd, I panic and bid on the most dangerous-looking guy on the stage. If anyone could take out David’s guys, it’s this alien pirate. Soon, I’m stuck on an awkward date with the big Araced, and I instantly regret my impulsive choice, especially when people ...

Short Sci-Fi stories from the Lighter Side of yesterday and all your tomorrows; alternative todays; and all those maybe times in between. From orbits and vectors the other side of the spiral arm, to the smoking field at the back of the Yew Tree pub. From Boudicca's helping hand, to the secret behind Toothsavers; Why did the mountain have to move to Mohr? Have the Potens got this Planetary Takeover quite right? It's Absolutely Disgusting, isn't it? the way these immigrants seem to hate everyone on the planet? You only Have One Vote - How important can that be? You turn your back for five ...

Earth is rising in the House of Voltar.... And there’ll be hell to pay! That’s right. The invasion is on...and it’s coming soon to a galaxy near you. The action couldn’t be hotter, and the plot couldn’t be more diabolical. Earth is coming to Voltar - and the Voltarians won’t know what hit them. Murder, blackmail, drugs, psychoanalysis, PR firms, sex-crazed teenyboppers, riots in the streets, women in chains. These are the powerful secret weapons of war.

Honor. Integrity. Brains. Damien Durne, former Genetics researcher and occasional attorney has been recruited by the Protectorate Intelligence Service to be a field agent – much to his own surprise. But the threat to human kind from an enemy civilization is real, and The Protectorate is on the brink of war - one that they will certainly lose. His mission to discover the foe and prevent the annihilation of all mankind takes him from mountainous summits, to the edge of the abyss, and into the arms of the woman no man can resist.

Artifact At last, Casey’s fortune changes for the better. A timely inheritance gives him a home and even a mine, but instead of wealth, he uncovers something so controversial it would surely put his life at risk and throw the world into turmoil. Perfect Escape After years of pain from a horrifying and cruel attack, Alice is left scarred and without a voice. She focuses her life of scientific research into developing a way to travel through time to a future where she can be healed. But the lure of revenge is strong, too strong for her to ignore. The Ship Grace felt privileged to be chosen ...

It's simple...strap a rotating habitat to an untested fusion rocket, put six astronauts in experimental cryogenic sleep, hurtle them at nine-tenths the speed of light toward an undiscovered planet near an unknown star, wake them nine years later, and save all of humankind. SIRIUS-ly? All Asil Silverwood wanted to do was pilot commercial shuttles between the Earth and the Moon. To get money to pay for the training, he enrolled in one of those cryogenic deep-space drug studies. When he was awoken NINE YEARS later by a smart-ass AI aboard an experimental starship near the star Sirius, he was ...

Bounty hunter Duke LaGrange has seemingly retired on the primitive world of Neprius. His former sidekick, Ishiro’shea, has hung up his katana and is now the proud owner of the galaxy’s loudest bar, Cyborg Joe’s Grill N’ Go and The Why Not Saloon on the planet Kelt. But when a mysterious entity visits Duke and warns him of a great danger set to destroy Earth, he must decide if he will get the gang back together for one last mission.

George Murdock has always been the tech go to guy. So when the prototype jump drive is ready for testing, it’s only right his ship is where it’s fitted. It’s the first test of merging tech and magic. What could possibly go wrong? George knows when the chips are down, he’s still part of the alpha team, and they always go in at the shit end. But this time, nothing he’s done prepares him for what’s coming for him now. This time he’s alone, and to survive, he must become, the Imperium Knight. Grace Tapping was the girl who ran away from the Imperator. When she became a fighter ...

A new species has jumped into the Sol system for a quick look, leading the Stryx to assign humans to the greeting mission. Dorothy and Kevin leave on a trading mission in his new ship, bringing the dog, and Samuel and Vivian start at the Open University.

Hey, what happened to my dog? Did you eat it? Where'd it go? And what's with all that juicy stuff around your lips? Okay, pal, we better talk this out. You can read the rest of the story to find out what happens. Approximately 1,100 words and 10 pictures.

NASA’s scientists thought he’d be the PERFECT chimp to send into space. Little did Chump know that he had been selected for a deadly-dangerous mission. If a chimp could orbit Earth, then chances were a human could too. With Chump the chimp at the controls of a spacecraft, what could possibly go wrong? As it turned out, EVERYTHING.

A man with a borrowed name steps from a flashy red sports car—also borrowed—onto the estate of his youth. But all is not as it seems. There is a new family living in the drafty old house: the Godleys, descendants of the late, world-famous scientist Adam Godley, whose theory of existence threw the universe into chaos. And this mystery man, who has just completed a prison sentence, feels as if time has stopped, or was torn, or was opened in new and strange ways. He must now vie with the idiosyncratic Godley family, and with a woman from his past who comes bearing an unusual request.