Tag: sci-fi

Song Title Challenge #22: Edge of Seventeen – Stevie Nicks

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song. You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me. Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page. You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks and the genre is Fantasy/Sci-Fi. Thanks to bumblepuppies for the suggestion.

Edge of Seventeen

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Song Title Challenge #20: Time To Say Goodbye – Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page. You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Time To Say Goodbye and was suggested by rainbowsofhappiness at a URL that doesn’t exist. Seems he/she doesn’t want a shout-out for their blog. He/she also didn’t specify who wrote the song, but I assume it’s the one recorded by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman and written by Francesco Sartori (music) and Lucio Quarantotto (lyrics). I was given a genre, romance, but have decided to add a little Sci-Fi twist.

Time To Say Goodbye

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KokkieH Reviews The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

What if the Earth wasn’t the only one? What if there were millions more Earths beyond ours, formed every time in that history went one way or the other while moving along the trousers of time? What if ours was the only one where homo sapiens developed, leaving the others empty, unspoilt and there for the taking? What if all you needed to do to reach one was step to the side?

Parallel universes are nothing new to Science Fiction, but the idea is given a wonderful new spin in The Long Earth, a collaboration between Sir Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.

(Please note: there are some minor spoilers to follow, but I won’t reveal any major plot points.)

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Song Title Challenge #16: Big Balls – AC/DC

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page. You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Big Balls by AC/DC and the genre is Fantasy/Sci-Fi. Thanks to bumblepuppies for the suggestion.

Big Balls

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Song Title Challenge #10: Metalingus – Alter Bridge

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song. Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page. You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Metalingus by Alter Bridge. Thank you once again to Bumblepuppies for the suggestion.