Flash Fiction Prompts Intergalactic road trip

Intergalactic road trip

Mar 6, 2026
Challenge 7
9 stories 9 authors 20 likes 200 avg. words

Prompt
Double Dribble · Exactly 200 words
Intergalactic road trip, interrupted by an emergency pit stop.

Pit Stop in the Milky Way

by Jesse R Traynham - Author

200 words · 4 likes · Permalink

"I gotta go, Dad."

"Me, too."

"I told y'all to go at the last galaxy. Why don't you listen?"

"We did, but drank too much."

"I swear. Let me find a place. Oh. Ain't no way I'm stopping in the Milky Way."

"Dad!"

"Fine, but don't come running to me when some local has you for dinner!" I adjusted course for a pit stop. "We'll never make it to grandma's house at this rate."

I switched to manual and coasted to one of Earth's crude "truck stops." I hovered for a few minutes, but never found the saucer section. Finally, I parked out by the trucks.

"Ok, kids, put on your projection collars. Be sure you're projecting as "human."

They did so and ran off to the potty rooms. I browsed the store while my wife tended to the kids.

Found the drinks section. "PERFECT!" They were fully stocked on Mountain Dew. I grabbed ten bottles. This should provide enough fuel to get us to Mother's. Found beef jerky. Better than protein packets.

I dropped my items on the counter. ~I'm getting all of this for free~

The cashier blinked rapidly. "It's on the house, enjoy!"

Earthlings are so dumb.

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