Science Fiction Microstory Contest discussion
FEBRUARY 2023 SCIENCE FICTION MICROSTORY CONTEST (Comments only)
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Got mine in. Not my best. RL has me too distracted.
Wanted to make sure I got it done because I am off to NJ to check in on my mom. :)
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Posted a "twin" story I had wrote back in 2015. Just no time to write a new story.
Safe travels Jot, and I hope that you are able to spend good time with Kelly's father during these last days.
Felt good to write and be creative vs. the freelance articles that have been absorbing my free time.
Got the bones of a story, but we'll have to see if I can make it work this month.
Sympathies and prayers, Jot. Not sure how much time my mom has.
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Jot--So good that you can be there to support your girlfriend and her father at this time. Safe travels to you.
Marianne, my utter respect for your support of, care for, your mother.
Thanks, Jot and Paula. My sister does the heavy daily lifting. I just deal with the big picture stuff, which I suspect will get bigger soon as mom's heart valve is failing.
Jot: Given your situation, might it be a good idea to suspend the contest for a bit?
Hi all, popped by to say hello, but I see lots of sad news trending. In the same position with a friend. He's had a full life, but it's never easy, is it? My best wishes and positive energy to all.
Sorry to hear, J.J.. Prayers & blessings.
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Want to post my sympathy and regards to all as well.
Maybe a theme in the making: How does one say goodbye? To an immortal who gave up mortality, an elder living out the last days or any other situation when there is time (or not) to say what we may have thought we had forever to say.Could technology intervene? Should it?
Almost everyone has experienced loss, for those of us who are older, it is inevitable. Sometimes writing about it helps, even in the form of a science fiction story.
(Not wanting to hijack the theme, so just an idea)
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Haven't some done stories here about consciousness downloading in the past?
Just finished rereading Greenberg's classic novel The King's Persons, about the 1190 massacre at York, with that scene in the climax where they must consider whether/how goodbyes can be said / moment chosen in the looming mortality. ---Not to try to limit that theme to historical fiction, nor to downloads/technology, nor to . . . well, always a wide and major theme . . .
---Meanwhile, thinking of you and your close ones, Jot and Marianne and JJ.
Elements: Twins and Tricksters
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It can be one or multiple sets of twins and it can be one or multiple tricksters. The twins and tricksters don't have to be separate entities. They can be the same, if so desired, or separate. Hopefully folks can have a bit of fun with all the possibilities the challenge offers :)