August 2023 SCIENCE FICTION MICROSTORY CONTEST (Comments only)

[Tom]

This month's theme: Suppressing history

Required Elements:

1) Destroying historical evidence
2) Denying unpleasant truth

[Carrie]

YOU GUYS I WROTE A STORY!!!!

[Carrie]

I mean - it's only been like 5 years or something ridiculous.....so I'm pretty proud of myself!

In the other contest we have 1200 words - trimming the fat to get it under 750 was tough!

[Chris]

Carrie wrote: "I mean - it's only been like 5 years or something ridiculous.....so I'm pretty proud of myself!

In the other contest we have 1200 words - trimming the fat to get it under 750 was tough!"

Lol, Carrie! Nice to see you again! It hasn't been that long for me, but 8 months is a while! Finally got something up! Hope you like it! :)

[Carrie]

I just looked - last story I wrote was October 2020. So not quite 5 years.
But too damn long, I'm making more of an effort to get back into the creative swing of things.
My story isn't the best, but a solid start.
I've missed this group and the stories!

[Carrie]

Side note - since when did we stop posting the requirements?
I had to go back months to figure out if I had 700 or 750 words.
Could we start doing that again?
:)

[Jeremy]

Welcome back Carrie!

[Carrie]

Jeremy wrote: "Welcome back Carrie!"

Thanks! I've missed you guys!

[Tom]

Carrie wrote: "I mean - it's only been like 5 years or something ridiculous.....so I'm pretty proud of myself!

In the other contest we have 1200 words - trimming the fat to get it under 750 was tough!"

Excellent job! Great story! And, welcome back!

[Tom]

Chris wrote: "Carrie wrote: "I mean - it's only been like 5 years or something ridiculous.....so I'm pretty proud of myself!

In the other contest we have 1200 words - trimming the fat to get it under 750 was to..."

I certainly did. And, welcome back to you, too, Chris. I have so missed your fine contributions!

[Tom]

Two old favorites are back, and with two excellent stories. Color me happy!

[Chris]

Tom wrote: "Chris wrote: "Carrie wrote: "I mean - it's only been like 5 years or something ridiculous.....so I'm pretty proud of myself!

In the other contest we have 1200 words - trimming the fat to get it un..."

Thanks, Tom! It was good to get something in this month. Seems like my scheduled has been crazy the past couple of years.

[Jeremy McLain]

Well shoot, now I feel I have to get one in, as I’ve been slacking last couple years.

[Jeremy McLain]

Hello everyone hope all is well. Welcome back Carrie.

[Tom]

Welcome back, Jeremy.

[Jot]

Welcome back, Carrie, Chris and Jeremy!!! I step out for a few days to an awesome surprise.

> Side note - since when did we stop posting the requirements?
Carrie, the "Contest Rules" are always posted as the top thread.

[Jot]

Quick update on my end. Still no job, but my database system is running. Can bombard it with millions of orders/transactions from multiple processes and threads in a very timely fashion. Have to run some speed tests once I work out a few more little kinks.

[Tom]

Any company in need of competent tech help would be lucky to have you, Jot.

[Jot]

Thank you, sir. I feel I am in the midst of underapprieated and amazingly talented people. May you all reach your dream

[Justin]

So great to have many friendly faces back! I've been on jury duty since July 24! We just rendered a verdict: $5.5 million to the plaintiff for damages. Nothing like having a person's future in your hands. Very intense, covered a lot of ground medically, etc. I ended up being the presiding juror. It took us 2.5 hours to deliberate. I wanted to make sure we had a unanimous decision. A great experience, but it pulled me out of work just before my busiest week at Boeing. Anyway, maybe I should get a story in! Jot, so sorry the work has not panned out yet! Keep swinging!

[Tom]

Congratulations on the completion of your civic duty, Justin, and on going above and beyond. (They settled after making us sit through 2 hours of pictures, documents and objections in my last stint of jury duty. 'Makes you wonder why they bothered to go to court.)

'Hope you get a story in.

[Carrie]

Jot wrote: "Welcome back, Carrie, Chris and Jeremy!!! I step out for a few days to an awesome surprise.

> Side note - since when did we stop posting the requirements?
Carrie, the "Contest Rules" are always po..."

No - it's only the theme and required elements. Not the dates for voting or word count etc.

[Carrie]

Jeremy McLain wrote: "Well shoot, now I feel I have to get one in, as I’ve been slacking last couple years."

If I can do it so can you lol, looking forward to reading it!

[Carrie]

Jot wrote: "Quick update on my end. Still no job, but my database system is running. Can bombard it with millions of orders/transactions from multiple processes and threads in a very timely fashion. Have to ru..."

You should check out Insight Global - it's where I work and I love it here.

[Jeremy McLain]

Speaking of Jury Dury there is a reality series on Prime (I think) that is called “Jury Duty”. Pretty funny. One of the jurors thinks it’s real but everyone else is an actor.

[Jot]

> No - it's only the theme and required elements. Not the dates for voting or word count etc.

This thread (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...) doesn't show up first on the contest page (https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...) for you?

[Carrie]

It does not.
But I use the app so maybe that's why

[Carrie]

I can't insert an image, but this is what I see when I open the app and go to the group: http://huntfishtravel.com/wp-content/...

[Jot]

Perhaps something weird with the app. A browser view should show it.

[Jot]

Posted mine. I had introduced "The Asian League" as an alternate-timeline nation in my Perpetual Words of Hatred novel as adversary against the religion-neutral utopia that the villain of the story was trying to create. Here it's based on a potential future of a Chinese-Russian union that expands across the greater part of Asia.

[Tom]

I read the reviews on Perpetual Words of Hatred on Amazon. Congratulations on the high ratings, Jot.

[Jot]

Well, only five of them, all from back when I published the novel.

[Jeremy McLain]

I got one in this month! woo hoo!

[Jot]

Nice one! I liked the format of the story. Interesting...

[Justin]

A great crop of stories this month. The most in a while! Nice work everyone!

[Jot]

still waiting on Carrie and McLain's vote.

[Carrie]

Sorry - Left Barbados yesterday morning at 5:00am - delayed flights and extra long layovers caused my to get home later than I thought (today at about 4pm.)

I am reading through them now and will vote within the hour - my apologies for the delay!

[Carrie]

Voted!

[Jot]

Thanks Carrie, and I hope it was a fun trip!