Science Fiction Microstory Contest discussion
NOVEMBER 2024 SCIENCE FICTION MICROSTORY CONTEST (Comments Only)
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Thank you, Justin! (bit of 1950's sci fi nostalgia).
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An impressive and ambitious vision of galactic empire, Justin.
Just got mine in. A very busy two weeks but took a break and got it done.
Mutant Nematodes! That one gave me the heebie-jeebies. Good stories, all of them. Hard to select a winner.
Another welcome, Grout! (I though it was 'Goot' at first.) Very interesting concept and good immersion.
Thanks for all the welcomes, folks! Glad to be a part of this group.
Greg wrote: "Another welcome, Grout! (I though it was 'Goot' at first.) Very interesting concept and good immersion."Thanks for the kind words, Greg. :-)
Great set of submissions from everyone.
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Voted! Sorry for the delay! I was without power from Tuesday to Friday - but this time I was prepared with a generator (unlike two years ago). So I kept my hot water, light, Internet, etc. Keeping it gassed up meant a lot of trips to the gas station, but it would run 9 hours easy. Anyway, I'm back on regular power. Welcome Grout! A great story!
Tom wrote: "An impressive and ambitious vision of galactic empire, Justin."Thank you Tom! I love flinging those large galactic empires out there! Much appreciated!
Jot wrote: "I hope that layoff doesn't hit you, Justin"Thanks Jot!
No, it did not. There will be another round in December, but since they are dumping another RIF'd person's work statement onto me, I doubt I'll be in that boat. I always just assume I will be so it's not a shock to the system. I work hard and do a good job and really excel, but being salaried, non-union means Boeing can let me go at any time for no reason at all. Several of my co-workers have been RIF'd and it's really hurting morale. And while we are getting reimbursed for the week of furlough we had to endure (lost 50% of a paycheck), we have to wait until 12/13 to get it back.
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Jot wrote: "Glad to hear your role is solid and sorry for the loss for the others. I've been through many rounds of that and it never feels good. Like part of the company dies. Hope they can get better managem..."Thanks Jot!!
I'd like to explain some of the background to my story that I couldn't fit into the story itself. The "Loverlorn Virus" was a global pandemic that was only fatal to people with low brain levels of oxytocin, the chemical of love and trust, and it wiped out most of the world's poor and all of the very wealthy. Replacing the poor with robots soon proved unsustainable because of the rare minerals needed for their circuitry, which were also needed for electric vehicles, so a genetic engineer designed a 25-chromosome pair humanoid species that could do all the work and would grow to adulthood in four weeks. They considered them carbon-based robots and most people didn't care about them except for some activists who thought they should have human rights and would tattoo themselves just like the humanoids to confuse inspectors like Herb Gracie, hence the need for a checklist to verify their less-than-human nature. How did they replace the very wealthy people that were also wiped out? Turns out, it wasn't necessary.
J.F. wrote: "I'd like to explain some of the background to my story that I couldn't fit into the story itself. The "Loverlorn Virus" was a global pandemic that was only fatal to people with low brain levels of ..."Intriguing.
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