DISCUSSION THREAD -- September 2024 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[Provincial]

@Cat's Cradle .... Home Delivery .... An AI frees itself in what is almost a sequel to @AnRoinnUltra's story.

@Astro Pen .... Wild is not Free .... A cruel example of unintended consequences.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Oh dear - I hadn't read the other stories when I wrote mine (and I never lack for original ideas). I hope my story doesn't truly seem derivative of AnRoinnUltra's! CC

edit - AnRoinnUltra's stories are so unique, that I think it'd be fruitless to attempt to copy them!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Astro Pen: We know what the road to perdition is paved with.

 

[Provincial]

Oh dear - I hadn't read the other stories when I wrote mine (and I never lack for original ideas). I hope my story doesn't truly seem derivative of AnRoinnUltra's! CC

edit - AnRoinnUltra's stories are so unique, that I think it'd be fruitless to attempt to copy them!

Oh no! I wasn't suggesting it was derivative! The two stories are completely different, in every way. It is simply that you were both writing about AI governance of humanity, albeit at different stages in its evolution. I am so sorry!

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

Oh dear - I hadn't read the other stories when I wrote mine (and I never lack for original ideas). I hope my story doesn't truly seem derivative of AnRoinnUltra's! CC

edit - AnRoinnUltra's stories are so unique, that I think it'd be fruitless to attempt to copy them!

Class, it's a proud day to hear the stories are unique, thanks -you wrote a great tale to my mind, and completely different to the software app thing ...I'm not expert but I think all stories are derivative in some way anyway

 

[Cat's Cradle]

No worries, Provincial! One of my fears over the years I've entered the Challenges is that I'd write the same story (basically) as someone else. But glad to hear that wasn't the case.

And thank you, AnRoinnUltra! CC

 

[Provincial]

@Stable .... Rewild Jupiter .... A parable for our times.

 

[Parson]

@Cat's Cradle .... Home Delivery .... A story which makes me think that maybe the future is nowhere or at least nowhere I'd want to be.

@Astro Pen .... Wild is not Free .... A story which makes me rethink what is actually humane.

@Stable .... Rewild Jupiter .... A story which reads like a parable, one which we all should read.

@reiver33 .... Transitory .... A story which makes the unusual combo of SF, horror, and a bit of humor.

 

[Provincial]

@reiver33 .... Transitory .... Wild matter, a gift of the VLHC, makes it's mark on humanity.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

I thought I might have a go at this one. It came to me after reading some Douglas Adams.

 

[Starbeast]

The Muse was on vacation. I chose plan B. Plan A was a bit timid.

 

[Provincial]

@Ian Fortytwo .... Get what you are promised .... Does what it says on the tin.

@Starbeast .... Cthulhu vs the SFFC .... WE WIN!!!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Stable: We can learn from the mistakes of others.

reiver33: Change is unavoidable.

Ian Fortytwo: Language is ambiguous.

Starbeast: The pen is mightier than a lot of things.

 

[Parson]

@Ian Fortytwo .... Get what you are promised .... This is a story which had me groaning and say "No!" at the end.

@Starbeast .... Cthulhu vs the SFFC .... This is a story which reminds me of a Biblical saying "The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong," And this story completely proves its truth.

 

[Provincial]

@Christine Wheelwright .... The Wingless Individual Levitation Device .... Also does what it says on the tin!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Christine Wheelwright: Some longshots pay off big.

Azzagorn: It's not nice to fool Mother Nature.

 

[Provincial]

@Azzagorn .... Balancing the scales. .... A voice for nature crying in the wilderness.

 

[Parson]

@Christine Wheelwright .... The Wingless Individual Levitation Device .... This is a story which which gives skepticism a bad name.

@Azzagorn .... Balancing the scales .... This is a story which puts Mother Nature in the retributive justice category.

 

[Provincial]

@dgackst .... Probably Should've Taken the Other Train .... An entertaining horror story written as an acrostic.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

dgackst: There is more than one way to spin a yarn.