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Submitted to Contest #312
Most people customized their neurochip AI assistant to be kind and supportive–a cheering voice rousing them on through the endless slog of work days. Isa had never seen the appeal of that. If she was going to download an AI assistant to her neurochip she didn’t need support. She needed cruelty. Cruelty, it seemed, might be the only thing that could get her out of her crumb-covered bedsheets to do the laundry, or address the neglected stack of bills that had been piling up on her table since the fog of depression had settled over the apart...
Submitted to Contest #311
Daniel knew he had to make amends in recovery, but he had no idea how to make amends with a deer. It wasn’t exactly something that was addressed in a 12-step group. Deer didn’t have cell phones to call to offer to replace their rug that was in a landfill somewhere covered in his vomit, or doorways to stand in while he avoided eye contact and apologized for showing up to their wedding ceremony drunk. Deer did have mouths and stomachs, though, and he knew at the very least that those mouths and stomachs liked birdseed. His neighbor Florence ha...
Submitted to Contest #310
It's hard being a vampire and an elementary school teacher. For one thing, there isn’t enough caffeinated blood in the world to push me through all the yelling, and the screeching, and the adamant refusals to “stay in your seats.” Traditionally, vampires sleep during the day but that is out of the question for me. Sleep in general is out of the question for me because vampires who are teachers seldom sleep. There is always another math worksheet for me to grade, another lesson to plan on deciduous trees, another pair of sneakers to find for ...
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