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Write about a character who has access to a powerful new technology before anyone else.

Posted in Science Fiction on Nov 1, 2022

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✍️ 25 stories

Judge, Jury, and Executioner

Submitted to Contest #150

15/06/202911:42pm Sometimes, in the afternoon, I would look back on the day and find myself shocked that it had all happened in a 24-hour span. Mornings always seemed like a lifetime ago.I had spent this morning doting on my dog, trying to decide whether my arteries could handle a second bowl of cereal.I couldn’t figure out how much time had passed since then. I couldn’t figure out much of anything, really.I tried to focus on the senses my body could recognize.There was blood on my fingertips. Thick. Hot. Snaking its way down my arms.I could...

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Odd Spark

Submitted to Contest #150

I’m Odd, always have been. It’s my name and my nature. My tribe is at the bleeding edge of the stone age. Our prey and our enemies are more on the bleeding edge in a literal sense. Sharp stones driven into wood, that’s our thing.             More It’s than mine. It is the leader of our tribe. Not because he’s the smartest. Because he’s the biggest. His club is heavier and has more sharpened pieces of flint driven into it.           &...

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Snowflakes - Observed

Submitted to Contest #150

His hands tremored violently as he raised them from his lap, the shake spreading through to his core, causing the chair to groan beneath him. He allowed them to fall to his lap briefly before rising to cover his eyes in an attempt to stem the stream that was beginning to dampen his shirt. The air rattled in his chest with every breath and sobs were stifled and swallowed. Swallowing was difficult. His dry mouth caused him to choke a little amid those stifled sobs and the salty tears stung at his lips. His stomach churned and heaved, the ...

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Five Times I was asked to Get Off the Bus

Submitted to Contest #150

We see computers attaining consciousness as deeply troubling. Another entity entering into the exclusive domain of us intelligent apes? We may be kicked off the island, pull the alarm!But not quite yet. I myself am not fully conscious yet, at least not when it comes to things like checking if I have food on my face, having my shirt tucked in, having my bills paid on time or generally having my shit together. For these practical activities I have the sentience level of a pug and would prefer some outside computerized help.My wife Trish worrie...

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I Eat the Sun

Submitted to Contest #150

Have you ever wondered what the sun tastes like? I’ll tell you. It’s like sipping a hot cup of chamomile through a straw; warm, mild, inviting. I’ve been eating the sun for seventeen years. I eat it on my morning walk through my neighborhood, by my east-facing office window, and in the car as I drive home. A sunset is the most delicious if you can catch a good one. The more colors, the better. Orange adds tang and purple adds a milkiness that feels like silk running through your skin.  Of course, I need a bit more than the sun to funct...

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The Resurrection

Submitted to Contest #150

In a dim lit room sat Professor Jonathan making a note of his observations. A gurgling sound made by the chemical in a test tube disrupted the stark silence. Pushing the hair that fell on his face, he limped to the table on which the apparatus was neatly aligned. Sitting in the same posture for days had made his muscles sore and he winced as he stood leaning against the wall. With his gloved hands, he carefully held the test tube and placed a few drops of the chemical on the chip with the help of a pipette. Green colored flames filled the la...

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Aphrodite

Submitted to Contest #150

Aphrodite Jazz grabs Herc’s brown leather leash from the coat hooks by the door. She doesn’t have to struggle to hook it to the Belgian Malinois’s harness. Much of his fur is displaced in the process. Jazz wishes it was safe for Herc to walk beside her untethered on the sidewalks of Ankeny, but her working dog’s sense of smell tends to lead him in other directions. It’s that scent tracking ability bringing them a case today. They hadn’t seen Avery since she moved out of Fremont (population 708) and out of their lives. Herc is excited, bu...

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Aimee

Submitted to Contest #150

Contains mild sexual references Up the Greek beach we run, the sand burning our feet, the sun warming our backs. I’m first onto the decking surrounding the beach bar, with Dev right behind me, laughing as usual. He’s a fun-loving student, like myself, tall and slim. Next up is the dark-haired Bryony, a serious thirty-something, but she’s OK too. We drop into the seats and the welcome shade. Aimee is last to arrive. Aimee is, well, just Aimee, as cool as ever. ‘OK, you win, bro,’ gasps Dev. ‘And it’s your round, Aimee! Paracalo!’ I call o...

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The Island of Dr. Mon Santos

Submitted to Contest #150

The Island of Dr. Mon Santos ACT I                I sing of the world as we fear it, hear my tale, and be warned of the day of many woes, the day genetically modified organisms become the mainstream in our society.                Rising to the podium is a boy who grew into a 28-year-old genius, now accepting his Nobel peace prize for his contribution to the advancement of genetically modified...

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Emma & the Time Travel Wristwatch

Submitted to Contest #150

It starts off with a curious girl named "Emma" getting a wristwatch that can bend time and change the frequency of reality. She starts to see that she can use her new powers to help people .At first, she saves children from a burning car twice in the same day.After two weeks She helps a little boy who has been shot. She saves a little girl from drowning. She even manages to save a man from committing suicide.This technology is more than just an ordinary AI , But with this new extra power, "Emma" must catch up to her own level of responsibili...

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Miracle Machine

Submitted to Contest #150

Emily’s foot tapped the floor as the elevator climbed the long ascent to the eleventh floor. She glanced at her watch and memorized the time – 8:10 am. This would be the day she would make history and her lips were sealed. Five other humans knew about the project that lived in room 301. Lives would be changed forever by the technology she and her colleagues had labored over for the past ten years. Emily let out a sigh and closed her eyes. Her memories echoed within the halls of her mind as she journeyed back in time. The summer of 1996 fla...

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ARCS 1,0

Submitted to Contest #150

Akio walked into his therapist’s office for the 52nd time that year.  Dr Ishida stood up and warmly greeted his patient, who would have been seeing him for exactly a year today.  Good morning, Akio! It’s nice to see y—— He was not able to finish his sentence. The young man in his mid twenties buried his right fist into Dr. Ishida’s face.  The Dr, also a young man himself, being barely 32, was thrown back onto his own coffee table and collapsed onto the floor. He was clenching his nose with both hands, as it was bleedin...

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The Smart Fridge

Submitted to Contest #150

It had been on a whim that Sabrina had entered the draw:   “Win a Cutting Edge of Technology Smart Fridge - The First Fridge to Help YOU Succeed in All of YOUR Weight Loss Goals.”  That morning, she had weighed herself. 200 pounds. On her 5’5” frame, it wasn’t the end of the world, maybe, but it was the heaviest that she’d ever been.  Sabrina was determined to obtain a gym pass the second she left work - and actually use it this time.  Maybe that would put a stop to her mother’s passive aggressive comments a...

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The Pac

Submitted to Contest #150

THE PAC By DM Schwartz “It can’t work,” said Paul. “It will work,” said Eddy. “Think about it. We’re all of us just walking meat machines. If a kidney or a lung or even a heart goes bad, you plug in another one.” “Kidneys and lungs and hearts are one thing. You’re talking about the central nervous system. The human brain. That’s like-” “That’s like everything else. Made of matter. Memories are stored in that matter just like books in a library.” “You always think in oversimplifications.” “You always think in overcomplifications.” “T...

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Live Different

Submitted to Contest #150

“Please, don’t do it,” Janna said.Ling sighed as he crossed his legs. “You’re telling me that right before the big reveal of a product we—including you—have been working on for the last five years.”Her fingers tightened around her clipboard. “I’m sorry, it only dawned on me now, but Ling, the Hiraya…” her voice faltered. “I promise you, it will do more harm than good.”Ling slammed the dressing room table, and Janna flinched. The lights flickered above them. “I don’t have the time to change the entirety of the Hiraya in an hour, so I’m going ...

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