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If your story is listed in the top 5 below, congratulations, you are among the 125 writers moving on to the 2nd Round kicking off at 11:59PM EDT this Thursday, April 11th!   Congratulations to everyone that submitted a story, narrowing down a top 5 in each heat was incredibly difficult and everyone should be proud for rising to the challenge and creating a story outside your comfort zone from scratch in 8 days.  We hope the challenge was inspiring and hope to see you in our next challenge!

#1 'End of Messages' by Icarus Graeme SYNOPSIS - When two lovers who call themselves Bonnie and Clyde rob a bank, they get more than they bargained for in the form of a time-travelling cyborg apocalypse. Of course, some apocalypses are more personal than others.

#2 'VALENTINE'S DAY: AN INTERROGATION' by Muddy Kinzer SYNOPSIS - SYNOPSIS: A fifty-something woman is held for questioning about a robbery and the lengths she will go to in her quest for a decent Valentine’s Day.

#3 'The Miracle of Compound Interest' by Jane St. Clair SYNOPSIS - A bank teller deposits $1 into an investment account and then time-travels a hundred years forward to collect a now fabulous sum, only to take a wrong turn and pick up a medieval squire and the love of his life

#4 'Rallo Jenkins and the MePhone Generation.2' by Susan Worley SYNOPSIS - Rallo Jenkins, a bank teller by day and Medieval enthusiast on the weekends, accidentaly time travels to the near future with a thirteen year old boy dressed in replica armor to witness a modern technology driven and obessessed youth culture.

#5 'When in Rome' by Jess Zimmerman SYNOPSIS - I work at a mall in pre-Columbian America, go to the dentist in 5th-century Mongolia, and run errands in Ancient Rome. But what I discover at the bank could change all that forever.

#Honorable Mention 'Love Action Role Play' by Ellsa Owen Fitzgerald SYNOPSIS - Gillian, a discontented waitress, is intrigued by the stranger on table 28. She takes a chance and finds herself transported to a world where she finally feels she belongs. Even if it just happens by putting on a costume.

#Honorable Mention 'The Snake of Destiny' by A E Shaw SYNOPSIS - Horacia’s 25th birthday feels like a grim reminder of everything that’s wrong with her life. But before the day is out, she’ll inherit a snake and a machine that will validate her completely.

#Honorable Mention 'Tim E. MacHine' by Lanea Miller SYNOPSIS - What do you do when a man from the future claims that you are the only one who can help him?
 

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