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Sci-Fi
Retirement
A computer programmer
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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 'Stream of Consciousness' by Frederic Simard
SYNOPSIS - After working for the Department of Defense for more than
three decades, Ben is forced into early retirement. How far is he
willing to go to avoid this, and to stay with his beloved supercomputer,
QASS?
#2 'Aequorea Victoria' by Robert Soul SYNOPSIS - ADIL SHAHN, hardware
and software programmer in the field of replacement cloning, has one
very important secret project his wife demands he complete before he
retires.
#3 'John 2.0(s)' by Edward Eaton SYNOPSIS - When John takes early
retirement, he learns that there is a lot less to retirement than he had
expected. Banned from the company he started and cut off from his
friends, he figures out a way to return to his old life.
#4 'Mafia' by Hillary Vipond SYNOPSIS - Patrick discovers that his boss
has been retired and he might be next
#5 'Self' by SaraBeth Swain SYNOPSIS - The human genome has been decoded
and humans have now been installed with central processing units. A
famous computer programmer comes out of retirement to save the world
from an unstoppable virus.
#Honorable Mention 'EgoCap' by Chris Lunt SYNOPSIS - A game director
journeys to find an AI programmer who went missing after his greatest
performance.
#Honorable Mention 'Shutdown' by Pippa Brush SYNOPSIS - The compulsory
retirement of a 'techno' prompts a reconfiguration of the entire
network.
#Honorable Mention 'The Children our are Future' by Sarah Gerhart-Bryan
SYNOPSIS - A man attempts to retire from his high stress computer
programming job. Instead he finds out a strange twist in what he thought
was a normal everyday company.
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Name |
First
Name |
City |
State /
Province |
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Bagdadi |
Daniella |
HALLANDALE BEACH |
FL |
US |
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Brokaw |
Julie |
Minnetonka |
MN |
US |
| 7 |
Brush |
Pippa |
Tring |
Hertfordshire |
GB |
| 7 |
Campbell |
Joseph |
Buenos Aires |
Buenos Aires |
AR |
| 7 |
Dickel |
Alex |
San Francisco |
CA |
US |
| 7 |
Dubois |
Amber |
Lafayette |
IN |
US |
| 7 |
Eaton |
Edward |
Boston |
MA |
US |
| 7 |
Egan |
Anthony |
Travancore |
VIC |
AU |
| 7 |
Emerson |
Jenn |
Arlington |
TX |
US |
| 7 |
Gerhart-Bryan |
Sarah |
Denver |
CO |
US |
| 7 |
Gregorio |
Kelly |
West Hollywood |
CA |
US |
| 7 |
Hamer |
Marlana |
San Tan Valley |
AZ |
US |
| 7 |
Inglis |
Jen |
Salem |
MA |
US |
| 7 |
lewis |
mary |
mill valley |
CA |
US |
| 7 |
Lombino |
Leslie |
Somerville |
MA |
US |
| 7 |
Lunt |
Chris |
Mountain view |
CA |
US |
| 7 |
Miller |
Terri |
Oklahoma City |
OK |
US |
| 7 |
Muzingo |
Leslie Ann |
Mobile |
AL |
US |
| 7 |
Noschese |
Marguerite |
Goldens Bridge |
NY |
US |
| 7 |
Rankins |
Erik |
Greensboro |
NC |
US |
| 7 |
Rogers |
Kathryn |
Brooklyn |
NY |
US |
| 7 |
Segesvary |
Mercedes |
San Francisco |
CA |
US |
| 7 |
Simard |
Frederic |
Paris |
IDF |
FR |
| 7 |
Soul |
Robert |
Carrollton |
TX |
US |
| 7 |
Starkweather |
Casey |
High Point |
NC |
US |
| 7 |
Sullivan |
Kendra |
Laguna Beach |
CA |
US |
| 7 |
Swain |
SaraBeth |
Chicora |
PA |
US |
| 7 |
Turecek |
Meg |
Portland |
OR |
US |
| 7 |
Vipond |
Hillary |
Edinburgh |
Edinburgh City |
GB |
| 7 |
Williams |
Jen |
Covington Township |
PA |
US |
| 7 |
Wilson |
Karen |
York |
North Yorkshire |
GB |
| 7 |
Windsor-Smith |
Oscar |
Kings Langley |
Hertfordshire |
GB |
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