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Weekly Contest #349
Today is April 31. It's become a quiet rule to avoid saying “May 1.” It's the day the giant gastropods irrupted. The month of May begins with the 2nd. Some scientist had the brilliant idea of inventing a genetic lettuce that kills snails in vegetable gardens. Only, it ended up enhancing the anabolic protein in some species of snails, causing them to grow at an uncontrollable speed until they were as long as a blue whale. Some might argue they’re slow, and the military could wipe them out with missiles and tanks—but at the size of an Airbus,...
Weekly Contest #347
A woman’s loud, sorrowful cry muffled through the locked closet door. Little light passed through the gap, submerging the interior in blackness. “What was that?” murmured Filo. “Keep quiet,” whispered a voice from the back. Filo hated darkness. He preferred bright rooms, peaceful music, and people passing by. He couldn’t handle the stuffiness inside the closet. The woman’s cry turned to shrieking. A rush of fear made Filo curl up. “What’s The Tormentor doing to that poor woman?” he thought. “How unlucky was I to be picked by her and locked u...
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