We have a 2-way tie.
You have until 23:59 (GMT) on November the 30th to make your choice.
The two stories still in contention:
You have until 23:59 (GMT) on November the 30th to make your choice.
The two stories still in contention:
Is That You Rita? by mosaix
We’d avoided the obvious name for the ship but, when it came to the planet, those of a religious persuasion carried the day and we called it ‘Ararat’. Get it?
Observations from orbit had indicated existing flora and fauna and, shortly after touch down, we were approached by a sample of the dominant species.
It waved a ‘hand’ and, as it spoke, we turned on the universal translator.
“You can’t park that there, sunshine.”
God, They Were Thorough by Cat's Cradle
They hung the fluid-proof speaker with its Evergood batteries around the corpse's neck, then closed the plywood coffin's lid and lowered it into the ground.
At graveside they set a marker:
Jonjun Ambrickson
Died in queue 10-3-2067 waiting to petition for an increased weekly food allotment
Supplicant number 178,579
Died in queue 10-3-2067 waiting to petition for an increased weekly food allotment
Supplicant number 178,579
As the law mandated no petitions could be closed till heard and formally adjudicated, every 15 minutes the speaker activated:
Supplicant 178,579, please continue waiting…
