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[dreamrock]

"He went the way he wanted."

"He wanted 18-wheeler decapitation."

"Yeah. But dramatic, right?"

The alien STD was that.

[swamp]

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Ancient monuments of forbidden love, two gorgon statues, metaphorical sisters, stand gazing into each other's eyes.
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[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

Ancient monuments of forbidden love, two gorgon statues, metaphorical sisters, stand gazing into each other's eyes.

Shoulda titled that one, "Drop-dead Gorgeous."

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

Jim knew trusting his files to a thumb drive was risky.
His schematics and notes, 3 decades of work, all gone in a "flash".

[dreamrock]

Jim knew trusting his files to a thumb drive was risky.
His schematics and notes, 3 decades of work, all gone in a "flash".

Ooooh, please tell me this isn't autobiographical. I know too many writers who have made that mistake. One lost the half of his 20-year-attempt-at-a-novel that he had completed.

[ROU Killing Time]

"A tasteless gift."

Prometheus took his brother off the winter solstice gift list after he got his last present from him, a box of onion soup.

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

Ooooh, please tell me this isn't autobiographical. I know too many writers who have made that mistake. One lost the half of his 20-year-attempt-at-a-novel that he had completed.

Nope, I have automatic backups and version control (but it has been too long since I tested the recovery/restore).

Something not quite as drastic happened to a friend of mine just recently. He ignored my advice and I can't even say, "I told you so." (I'm the victim, here. )
So, I made a twabble. I just hope all the plays on "flash" are not lost to the reader.

[moonowl]

Oh geez. I'm an information privacy person. The crap people have loaded on flash drives and lost...patient information, nondisclosure agreement protected data...years of research...consent forms...grades.

Seriously, people should get Dropbox or something so they don't have to use those things anymore.

(They also don't do well through the spin cycle, but as far as I'm concerned at least the data is 'safe' and dead...)

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

(They also don't do well through the spin cycle, but as far as I'm concerned at least the data is 'safe' and dead...)

Nope. If it's typical, then any competent tech -- with a soldering iron -- can extract the data. We can even extract partial data from a cracked chip (the chip is never cracked in civilian cases), if we think it's worth the expense.

Your data is safe after you've completely slagged the device with an oxy/acetylene torch. But, I would not be stunned if some crazy agency had a laser gadget that could decode the smoke patterns.

[nowicki1283]

Both generation X and generation Y were taken aback when generation Z rose up; especially when their brains were eaten.

[swamp]

Ancient monuments of forbidden love, two gorgon statues, metaphorical sisters, stand gazing into each other's eyes.

Shoulda titled that one, "Drop-dead Gorgeous."

Ha. That's good.

[munsi]

he always said he wanted to leave this world the way he came into it

naked, screaming and drenched in blood

in the end he did

[strawman]

Another powerful entry in a new format. This is like gold in the 100m and 800m. The rules committee will have to address the eecummings format and lack of punctuation. Line breaks instead of periods to hit 100. It only works in written form.

What say ye eldergods?

[nowicki1283]

Don’t think of the undead as a plague; we just released them to clean up the last invasive species we mistakenly set free.

[ROU Killing Time]

Both generation X and generation Y were taken aback when generation Z rose up; especially when their brains were eaten.

Clever. I like it. It has zombies.

Another good one from a new poster.

Welcome to the forums. Lots of fresh blood around here these days.

[The PMS Avenger]

She softly kissed her prince's lips every evening before bed, secretly praying it would transform him back into a frog.

Bath & Body Works struggled to stay alive after the suprising failure of the "It Puts the Lotion on its Skin" ad campaign

[Dame]

Uncle Henry planted the seeds in a lavender-scented bed. "Grow," he whispered. "Auntie always made the best compost."

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

The sirens don't get you with silly rocks or swirling water.
It's the justice of the peace and dang lawyers that do you in.

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

Uncle Henry planted the seeds in a lavender-scented bed. "Grow," he whispered. "Auntie always made the best compost."

Not bad, but dead puppies/people, etc. turned into fertilizer is a recurring theme on these twitfic threads -- even "winning" once or twice.

If one more person posts a twitfic along this idea, I get to call, "cliché".

[VioletRage]

He screamed as his pants swallowed him, jean jaws unhinged like a snake. I watched, thinking, this is what belts are for.