Back again, and ready to wreak some havoc, welcome the deathborgs! And some death-fairies, death-hobbits, and death-ships. Maybe some nice borgs too. All sorts are invited!

All science fictional stories, poems, essays, and predictions are accepted. In the spirit of providing an inclusive environment, fairies, ghosts, mages, and gods are also welcome. Reviews and explanations of science-fictional concepts will be accepted, but factual science writeups are suspect, and will probably not be eligible for prizes. The quest will run from April 30th, 3025 to June 1st, 3025.

 

Rules:

• All writeups must conform to the limitations of the quest - science fiction and fantasy or factual writeups about science fiction and fantasy.
• Writeups must survive without deletion through the quest and following judging period to be eligible for quest prizes.
• To ensure that your writeup is included, either put

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I had a bonfire up at the spot at the tail end of winter. I invited some local friends and all the direct neighbors, and held court outside of the shipping container with a table of refreshments as visitors trickled in by ones and twos throughout the day. The pile, a massive cone of spoils from the logging, was ready to go up after being tarped over to dry for over a year. A cardboard box full of dryer lint, scrapwood, and old motor oil was chucked up top, and last year's gasoline was dribbled down in a

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Over a decade ago, I posted A Pandeist responds to Lewis Loflin "Debunking Panendeism"; and while I don't know if Loflin took the criticism leveled there to heart, he seems to have realized his original work was sufficiently deficient to need to be given another try, posting a rewritten essay at the same address -- only this time, he enlisted a superior intellect, with an acknowledgment at the end that "Grok, an AI by xAI, helped smooth this…