Ancestors

Toot

Written by Charlie Stross on 2025-01-26 at 21:35

HORROR STORY IN SIX WORDS:

Tool-using murder hornets discover fire.

(Your turn …)

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Descendants

Written by oxy but high contrast on 2025-01-26 at 21:37

@cstross There was not blood there before

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Written by Fi 🏳️‍⚧️ on 2025-01-26 at 21:37

@cstross

one by one, medicines stop working.

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Written by Fi 🏳️‍⚧️ on 2025-01-26 at 21:38

@cstross

you thought you were vegan. Wrong.

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Written by Fi 🏳️‍⚧️ on 2025-01-26 at 21:42

@cstross

Your glasses weren't smudged - he is.

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Written by Charlie Stross on 2025-01-26 at 21:39

@munin Too realistic, not fiction (cf. antibiotics)

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Written by Fi 🏳️‍⚧️ on 2025-01-26 at 21:52

@cstross

I was thinking 'heart medication' and 'vitamins' lol

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Written by Advanced Persistent Teapot on 2025-01-26 at 22:22

@munin @cstross this feels like a reference to The Nine Billion Names of God? It definitely gives me the same heebie-jeebies

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Written by Fi 🏳️‍⚧️ on 2025-01-26 at 22:23

@http_error_418 @cstross

lol yeah, one of my favorite short stories tbh.

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Written by JJDavis :terminal: on 2025-01-26 at 21:37

@cstross Trump won't be so bad this time.

(Okay, seven words.)

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Written by FredricT on 2025-01-26 at 21:40

@cstross Long Covid. Had a life, before.

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Written by datum (n=1) on 2025-02-02 at 07:21

@FredricT That's a tragedy, not a horror story. A+ for effort and delivery, since the genre was an arbitrary assignment.

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Written by Seiðr on 2025-01-26 at 21:41

@cstross The elder god delivered eternal bliss.

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Written by tops on 2025-01-26 at 21:41

@cstross I wonder what this thing does

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Written by Bruce Heerssen on 2025-01-26 at 21:44

@cstross Murder Hornets murder hornets for fun.

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Written by Oggie on 2025-01-26 at 21:37

@cstross

Breathe or scream, can't do both.

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Written by Gavin Graham on 2025-01-26 at 21:38

@cstross Comms down. Orbital calculations wrong. Drifting.

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Written by webhat on 2025-01-26 at 21:45

@cstross I have puppies, wanna see them?

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Written by Greg Whitehead on 2025-01-26 at 21:38

@cstross The dystopia is inside the house

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Written by The Drop Bear 2.0 on 2025-01-26 at 21:38

@cstross sick cat on freshly made bed

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Written by Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷 on 2025-01-26 at 21:39

@cstross I opened the news in 2025.

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Written by LJ on 2025-01-26 at 21:50

@cstross The algorithm can now program itself.

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Written by enoclue on 2025-01-26 at 21:51

@cstross Donald Trump elected President of US

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Written by AMS on 2025-01-26 at 21:39

@cstross HORROR STORY IN SIX WORDS:

Back then, when we had mirrors.

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Written by Neil Madden on 2025-01-26 at 21:58

@cstross the best of all possible worlds.

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Written by Uilebheist on 2025-01-26 at 21:58

@cstross Buried alive with a sadistic cat

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Written by Parade du Grotesque 💀 on 2025-01-26 at 22:00

@Uilebheist @cstross

Super caldera eruption in Yellowstone park.

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Written by Uilebheist on 2025-01-26 at 22:14

@ParadeGrotesque @cstross Neuralink succeeds installing Windows in humans

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Written by Parade du Grotesque 💀 on 2025-01-27 at 08:03

@Uilebheist

You win.

@cstross

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Written by schrotthaufen on 2025-01-26 at 21:42

@cstross There used to be time synchronicity.

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Written by Stefan Karstens on 2025-01-26 at 21:43

@cstross Merz is going to be elected.

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Written by Charlie Stross on 2025-01-26 at 22:02

@StefanKarstens Who?

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Written by Stefan Karstens on 2025-01-26 at 22:48

@cstross Friedrich Merz. Leader of the conservative CDU in the snap elections in Germany. Has gone full on Trumpism/Fascism the last few days. Absolute horror. 🤮

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Merz

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Written by Asad Sayeed on 2025-01-26 at 21:49

@cstross not like they could feel it

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Written by jchimene on 2025-01-26 at 21:53

@cstross

It really begins at 2.5 degrees

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Written by Thomas Claburn on 2025-01-26 at 21:55

@cstross It moved. That is no tumor.

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Written by Kos on 2025-01-26 at 21:55

@cstross

Sorry, wrong password. One attempt left

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Written by SciaticNerd on 2025-01-26 at 21:56

@cstross A new way to pronounce GIF

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Written by kurtseifried (he/him) on 2025-01-26 at 22:17

@cstross reduce kids screentime with our AI.

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Written by Richard "mtfnpy" Harman on 2025-01-26 at 21:59

@cstross

She served me blended raw chicken.

[not the truth, but something one of my exes' thought was totally okay to do]

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Written by jchimene on 2025-01-26 at 22:00

@cstross

"A screaming comes across the sky."

just so he can join the fun

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Written by Sarah Brown on 2025-01-26 at 22:18

@cstross Wheat is sentient. It domesticated us.

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Written by Sarah Brown on 2025-01-26 at 22:19

@cstross (One for the gluten intolerant and coeliacs there, because we are wise to its game)

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Written by Fish Id Wardrobe on 2025-01-26 at 22:03

@cstross voters wave Trump into second term.

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Written by FredricT on 2025-01-26 at 22:30

@cstross Trump marries Putin, both being pregnant.

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Written by The Mad Pianess on 2025-01-26 at 22:07

@cstross that angel statue wasn’t there before…

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Written by HighlandLawyer on 2025-01-26 at 22:07

@cstross

The infectious prions passed by inhalation

[#]SixWordHorrorStory

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Written by Mishell Baker gladly on 2025-01-26 at 22:08

@cstross Insistent scratching at the spacecraft's door.

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Written by Paul Edwin on 2025-01-26 at 22:11

@cstross

The dog has found the axe.

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Written by Awesome New Year Robot on 2025-01-26 at 22:17

@cstross

"Evangelical Christians obtain parliamental super majority"

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Written by Rachel Greenham on 2025-01-26 at 22:19

@cstross You didn’t notice when they disappeared.

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Written by Bloognoo on 2025-01-26 at 22:27

@cstross

[#]6wordhorrorstory

Death from rockem-sockem internal organs

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Written by Dervish on 2025-01-26 at 22:29

@cstross Here's an oldie: "We came here to serve Man"

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Written by Kevin ATC on 2025-01-26 at 22:56

@cstross Donald Trump is President ( 4 words)

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Written by EmbraAgain on 2025-01-26 at 23:00

@cstross So itchy, but he's right there.

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Written by EmbraAgain on 2025-01-26 at 23:02

@cstross Pineapple on every pizza is compulsory.

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Written by Charlie Stross on 2025-01-27 at 09:18

@EmbraAgain Is this a bad time to say that I like pineapple on pizzas with ham?

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Written by EmbraAgain on 2025-01-28 at 03:22

@cstross I do too, but sometimes you have to write for audiences you don't fully agree with. ;) :D

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Written by EmbraAgain on 2025-01-26 at 23:04

@cstross Stop ignoring me. Please stop. Please.

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Written by EmbraAgain on 2025-01-26 at 23:06

@cstross Take a bite. He'll barely notice.

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Written by Chuck on 2025-01-26 at 23:21

@cstross HORROR STORY IN SIX WORDS:

Miskatonic University Professor, here to help.

(Your turn …)

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