There are other beings out there. Demons, fae, aliens, robots and more. Creatures that have been watching us for a long time. They know us. For this challenge, write from the point of view of something “Inhuman”; an exterior point of view that is able to see what it really means to be Human.
This was a hard challenge, no doubt about it, but 18 authors rose to occasion. Within these pages are twenty stories from 18 established and break out authors from around the world: Australia, Canada, USA and UK.
You will also find a thought provoking forward written by this round’s Guest Judge: Jerome Stueart
The winning stories and authors include are:
- THE HUMAN ASPECT by David Strachan
- A MATHEMATICIAN’S GALATEA by Andrew Magrath
- RED KING by Ty Miller
- SILENT OBSERVERS by C.D. Reimer
- RESPECT YOUR ELDERS by Larry C. Kerr
- LEVI’S HELL by Christopher Chartrand
- WELCOME TO PLANET EARTH by Stef Donev
- HUNTER’S MOON by Jason Barney
- JESSE’S CHOICE by Chrystalla Thoma
- MUDDBLATT by Pete “Patch”Alberti
- A FEW SMALL OBSERVATIONS by Daniel Murphy
- IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN by Matthew Stroescu
- DUET by Andrew Magrath
- JOY by Chrystalla Thoma
- FREE BEER TOMORROW by John Michael Martin
- MALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Jay Raven
- THE KISS by Greg College
- EXAMINATION OF INTERNAL PROCESSING by James Beamon
- I LIVED by David Craddock
- NEARER COMES THE MOON by Tony Noland