Objective

While the Brotherhood engages the Children of Mortis in the Ethereal Realm, Howie learns that the Council has secretly been working to create an Artificial Intelligence that can both deny award recommendations and yell like him. Worried that he is about to be replaced, he must find a way to destroy, disable, or reprogram this AI before it is too late.

Write a humorous fiction about Howie's desperate mission.

Rules

• Entries must be submitted as a static file (e.g. .pdf, .txt, .docx) or using the submission box on the Brotherhood website. Google Docs links and other ‘live’ documents that can be edited after submission will be ineligible for placement.
• If your entry is not PG-13, please make sure to hide your entry by unchecking the “Allow people to view your submission after the competition has been judged” box
• Entries must be a minimum of 500 words. Any entries that are under 500 words will be ineligible for placement.
• Your story must be centered on Howie’s quest to save himself from the AI-pocalypse.
• This competition will award up to four (4) bonus Clusters of Ice at a rate of 1 per 500 words, in addition to the normal clusters awarded for fiction competitions

Grading

Submitted entries will be graded using the Voice Fiction Rubric