Woodworks goes back to the future this month, with robots, cyberpunk, and sci-fi galore!

'Curiosity Killed the Cat' by Daniel R. Lix
Story, Incomplete: sci-fi/cyberpunk
A crazed creature; a flash of crystal; Tack Pharoah is about to learn the cat's first lesson... the hard way.

'Finals Week' by Wendy Despain
Story, Complete: sci-fi
Finals week at this campus is worse than anyone imagined, but Krantz and Girdy are up to the challenge. (Personal note: this was the first story I ever read at Elfwood, and it blew me away!)

'Chonji - Litany I' by Seung L. Park
Story, Complete: sci-fi/cyberpunk
A pizza delivery virtually disrupts Gray's entire world.

'Legacy Prime' by Emily Williams
Story, Incomplete: sci-fi
Crush, Glyph, Decay, and Speed - four escaped robots causing panic world-wide.

'The Eyes of The Girl' by Lewis Smith
Story, Complete: sci-fi
Kienan remembers a girl he rescued from death, only to lose her again - or so he thought.

'Pure-tech' by Nathan 'Daetrin' Fierro
Story, Incomplete: sci-fi
Five years ago, something smashed into a ship just outside the orbit of Pluto. Hiding among the asteroids, something is waiting.

'Sulfur Shores' by Carol 'Rose' McFarlane
Poem: sci-fi
A poem by Carol McFarlane that creates a haunting image of what might be.

Thank you to everyone who recommended stories this month, even those that didn't make the final cut. We thoroughly enjoyed reading them and we just wish we'd had room to include them all.

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Brandie Minchew is a starry-eyed believer in fairy tales, world peace, and justice for all.

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