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#Citybots
#Citybots was a literary contest held unofficially during the #TwitterFiction Festival, Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, 2012.
Readers followed a series of five very short stories by @blueberrio about robots going about their business in cities around the world, with hashtags #citybots #vss #twitterfiction and the city.
People were invited to write their own stories, to win a prize (a digital keychain zine). Five authors entered. Along with @blueberrio, featured stories in this collection were written by @MikeArnzen, @SooGuy68, @sarcastic_f, @mediapathic, and @TheBatInTheHat. The winning entry (the most RTed) was a tale by @mediapathic.
Concurrently, an official #TwitterFiction Festival contest was taking place. Tweets tagged with #vss were entered in the Very Short Story Contest hosted by Code Meets Print, with the most RTed stories showcased by the festival on Dec. 2. #Citybots #Seoul by @blueberrio placed 11th.
Afterwards, the #Citybots stories were remixed with photos of robots for a digital photo frame keychain gadget, in a special edition zine displayed in a slideshow on a 1.5" LCD screen. A limited number are still available for sale.
Now, the collection is released in this free ebook edition.
Readers followed a series of five very short stories by @blueberrio about robots going about their business in cities around the world, with hashtags #citybots #vss #twitterfiction and the city.
People were invited to write their own stories, to win a prize (a digital keychain zine). Five authors entered. Along with @blueberrio, featured stories in this collection were written by @MikeArnzen, @SooGuy68, @sarcastic_f, @mediapathic, and @TheBatInTheHat. The winning entry (the most RTed) was a tale by @mediapathic.
Concurrently, an official #TwitterFiction Festival contest was taking place. Tweets tagged with #vss were entered in the Very Short Story Contest hosted by Code Meets Print, with the most RTed stories showcased by the festival on Dec. 2. #Citybots #Seoul by @blueberrio placed 11th.
Afterwards, the #Citybots stories were remixed with photos of robots for a digital photo frame keychain gadget, in a special edition zine displayed in a slideshow on a 1.5" LCD screen. A limited number are still available for sale.
Now, the collection is released in this free ebook edition.
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First published December 29, 2012
About the author
S. Kay
18 books6 followersS. Kay is a quick processing @blueberrio, zapping tweet-sized stories to analyze future and fact. A Canadian Air Force brat who moved often, she now lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She is a queer, neurodiverse author.
Her debut book RELIANT is an apocalypse in tweets. JOY explores relentless rejection through multiple electronic devices in a novella. LOST IN THE LAND OF BEARS (July 2016) is a cross-genre tale-in-tweets with quirky creatures and machines in the forest.
Stories also appear in the anthologies Outliers of Speculative Fiction, 140 and Counting, and On a Narrow Windowsill. Follow @blueberrio for new stories.
Her debut book RELIANT is an apocalypse in tweets. JOY explores relentless rejection through multiple electronic devices in a novella. LOST IN THE LAND OF BEARS (July 2016) is a cross-genre tale-in-tweets with quirky creatures and machines in the forest.
Stories also appear in the anthologies Outliers of Speculative Fiction, 140 and Counting, and On a Narrow Windowsill. Follow @blueberrio for new stories.
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