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@Edent Revenge of the Mutant Algorithms: 2, The Myth of the Fall of Icarus.

Alternative ending to the ridiculous story of Icarus, equally ludicrous. Icarusʼ maiden flight was successful, and he uses the new-found technology to launch an army of winged naked ladies against the gorping forces of King Minos, only to be thwarted by a cunning plan of Minosʼ Archimedes.

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Revenge Of The Mutant Algorithms - The Myth of the Fall of Icarus

Throughout November I'll be releasing new weird sci-fi short stories. Each one is a campfire horror yarn, with a technological twist. Your feedback is highly appreciated. Everything you read is possible - there's no magic, just sufficiently advanced technology. Chapter 2 - The Myth of the Fall of Icarus Icarus had quarrelled with his father the night before their inaugural flight. "Beware,…

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Jan 10, 2025 at 11:58amWeb
Show threadBroken SparkJan 10, 2025

@Edent

The story starts with a homely though largely irrelevant tale of the relationship between Icarus and his ailing father Daedalus, and then the fable picks up its pace somewhat after the two of them escape from their imprisonment in Minosʼ tower, and becomes more of a narrative than a deep exploration of character and meaning.

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Show threadBroken SparkJan 10, 2025

@Edent

While the writing is exemplary and, especially in the first half, artisanally crafted, the change of pace is jarring. It is interesting to speculate what the world might look like if Icarus was successful, and the motivation for an army of soaring nude femmes is very well reasoned. The final climactic scene can only be imagined as an erotic but beautiful and artfully done old oil painting!

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Show threadTerence EdenJan 10, 2025
@broken_spark you paint it, I'll buy it 😉