The little deeds that will pass quickly from people's memories, but not to the earth where they spend their short life. National Geographic #PlanetOrPlastic writing contest. Writer : Na Joa. Picture credit : NCT.

We destroyed the ocean. Fate destroyed us. This is my entry for #PlanetOrPlastics. Enjoy!

A young man creates a portal into The Shadow Expanse. He drags his friend and sister along for the ride. Only to turn up to find, there is no way home and war is brewing.

This is a story I have been thinking about for a long time. Subhalashmi Iyer is a rebel still not out of her teenage mentality at 28 years. She has Daddy Issues. Refuses to give an inch. For those wishing to read some teenage b.s. Should stop not as this is a story of returning to the roots. Fasten your seat belts as she takes you on a ride that helps her meet herself.

The President's daily briefing has been changed. A closed project is about to go public. Is the world ready to know, that we are not alone?

Present day lovers say WALANG FOREVER SA PAG-IBIG (No forever in love) but Von disproved this belief. For him, love is eternal that even death has no power over it. Let us follow the tragic journey of Von and Kim as they fought for their love while separately existing in two different worlds. Happy reading to all. Thank you. Author's Note This is just a work of fiction, all names and places mentioned are not meant to harm or discredit anyone/anything. The story is based on the opinion of the writer and not meant to influence the belief of anybody.

An Entry for National Geographic Planet Or Plastic

Alice lost her sight at the age of thirteen. She loves the ocean and the creatures that inhabit the water, but she's only been able to see them once, and the image she captured in her memory haunts her thoughts, resurfacing every time she's near a body of water. #PlanetOrPlastic

Ty, a shift manager with an alcoholic wife, creates a female replicant in a dystopia veering toward full mechanization. For Ty, the surreal drudgery of working in a retail environment is interrupted when robotic interfaces are installed at his job. Any protest of the machines will prompt Prominents to place him in a re-education program, and that's if he's lucky. In an effort to distract himself from a failing marriage, Ty becomes obsessed with the idea of a printing a live composite. In a botched job, he ends up printing a female version of himself. Thanks to his clone, Samantha (or Sam as she insists being called), Ty and his family are in danger of being jailed by Prominent forces. A dangerous life of hiding in plain sight is nearly impossible to pull off, especially when Sam strays from simple Prominent edicts by dating a woman. Ty's reality begins to unravel and he is forced to new truths, all while coming to terms with the full-force of mechanization and violence that surrounds him. [Previously FEATURED] [WON FIC AWARD FOR BEST SCI-FI NOVEL] (EDITING, FEEL FREE TO POINT STUFF OUT) [FEATURES CHARACTERS FROM "THE DARK"] ***One of four Honorable Mentions for the Diverse Writer and Diverse World Grants from The Speculative Literature Foundation***

There is no night in the Everburning City. There can never be. Fourteen people lie dead on the platform of Billows Station, killed by fire and rage. And as the perpetrator hides within the millions of people who inhabit the City, the task of finding this murder falls to Inspector Samuel B Fraser. Aided by a grateful Bureau of Oversight, his investigation will reach deep into the mysteries that brought a young man to the madness of desperation, and beyond into secrets that some powers would rather stay buried. Cover art by the superbly generous Narcisse Navarre @inksorcery