One original sci-fi story per day for all of 2023 | Created by screenwriter Timothy Michael Cooper, illustrated using A.I.

Bad Maker

Bad Maker

It’s like the Maker we just hired barely even tried with our planet. Just one example: food supply. The way this Maker designed it, so many creatures have to die to feed a bigger creature, which then must die to feed a bigger one, and so on. But why? The Maker could have provided something unfeeling—say, a nerveless, brainless, pile of meat. Each bite could be a different delicious flavor, and it comes pre-cooked. It could've grown abundantly everywhere, with no care or cultivation needed. This Maker is clearly phoning it in…I think we’re going to let him go tomorrow.