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Trying to Improve One of My Best Contest Results With ChatGPT
Last year, I came 4th in the final round of NYC Midnight 's 100-word Microfiction Challenge. I'm still a little bit in disbelief...
Chris Morris
Sep 20, 202422 min read
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A Sentence-by-Sentence Analysis of ChatGPT's Attempt to Win Writing Battle
I thought it was high time I wrote an anti-AI blog that's not mostly, erm, written by AI. For the last three weeks, I've engaged in some...
Chris Morris
Sep 9, 202423 min read
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ChatGPT Wins Me a Contest, Chides Me for Cheating to Win, Then Writes a Letter to the Contest Organisers Insisting AI Wasn't Used
For my first two experiments with ChatGPT, I've attempted to show why using the bot for writing isn't helping you to become a better...
Chris Morris
Sep 2, 202414 min read
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Convincing ChatGPT a Terrible Piece of Writing Is Fit for the Booker Prize
After such interest and some great conversations with other writers in response to last week's blog post, I thought more were in order....
Chris Morris
Aug 26, 202432 min read
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Solving the World's Easiest Mystery with ChatGPT
The following conversation took place between myself and ChatGPT in March of this year. I forgot all about it until now. At the time, I...
Chris Morris
Aug 19, 202410 min read
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Code Mercy View
10:57am Outside the Main Street branch of Wilson Smith bank, two gunshots are heard. Most of those who hear them scramble away from the...
Chris Morris
Apr 3, 20246 min read
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If Skulls Could Talk
Reader discretion - this story contains graphic descriptions of atrocities committed during the Rwandan Genocide. My daughter sits beside...
Chris Morris
Nov 29, 20236 min read
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4th Place in NYC Midnight!
So excited to announce that I placed 4th in the final round of NYC Midnight's 100-word microfiction contest! This contest has been a huge...
Chris Morris
Sep 23, 20231 min read
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The Great Fire Demon (250 word Micro-Fiction)
I try to catch my breath as I stumble out of my school’s front door and follow my classmates to the shelter. They’re piling in quickly,...
Chris Morris
Jan 12, 20232 min read
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The Great Fire Demon
By now, Goku had grown accustomed to finding burning corpses coming for him around every corner, but it was nonetheless sickening....
Chris Morris
Dec 1, 20229 min read
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The Worst Restaurant in Earlingdale
Dear Sir/Madam/Creature of the night/Witch/Wizard/Living dead/Misunderstood monster/Other, I am writing in reply to your sincere and...
Chris Morris
Oct 9, 202210 min read
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FOR SALE: Shattered Dreams & Broken Hearts
‘Maybe I should dunk my feet in a bowl of custard,’ Alex said. ‘What do you think?’ Hayley seemed distracted again. She was holding her...
Chris Morris
Sep 25, 20229 min read
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand "Like"s
I knew it! I bloody well knew it! Okay, I feel somewhat ashamed of myself for doing it, but in the end it was worth it. I had to Google...
Chris Morris
Sep 19, 202210 min read
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My Brave Warrior
Thwack! My wooden stick bashes off the tree trunk. Except the stick isn’t a stick at all – it’s a big, shiny sword. Made by an elf...
Chris Morris
Sep 4, 202211 min read
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Senza Fine
The first thing Kirsty notices when she wakes up is that the house is on fire. The heat is enough to make her skin turn red. At least,...
Chris Morris
Aug 29, 20229 min read
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Raining Like Popcorn
Brian trembled as he switched off his car’s engine in the tiny car park opposite the school. His heart had raced as his car’s wheels...
Chris Morris
Aug 14, 202211 min read
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Please, for the Love of All That Is Good, DO NOT Read This Story
Oh no. Oh, no no no no no no no. What have you done? Why did you click on this story? Wasn’t the title clear enough? Listen, I’m going to...
Chris Morris
Aug 8, 20228 min read
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Hush, Little Child (Drama)
The sky exploded with a dazzling flash and a tremendous roar, and beneath it, Sofia awoke with fright. Her heart performed a distraught...
Chris Morris
Jul 24, 202210 min read
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Petri's Plight (Fairy Tale)
Once upon a time, in the days when magic seemed nought but a distant whisper of a memory blowing off with the wind to some forgotten land...
Chris Morris
Jul 17, 20229 min read
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Heavenly Breadcrumbs - A Mystery Short Story
The ship set sail much faster than Arinna had expected; she’d barely gotten her luggage on and was shown her quarters when a cry of...
Chris Morris
May 19, 202211 min read
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