Every month, Wired Magazine challenges readers to write a sci-fi story in only six words. Confronted with such a task, The City Voice can only say, “challenge accepted.” This month’s prompt is “In six words, write a story about surviving a high-tech disaster.” Read our attempts below, or submit your own stories at https://www.wired.com/story/six-word-sci-fi/.

Krishna Mano
Tech is concise; five words.

Romy McKellar
It had full control over us.

Maya Oeverman
“We lost Siri,” wheezed the sharpshooter.

Declan Bradley
Why me? I had a towel.

Vishnu Mano
They got past the reCAPTCHA boxes.