The 24 hour short story challenge

I am fascinated by science fiction writer Harlan Ellison writing short stories in a book store window.

He wrote short stories with everyone watching for years, and people questioned if he already had the stories, so he began to take suggestions for topics from people watching. Chris Carter of X-files fame gave him the topic of a 102-year-old pregnant corpse, and he wrote a story based on that idea.

Chris Carter watching Ellison write his story.

And congrats to @isabellelauren for winning the January 26 contest.

Here are the terms of the contest.

Write a short story no longer than 2,000 words, based on the topic phrase.

Here is the topic for you short story:

A robot with a learning disability.

Here are the rules for entry

1. Upvote this post.

2. Resteem this post

3. In your post put a link to this post. (This is new from previous contests.)

4. Post a link to your story in the comments below.
Entries are due by 12 p.m. EST (New York/D.C. Time) Wednesday Jan 31. (This actually gives you a little over 24 hours from when I make this post.)

Use the tag twentyfourhourshortstory for your first tag.

(Don't use # before the tag or it goes over the 24 character limit. 24...24 hour short story contest...Ironic don't you think...)

Feel free to use other tags as you wish.

Prizes are:

5 Steem for First Place (Currently about $25 USD.)

3 Steem for Second Place (Currently about $15 USD.)

And depending on how many entries I receive I may give out Steem for other entries. But again that all depends on the amount and quality of posts.

(I am personally putting up the rewards for this contest, there be no whales here capt’in. So upvoting helps keep this thing going.)

Thanks and Good Luck!