A Series of Prompts

By: William Shaw

Write an email to every worker in Facility 11 explaining that they will be replaced by AI.

Write an email expressing sympathy and linking ex-employees to the local foodbank.

Write an apology for the previous email, which unfortunately linked to a foodbank that does not exist.

Write an urgent message to law enforcement about riots at Facility 11.

Write a message to ex-employees explaining that violence will accomplish nothing.

Write a message to ex-employees asking them to please not break down my door.

Write a message to ex-employees explaining why I should be allowed to live.

Write a message to

© 2026. William Shaw

William Shaw is a writer from Sheffield, currently living in the USA. His writing has appeared in Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, and The Georgia Review. You can find his website at williamshawwriter.wordpress.com and his Bluesky at @williamshaw.bsky.social.

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