AN ALIEN. WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

Maayan Brodsky, via Facebook

Honorable Mentions

HE DIED AS HE LIVED: ONLINE.

D.A. SMITH, VIA EMAIL

SHE WON CANINE VOTE BY LANDSLIDE.

JANNA DETHMERS, VIA EMAIL

“INTRODUCING YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT:

VERSION 7!”

BEN N, VIA EMAIL

BUT IT WON THE ELECTORAL HACKATHON!

ZACHARIE BARROU DUMONT, VIA EMAIL

“I STILL CAN’T SMELL,” SHE WHISPERED.

SEAN FITZGERALD, VIA EMAIL

“I HEREBY PARDON ALL MY CLONES.”

@MORGAN, VIA TWITTER

SHE SMILED: MARS IS NOW INDEPENDENT.

@SEPOHONPOKOK, VIA TWITTER

FUTURE PRESIDENT BORN TODAY,

SUPERCOMPUTER PREDICTS.

ETHAN NOLL, VIA EMAIL

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