vignettes

[marycatelli]

This week's prompt is:
inverted

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term.

Comments

[jbellinger]

“But if several different messages encrypt to the same string, couldn’t “Advance” and “Retreat” wind up the same?”

The professor waved the question away. “Vanishingly improbable. It’s less likely than the tech having a heart attack halfway through. Against that faint mischance, think: there is no possible algorithm your adversary can use to invert the encryption!”

[marycatelli]

Important point!