The Ultimate List of Rejected "Machine of Death" Stories [Short]

Last year, I wrote a story for the second volume of the sci-fi anthology, Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die. If you're not familiar with it, Machine of Death is a collection of short stories about a machine that takes a drop of blood, and prints out a card with a phrase that tells you exactly how you will die. It doesn't say where or when, and sometimes the card is so vague that you don't even know what it means, but it's never wrong. The title of every story is taken from a machine of death card. You can read the original collection for free on the website.

I wrote a story called "ALIEN ABDUCTION." While they didn't accept it, I thought the story turned out pretty well, so I put it on my blog. Since they said they had over 2000 entries, and only accepted 30, I figured there might be others who put their stories online - I was right. I've decided to dedicate this page to all those writers who put hard work into their stories that deserve to be read. Think of it as an unofficial new anthology of Machine of Death.

So far, the list is:

• LOVE and ASSASSINATION by Julie Miyamoto 
• GARZAMELLASTOKE by Kit Yona 
• MONKEY PENIS by Mike Barklage  
• TERRORIST ATTACK by Scott Bartlett
• KILLER BEES and HARD VACUUM by Busybee  
• WATERMELON INCIDENT by Matthew Julius
• ICE CREAM HEADACHE, POISON APPLE, and RUSTY ICE PICK by slim
• THE CAT OR THE PIANO by Zagrobelny
• MONTAGFIRE’S SWORD by MARK LEE PEARSON 
• ASSASSINATION by Rob Jennings
• CRANE and AFTER SPEAKING HIS NEXT 100 WORDS by Morgan Lawrence Hale
• BROKEN HEART, "CATSTOPHIC FAILURE OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, and BETRAYAL by Maggie628
• PREVENGE by Jessica Rose Marcotte and Michael J. Marcotte
• TRANSLATION SERVER ERROR by Jamie Drew
• Steve D posted three of his: IMPACT, METEOR and HEART ATTACK. He also posted a bunch that he found on Twitter, including:
• DAISY by @BridgidCassin
• EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION by @WombatofDoom42
• WHISPERS by @MalloryDuVal
• [null] by @philoddy
• ADVENTURE by @HelloTheFuture
• MONTAGFIRE’S SWORD by MARK LEE PEARSON 
• ASSASSINATION by Rob Jennings
• Knowing Changes Nothing in the Heart, by Jasmine Wahlberg
• MEDICAL MANSLAUGHTER and FORGOTTEN: by Chad Parry
• BLOWN UP by Joanna Rauldy
• “PICNIC, LIGHTNING” and “BROKEN HEART” by Chanel Earl
• LOVE by M.M. Kazmierczak 
• I would have posted "Do the Rhyme" by Terri Coop and "Meteor" by @ThatSpencerGuy, but they've been removed.

If you have an unpublished Machine of Death story, let me know in the comments, and I'll add it.