Into a World Like This Challenge

There are only a few animals that are pregnant longer than humans are, so a lot that you can't see coming can happen between the beginning of a pregnancy and the end of it nine months later. And in other cases women find themselves newly pregnant during even the worst of circumstances.

Your challenge is to place an X-Files character, a mother-to-be*, in life altering, unforeseen circumstances. The world has recently changed, not for the better, and this baby doesn't care: she or he is coming, and soon.

Look to the current world news for inspiration, to the X-Files mytharc, or something entirely different just as long as it's a massive upset to everyday life that's likely to continue for at least months into the future. It doesn't have to be the whole world, but at least a significant portion of it and that should be making life difficult for this character and most of the people she encounters.

Minor points of clarification:

• *or, if you'd prefer to write an mpreg, a father-to-be
• the baby can still be on the way by the end of your tale or a baby, child, or even an adult as you wrap up
• multiple babies and/or multiple pregnant characters are fine
• got a crossover idea? go for it
• you don't need to heal the world by the end of your story

Please submit your story or the link to it to nurseryfiles@mulderscreek.com or post in on our submissions Tumblr