Re: Discussion AUGUST 75 Word Writing Challenge
And another month dawns, it's amazing how much easier it is to write my comments without tying them to the first line of a poem, or binary conversions!
These first entries have blown me away, it seems that horror is allowing people to pull all the stops out.
I'm currently working with three ideas, but seem unable to get below the 100 word mark!
HareBrain – A super fast and apparently tipsy entry, but a really great idea. Just the idea of turning John Carpenter’s thing into a stage play was good enough, but then transforming it into a bloodbath and ‘real’ just seemed to be the perfect escalation. Even better the true monster survived to write his review.
Mosaix – this one was unusual that it did not shock me, rather it was a simple sense of dread as I realised what was going to happen and why. Quite a good reaction from so few words.
Hex – A third brilliant entry. The presentation and delivery were near purrfect. I liked the idea of seeing how the cat’s mind worked, and having it thrown at you in a roundabout way seemed even better. It comes across as a gruesome horror, but then you realise it’s just a cat. But the horror lingers. Especially if you are a mouse.
Starbeast – A great and wryly amusing story. I just loved the idea of a vampire trying to audition for a role in a play, and being turned away. I’m not sure what I really thought of that last sentence, it just seemed tagged on – but I guess it could be down to the word restriction, because the thought behind it is really quite funny – as a reader I was waiting for the terrible retribution from the vampire and we got a poop!
Oskari – (A first timer in every sense of the word) Part of the fun with this one is the undefined nature of the game being played, is it a challenge of some kind, a television quiz show or just a game, but the spectacle of a woman needing to be put back together and the description of her dismemberment is quite a visceral one, and sticks in the mind after reading is over.
southron sword – There is a dark humour here, and it is so well presented that it unfolds beautifully, pushing the reader first one way and then another. For me there was no telegraphing as where it was going, at least not in the matter it was presented, from some kind of roleplaying game to a bloody decapitation. Well I suppose it could have been a game...
