Discussion -- October 2011 Challenge

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

You have only a few hours, Karn.

No, I had already cast my vote, it was a warning to the others.


I had voted for Talysia.

 

[Parson]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

Ursa,

Thanks for the honorable mention!

 

[Aun Doorback]

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Mouse, you got my vote. It was a piece that haunted me.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

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Ursa, I think this is the first time that your list and mine looked alike!

 

[Culhwch]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

Thanks for the vote, HB, and for the mentions TJ and Urse!

Ashcroft - I hope you do take part in a future challenge or two! It's not only good fun but great practice as well, I think. And like Mith, I find the seventy-fives a little easier than the three hundreds....

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

Less than an hour left for voting, people!!!

 

[AnyaKimlin]

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Oops I nearly forgot to vote - I seem to have got two honourable mentions so ta for those.

I was torn between so many HareBrain won by a hair but Parson was a close second with Karn's Alice third.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

Another mention? That's surprising. Hehe.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

If it hadn't been that umm ... of an Alice I may have voted for it ...

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

What, the mad Alice?

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

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Just a thought here-is it ethically correct that the person who won this month is the one who closed the poll?

 

[High Eight]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

Thanks for the mention, HareBrain. I seem to have struck a bit of a chord with my offering this month!

 

[High Eight]

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as promised, my reviews.

High Eight: I didn’t know who to empathize with more, the dreamer or their stalker clone army. Which side of the coin would be more dreadful, to be feared and avoided by the one I loved most in the world, or to be haunted by love so adamantly that the one who loved ceased to live.

Thanks for your kind words, HopeWrites!

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

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The poll would have closed almost an hour late if Culhwch hadn't taken the initiative. He was in an embarrassing situation, and probably waited longer than he would have done otherwise. Sorry that I put you on the spot by not being here, Cul.

And by the way:

Congratulations, Culhwch!!

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

Oh, I know, TE. I was just joshing. Hehe.


I am wondering what he'll come up with, though...

 

[Culhwch]

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No worries, TE! And no need to apologise! It did feel a little like I was doing something illicit, but I promise I didn't rig the vote!

Thanks to everyone who voted for me or mentioned my little story. You know I still expected Perp to finish with a late flurry, or even HB to pip us both at the death. The competition is so stiff, I wasn't going to count my chickens.

And now I have to think of a theme, which may be even more nerve-wracking than watching the vote!

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

And now I have to think of a theme, which may be even more nerve-wracking than watching the vote!

Something that involves seventeen kinds of berries, a brand-new Camaro, battle armor from three different periods of history, six different species of ducks, and an angry rosebush named Lefty Jurgas McGrifferton XVIII of York.

 

[Quokka]

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Thanks to those who shortlisted me and congrats to Culhwch

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

Congratulations, Culhwch!

And commiserations to Perp for another hard-fought battle.

Now that it's all over, here are my other stories for perusal and "oh, you should have posted that one"s.

This one came from a dream that I had right after posting the theme -- in the dream, it was a series of golems being created and the line I woke up on was "he was sure he was the Eeek," with there being two different "he's" involved, one looking and one being looked at, and the Eeek was what he called the golem, for whatever dream-stupid reason.


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]He was sure the golem would fool them; he dreamed of escape.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]He found arcane secrets in the prison library.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]He fashioned bones, flesh from scavenged parts; he stole clothes.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]He was sure the golem was good.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]He added his own hair, from the barber.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]He was sure the golem was ready. Build the man, work the magic.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]He awakened, and stared into the eyes of --himself![/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]He was pretty sure he wasn't the golem....[/FONT]


This one was from the commentary in the discussion thread involving the bits of undigested beef and the blots of gravy, two different versions.


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Hiding in a crevice, I watched as all my fellows washed away.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Vile juices swirled higher and higher, as bits of potato vanished below. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]The entire cavern shook, writhed and turned, but I held fast.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]I fantasized about the past, glorious feast; the present, battle for survival; the future, a cloud of mystery.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Would I could change my path, avoid this deadly circumstance and see tomorrow![/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]The cavern shakes, a moan resounds, and down I go.[/FONT]

***



[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]I've seen the future, and it must change.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Clinging to this crevice, vile juices washing all about me, it seems bleak; soon things settle,[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]and I reminisce about the past, glorious feast, and ruminate on my present dilemma.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]My cavernous prison tosses, turns, upset once more.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]What future this, for no matter the direction of my escape, it bodes ill for me. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Out of the frying pan, indeed![/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]God bless us, everyone ... except the gravy.[/FONT]


This one was from some of my actual bad dreams, being silly.


“[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]All right, guys, you're all going out tonight!”[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]The boss starts giving assignments.[/FONT]

“[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]That's the last of Falling, sir, and we're running low on Fire and Enemies That Won't Die.”[/FONT]

“[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]What else do we have? I promised everyone work.”[/FONT]

“[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]We just got a shipment of Forgotten Locker Combinations and Lost Classrooms.”[/FONT]

“[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Great, back to school in February. Nothing better?”[/FONT]

“[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]No, sir -- looks like the rest is all Funny Public Toilets With No Stalls or Seats.”[/FONT]

 

[hopewrites]

Re: Discussion October SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

I did laugh at the last one TheDustyZebra, I would hate to face down that last left over dream.