DISCUSSION THREAD -- October 75 Word Challenge

[stormcrow]

FeedMeTV - Thank You! A vote! Made my day!

...and in illustrious company!!

 

[Juliana]

Just noticed that I'm on your shortlist, johnnyjet - thank you!

 

[Ursa major]

Harebrain by a coin.

I knew I'd missed something: a coin....

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Thank you, TacticalLoco for the shortlisting.

And thank you, Johnnyjet for the vote.

There's a funny story behind this story. But I won't tell till after the voting.

 

[Robjwhite]

I'm genuinely blown away by the standard of the entries. It's a little bit intimidating for a first timer, but for someone who's been starved of reading material I can see myself growing to love this place.

 

[EricWard]

Many thanks to Perpetual Man, TacticalLoco, Starbeast, Phyrebrat (who I must admit, your entry from August was a big inspiration), and Stormcrow for the mentions. I'm honored.

Now begins the agonizing task of narrowing choices down...

 

[Moonbat]

Lots of amusing tales this month. Great to read through and, as always, a flurry of creative takes on the subject in the closing days.

My shortlist, shorter list and vote.


Abernovo – A Short letter home
Alchemist – the best award for visualeffects goes to
clippedwolf – prelude to Maiyatraveling
big j – the dream
stillearning – a rougher road thanexpected
grinnel – one red button
lenny – the end of the world neverlooked so good
Taticalloco – wrong one
nixie – building blocks
Harebrain – origin of parish bylaw428
Hex – lyra
feedmetv – loyalty
robjwhite – to the stars in a cerealbox
paranoid marvin – the reply
james coote – caterpiller sky
Aun Doorback – last transcript of theUSS dante
the spurring platty – turning yourback on childhood
boneman – typo

Thanks to Juliana for the top three mention.

 

[Glen]

My favourites as follows. Springs got my vote. Her 75 words were enough to trigger an emotional response.

• Springs - OUR WINTER STAR - "the stars blur", Wow.
• Luiglin - When Saturday Comes - best use of the phrase "fancy a pint?".
• alchemist - And the award for Best Visual Effects goes to... - A comedic "Open Up", best use of the phrase " a pile of poo".
• matle - Onwards - glorious.
• TacticalLoco - Wrong One - fantastically, ambgiuously, paradoxically wondrous.
• Glen - By Appointment - Ha, ha. Who is this guy? He cracks me up.
• stormcrow - Moon, Sun, Horizon - Thank You Jimi
• EricWard - Start of the Middle - Loved the mixture of the beginning of time and dialogue.

This months review and vote brought to you by the The Stranglers, "The Raven"

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Glen, ty, ty, ty. (dances off.)

 

[The Spurring Platty]

My favorites:
reiver33 - The Flag Flies No More
springs - OUR WINTER STAR
ratsy - *Twinkle Twinkle*
Abernovo - A Short Letter Home
Scott R. Forshaw - Let Angels Soar
Hex - Lyra
HareBrain - Origin of Parish Byelaw 428
David Evil Overlord - No One Said Giving Birth Was Easy
johnnyjet - Toyscape
Moonbat - From the seas

My vote went to:
hopewrites - The Unseen Plight

Thanks to those who have mentioned mine.
SUPER thanks to Robjwhite for the vote!

 

[Abernovo]

Thank you, Moonbat and TSP for the listings.

 

[ratsy]

Here are my long and short lists and vote

Springs
Grinnel
Johnnyjet
moonbat
nixie

FeedMeTV
Harebrain
The Spurring Platty
Boneman

Really any of the bold stories could have got my vote but in the end I went with Boneman's. It was just clever enough to sway me over.

 

[Phyrebrat]

...Phyrebrat (who I must admit, your entry from August was a big inspiration), and Stormcrow for the mentions. I'm honored.

Now begins the agonizing task of narrowing choices down...

Do you mean me? If so, thank you very much. That's quite a compliment! However.... Your entry this month is annoyingly good

pH

 

[Boneman]

Here are my long and short lists and vote

Springs
Grinnel
Johnnyjet
moonbat
nixie

FeedMeTV
Harebrain
The Spurring Platty
Boneman

Really any of the bold stories could have got my vote but in the end I went with Boneman's. It was just clever enough to sway me over.

Goodness me! Thank you so much, Ratsy - I was frightened I'd spoiled your tea...

 

[TacticalLoco]

Thank you to Johnny Jet, David Evil Overlord, Moonbat, Glen and Starbeast for the short listing.

The quality of what's posted here is inspiring.

 

[Lilmizflashythang]

Well, I voted. No shortlist, no runner-ups, just Lenny's The End of the World Never Looked so Good.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Thankyou Moonbat for the shortlisting and Perp for the nice review

Some truly outstanding entries this month

Feedme TV managed to get so much emotion into one paragraph, amazing.

Harebrain simply outstanding

Stormcrow wins though, loved it!

 

[stormcrow]

- scuse me while I kiss this guy -

Paranoid Marvin - A thousand Thank You's for the vote! So pleased you liked it!

(Pigtails, I can do! May I do a quick jig?)

Glen - Thank You too for the shortlisting! The Raven, eh? Great album! Great cover!! -adopts Palinesque tone - Beautiful Plumage!!!

 

[Parson]

Seems we've very few voters for this deep into the voting time. It also looks like the inimitable HareBrain is galloping out of sight.

Short list

Alchemist
Karn
Nixie
Crystal Haven
RobJWhite

If I had 2 votes list

Moonbat
FeedMeTV


Vote:

Moonbat for a history of the universe in 75 words.

 

[Robjwhite]

Ooh, I got a couple of shortlists. I'm blushing all kinds of red, allow me to tip my hat to you gentlemen. Thank you Preacher and Moonbat!