Discussion thread -- 75 WORD WRITING CHALLENGE February 2013

[Perpetual Man]

Thanks for listing Hope!

 

[hopewrites]

Very welcome Perpetual Man
The fire as unquenchable as a sun, or however you said it, really stuck with me. Longer than the enchantment of someone creating life to sooth their lonely soul. Then the implication that love over took and fueled that fire just made it impossible not to love.

 

[Bowler1]

Thank you, Starbeast for the reviews, just in case I forgot this month! - and a mention.

 

[Abernovo]

Yay! A vote!
Thanks, Alcubierre Warp.

 

[Juliana]

Thank you for the mentions, Alcubierre and Starbeast!

 

[Talysia]

Thank you for the shortlisting, Hope!

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Yay another mention thank you Starbeast.

 

[Kylara]

Thanks for the shortlistings AlcubierreWarp and Starbeast! so glad you guys enjoyed it

 

[johnnyjet]

Thanks for the nice comments from Starbeast, Perpetual Man, Victoria Silverwolf and Tecdavid.

Thanks for the short listings by Glen, Bowler1 and Starbeast.

And a special thanks to David Evil Overlord for an actual vote!

 

[Hex]

Thank you, hope! Love that description

 

[Luiglin]

Top 3 for me ...

3. kromanjon - great last line
2. alchemist - Higgs 'hide n seek' Boson

and the vote goes to ... mini drum roll ...

1. glitch - agreed, we are the deadliest thing on this planet

Thanks for the mentions folks.

 

[crystal haven]

My shortlist, very short list*, and my vote.

Springs – Fly Me To The Moon
Karn Maeshalanadae – A Surprise Space Raid
Juliana – There’s More To Life
Lenny – Life Lived Living
Reiver33 – But Not As We Know It
Nixie – Forgotten magic
Paranoid Marvin – To Be Frank
Culhwch – Life

*Alchemist – All The Small Things
*Glitch – The Weapon

My vote goes to Kylara – A.I.

 

[Kylara]

Thanks for the vote crystal haven! So glad you enjoyed it

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

mosiax -- a nice circular plot

Bob S. Sr -- a shocking little horror story

Perpetual Man -- an unusual twist on a mythic theme

EricWard -- an unexpected narrator

prizzley -- nice mix of SF and fantasy

TheDustyZebra -- a unique allegory

The Judge -- nifty little time twist

Phyrebrat -- a classic theme turned on its tail

paranoid marvin -- a poetic variation on a literary classic

Ursa Major -- the poetic structure contrasts with the stark theme

Culwch -- a grim tale of crime and punishment

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A tough month for judging, given the wide-open theme. One's selection is more a matter of one's taste than the quality of the story, I think.

In any case, I just had to go with my feelings.

Shortlist:

"A Life in Words" by Talysia

"Photons Be Free" by AlcubierreWarp

(untitled) by J. Hollick

"No Going Back" by Boneman

"The Titan" by Perpetual Man


With the vote going to Talysia, from a book-lover.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Thanks for both the review and the short listing Victoria, greatly appreciated.

 

[AlcubierreWarp]

Thanks for the short-listing Victoria!

 

[Talysia]

Thank you very much for the vote, Victoria!

 

[Parson]

Well, I loved this challenge. Having a free pass at genre and a one word theme left a lot of creativity at work.

Short list:

Hopewrites -- Great poem

Abernovo -- A lot of action in a few words. Good job!

Juliana -- Achingly beautiful

AlcubirrieWarp -- Clever play on a T.V. Series

TheEndIsNigh -- Every end is a beginning

Glitch -- A frighteningly slow acting and yet effective weapon

Perpetual Man -- Love does see us through!

Eric Ward -- Clever, Very Clever

But the winner for me this time was apparent from the very first. HopeWrites illustrated this theme for me in a lovely, lovely poem.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Thanks for the short listing Parson!

 

[Juliana]

Thank you very much for the listing, crystal haven and Parson!