Discussion - 300 Word Challenge #11

[Jo Zebedee]

Thanks, Victoria!

 

[Remedy]

Remedy -- This tale of the distant future uses a unique viewpoint, and allows the reader to empathize with an unusual protagonist. We are also reminded of the ways in which our blunders can have tragic consequences.

Thank you Victoria!

I can see that your reviews are something to look forward to in each competition.

I'll have a go:

Victoria Silverwolf - A new vantage on Greek mythology. Through the courtship of brilliant minds, we find that there are no limits a loyal partner will entertain in acts for their love.

 

[Abernovo]

Thanks, Victoria.

Good entries in. Springs, that's a dark one! Understated horror, leading to blessed escape.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Thanks, Victoria.

Good entries in. Springs, that's a dark one! Understated horror, leading to blessed escape.

Dark? Moi? Ty. (I think. )

 

[Bowler1]

It's getting busy, and entertaining, and dark, Moi indeed!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

alchemist -- The author presents the brutality of warfare in this hard-hitting story. Faced with a hostile environment, the Universal Soldier is reduced to name, rank, and serial number.

 

[Tywin]

Thanks for the review, Vic!

 

[Mr Orange]

well got my story up... not 100 percent happy with it but it wasn't getting any better so at least now i can concentrate on other things...

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Mr Orange -- This wild spoof of pulp adventure stories amuses the reader with hyperbole. Beneath all the tomfoolery is the vital message that single-minded devotion to an abstract idea can lead to unintended consequences.

 

[alchemist]

Thanks for the review, Victoria. You always make it sound so much better than it is!

 

[Bowler1]

I'm in, one picture and so many different ideas.

 

[Mr Orange]

thanks for the great review victoria. as alchemist says, you always manage to make my stories sound better than they are!

p.s. glad you found a message underneath the tomfoolery - i was only really going for tomfoolery!

 

[Mr Orange]

I'm in, one picture and so many different ideas.

indeed, and a lot of good ideas. i'm just pleased i can relax now and read the rest of the entries. until i post my story there's always a nagging fear whenever i look at the challenge that there's going to be a story already in there exactly the same as the one i'm planning!

 

[Bowler1]

until i post my story there's always a nagging fear whenever i look at the challenge that there's going to be a story already in there exactly the same as the one i'm planning!

Very unlikley I'd say, but I know the feeling. Yet Alchemist has also looked at the picture and also come up with a green lifeform, but I wouldn't read too much into that us being Irish and all, we see far too much green in everything! - More green!

 

[Mr Orange]

Very unlikley I'd say, but I know the feeling. Yet Alchemist has also looked at the picture and also come up with a green lifeform, but I wouldn't read too much into that us being Irish and all, we see far too much green in everything! - More green!

completely irrational i know but it's always at the back of my mind when i read the posts...

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Bowler1 -- The author creates a genuinely alien feeling in this eerie tale of a strange environment. When facing new challenges, one must always be prepared for new dangers.

johnnyjet -- This unusually subtle and gentle tale of dystopia creates a feeling one might call nostalgia for the future. Perhaps the best one can hope for is a small, isolated place of content within a hazardous world.

 

[Bowler1]

Thank you, Victoria, for a fair review as ever.
It might grow into a short for me as well, I'm still thinking about the idea.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

martin321 -- A rip-roaring, two-fisted, red-blooded action-adventure yarn, which also serves as a reminder of human fallibility.

 

[martin321]

Thanks for the mini-review, Victoria.

Now that I've posted my entry, I took the time to read the other stories, and I have to say that the overall quality is very high.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

The Spurring Platy -- A moody, vivid fantasy of greed and magic. This elegantly written story can also be read as an allegory of humanity's war on nature.