DISCUSSION -- March 2014 75 Word Writing Challenge

[TacticalLoco]

A very grateful Thank You to Glen for the mention.

 

[alchemist]

And there was me thinking using Death as a character might be a unique idea

Anyway, so many good stories. Maybe I’ll have made my mind up by the time I finish typing them all…

(*= shortlisting)

Hex*
Bowler1
Martin321
Aun Doorback
Mr Orange*
holland
The Spurring Platty
HareBrain
hopewrites
Boneman
BigJ
SleepyDormouse
Crystal Haven*
Brev*
Kiffinyjean
Ursa major

And the winner, because I love the voice and keep coming back to the "killer" last line, is Hex.


Thanks to everybody who mentioned/shortlisted mine, and especially big thanks to Glen for the vote!

 

[Ursa major]

Thanks for the long-listing, Alc.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Thanks for the mention, Quellist.

 

[alchemist]

Thanks for the long-listing, Alc.

You're welcome. I feel all who misuse punctuation and grammar should suffer the fate of your protagonist.

 

[SirSamuelVimes]

Thank you so much for the vote TacticalLoco! I'm absolutely giddy, and in shock that I got a vote!

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Thank you for the honourable mention, TacticalLoco.

 

[jastius]

thankyou hex and deo for the listings! very happy
and deo that was a lovely mini review. thankyou!

and karn, you stealth voted me? hurray! a vote!
how did i win out over abernovo with his brilliant valkyrie story?
are you sure you didn't mean aber's story, karn?
i mean aber is totally into horses.. he even has better legs then i do..

thankyou thankyou thankyou for the vote karn..

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Glad you enjoyed my story farntfar

With so many great entries, I managed to narrow it down to two: "All Souls, Or None" by Karn Maeshalanada and "Reap what you Reap" by Brev.

In the end I voted for "All Souls, Or None" by Karn Maeshalanada, though it was a really tough decision.

The name got a bit cut off at the poll there, It seems without the final E it just looked ridiculous. I rather had a laugh about that, actually. Thanks for the vote, though, holland, it was much appreciated. To imagine, an entire country choosing my work...

 

[Parson]

TacticalLoco thanks so much for the "Also in the Running" listing. Made my day.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Thanks for the vote, though, holland, it was much appreciated. To imagine, an entire country choosing my work...

You should definitely consider moving there, immediately. (And you're not alone in having a name typo in the poll -- it appears to have been a particularly difficult one to wrangle together.)

Thanks to mosaix for the shortlisting, and to Hex for the shorter listing! I'm still working on my lists of all lengths.

 

[Parson]

This group never ceases to amaze me. We take a happy subject and a lot of us give it a morbid twist. Then we take something morbid, like death and a lot of us make a joke of it? Funny weird people we are!

Short list:
Hex: "To Dance with Death" ---- Death as a teenager? How original!

The Spurring Platty: "A Voice Beyond" ---- Great use of formatting, eerie story.

Karn (refusing to spell it wrong): "All Souls or None" ---- Makes me feel pity for the Grim Reaper, that's just wrong, you know.

Bob Senior: "Friends for Life" ---- Death as a happy Loser? Very original!

Winner: SleepyDormouse: "Summer's End" ---- Haunting and extremely memorable. A perfect use of the theme and genre.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

(And you're not alone in having a name typo in the poll -- it appears to have been a particularly difficult one to wrangle together.)

Yes, well, we all forgot about putting the poll together until practically the last minute, and Ursa bravely stepped into the breach. I don't know how he was able to do it at all in such a short time as he had.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Yes, well, we all forgot about putting the poll together until practically the last minute, and Ursa bravely stepped into the breach. I don't know how he was able to do it at all in such a short time as he had.

This month has definitely slipped by without telling anyone! We do appreciate all the hard work that goes into the poll, and the Challenges in general. Many thanks to all!

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I see that somebody else took care of the dropped "e" in the title of Karn's story. I fixed kiffiny's name. Does anyone see any other mistakes, still in need of fixing?

As for any work involved in running the challenges, this month Ursa did all the real work.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

I believe Victoria's name was off. I didn't notice anything besides that and kiffiny's. (I only complain about my own, and it was fine -- I just didn't want Karn to feel lonely.)

By the way, did you notice that Ben's name came back, after he got another vote? Truly odd.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

It actually provided a much-needed laugh, really.


Little mistakes can be made if things are rushed, no sweat about things.


And move to Holland, hm? I don't speak Dutch...

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I believe Victoria's name was off.

Thanks. I've fixed it.

And move to Holland, hm? I don't speak Dutch...

We used to have a number of members who could have tutored you in the language, but they all seem to have wandered off.

 

[Boneman]

Holy Undead! A Vote! Many, many thanks Mosaix, so glad you liked it.

And thanks so much to Hex and DEO for the shortlisting and Alc for the mention.

 

[TitaniumTi]

Short list
Hex
Quellist
Bowler1
Holland
Perpetual Man
Catallus

Vote:
Holland