DISCUSSION -- July 2014 75-word Writing Challenge

[Cat's Cradle]

Oh, such an exciting race! I'm not sure if I can stay up for this, but best of luck to all concerned...we're choosing from some amazing stories!

You're very welcome, TJ! Your story was terrific!

Finally, I am honored to receive an honourable from you, Ursa, thank you!!

 

[Ursa major]

The poll is now closed and we have a winner.

Congratulations, Bowler1!​

 

[Ashleyne]

In all sincerity, this has been my favourite 75 word challenge so far.

Congratulations on your victory, Bowler1.

 

[WordSpinner]

Grats Bowler1!

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Congratulations, Bowler!

Looking forward to RAY GUNS in the genre of Shopping Trolley Punk.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Dear gods no.


If there have to be ray guns...*Stands in front of the admission bridge with a broom* I will not be moved!

 

[jastius]

congratulations bowler!
your nannybot was superb!

i voted for ratsy's post apocalyptic heartwrencher.

(mosiax, you were narrowly beat by ratsy on my list, if it had been a thermal fence to give franks associates a warm welcome, that would have done it..)

my short list was mosiax's warm welcome, asheleynn's demonic tattle tale, victoria's sister act, DEO's elf on a shelf, springs imperfect happiness, ben st easy delivery, karn's spider ma'am, starbeast's port of hope, mr orange's i'm my own grandpa, glen's D.N.-oops, juliana's weather unforecast, gawain's infestation control, micheal hall's simul-flunk. mattersack's neander-enthralled, word spinners heavy metal momma, johnny jets family tree, and chrispy's full oven.

thank you starbeast for the amazing review and the listing! it made my night.
thankyou for the listings johnny jet, martin 321, parson, ratsy, farnfar and dusty! simply amazed people liked my little story.

juliana! you voted for my story! thankyou! does happy dance..
deo you voted for my story? does double happy dance.. happy happy happy!

i got my idea for my story when they aired girl interrupted around christmas.i started thinking about how we would view the christmas story today.
how we label things and catagorize them.

i wrote my story from joeseph'spoint of view because i think his part in things is a little underrated.
a dad is an important part of a family. even though lots of family's don't have them.
once again, congratulations bowler on nannybots last seaside vacation

 

[ratsy]

Congrats Bowler! Be gentle

Wow, a last minute vote! Thank you so much Jastius. After I posted the story, I thought it might be too dark and realized that some may not think it fit the genre. So I am very thankful for the mentions and the vote.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

I would just like to take this opportunity to set the record straight about my story -- in spite of appearances (which I edited out twice and it kept returning), I did NOT throw Matthew out the airlock for stealing a spaceship.

It wasn't until the day after I posted it that I realized that had crept back in with the last edit. Truly, all my other stories to the contrary, I'm not that bloodthirsty!

They were supposed to be heading out to his brother's ship with him in custody. Really.

 

[Juliana]

They were supposed to be heading out to his brother's ship with him in custody. Really.

Really.

Bowler, super duper congrats. Nannybot deserved it.

And Jastius, thanks for the listing!

 

[Ashleyne]

I’ve just woken from a nightmare in which my skin was falling off, so waking up to see that you’ve put me on you shortlist, jastius, has cheered me up no end. Thanks billions.

Incidentally during the nightmare, I had long hair growing from my abdomen; 'thanks' for putting that inside my head, Victoria.

Now back to sleep (hopefully).

 

[Starbeast]

Beasty, you star. Thanks so much for the final. 'Best comedy?' Wow, praise from Caesar.

You are immensely welcome Telford. Keep up the great work.

Thank you both Martin321 and Starbeast (whom I won't shoot today (but maybe tomorrow)).

You're welcome Bowler1. Think fast BZZT! Ow! My toes!

Thanks for the mentions SB and TJ.

SB as Arnie once said, "I'll be back!" I'm not sure when, but I hope to be reviewing sooner rather than later.

You're very welcome Perpetual Man. See you on the field, superstar.

Thanks for the shortlisting, Starbeast.

You got it Ursa Major.

thank you starbeast for the amazing review and the listing! it made my night.

You're very welcome Jastius. Keep em' flying.

Congratulations Bowler1​

An astonishing story.​

And speaking of astonishing.​

I must mention that Victoria Silverwolf wrote the most fantastically tragic and disturbing tale I've read this year. Truely, a fine tale of horror. Well done.​

 

[Droflet]

On ya, Bowler.

 

[HareBrain]

Argh, forgot to vote, sorry. But Bowler's was definitely up there for me. Congratulations!

(Are there now enough shopping-trolley stories for their own anthology? Or could it even be classed as a genre?)

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Nothing special with THIS entry. All pretty straight foward. It's my 300 that has its reasons for being put down...though there is at least one member who would get the connection should I explain it post-voting.


It's still a crime and shame my original 300 draft did not fit within restraints for it. It was a lot closer to what I had wanted.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Congratulations Bowler! Should we be nervous.

Apologies for the spelling mistake in my entry this month. I can't remember the last time I got caught like that (although I probably have). Worse I would not even have realised if someone had not pointed it out by PM thankfully!

clammering should have been clamouring... (or clamoring in the American).

(It could be argued that is not a spelling mistake but wrong word usage Clam - a small mollusc found in the sea. Clammer - someone who collects clams from the sea. Clammering - carrying out the duties of being a clammer....)

There, I'm sure everybody bought that....

 

[alchemist]

Congratulations Bowler! And also comiserations to Victoria for coming so close.

 

[Bowler1]

Dear gods no.


If there have to be ray guns...*Stands in front of the admission bridge with a broom* I will not be moved!

Bowler1 uses the underpass and wonders if Karn has taken on the task of cleaning up Chrons (too late, I'm already a member).

Special thanks to Martin321, Mr Orange, Remedy, Starbeast (zzaaappp - a friendly little zap this time, more a tickle), The Judge (almost like getting two votes), WordSpinner and Ursa Major. Also the kind mentions and PMs last night when I had to go to bed before the final result - I'm cream crackered. Winning on a Monday night is going to make for a long week.

Victoria, who was hard to catch and with a wonderfully original composition. Good stuff.

Cats Cradle has already used my first choice of theme very recently so I have no idea what to do yet. I'll leave it to Mrs Bowler, which really should worry Karn, it does me.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Yay! Comgrats Bowler. Big commiserations, Victoria, who had it up to the last votes.

 

[mosaix]

Congratulations to Bowler and commiserations to Victoria.

Thanks for the short lists / mentions to A.B. Watts, Bowler, TDZ, JohnyJet, T.J. and Jastius.