Discussion Thread -- September 2014 75-word Writing Challenge

[Culhwch]

Thanks for the vote, Taly, and the stealth vote as well, Hex! And thanks for the pocket review, Victoria!

 

[hopewrites]

thanks to @Talysia and @Bowler1 for the listings

all I had time for was a vote, will be back later (I know I keep saying that) with list and what not.

 

[Droflet]

Thanks Bowler for the mention. Woopeee!

 

[johnnyjet]

Wow! Votes! Thanks, Victoria & holland! Very greatly & humbly appreciated. Now I must get to reading the entries...

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Thank you Bowler! And to celebrate your kind words, a 3 smiley salute!

(I apologize, though...as a space pacifist, I possess no ray guns. )

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Oh, tough month! Congrats to Ashleyne for the theme/genre choices...they really seemed to have opened the floodgates of our imaginations. For me this may have been the most consistently wonderful month of any 75 worder I've participated in. But I think I'm set! So I shall cease my prattling, and get on with things!

Short list:
Talysia
Victoria
Juliana
holland
Parson
Teresa
Hermit the frog

Finalists:
Glen (so funny and to me Almost Human perfectly captured the spirit of the challenge.)
Phyrebrat (beautifully written, PB! Amazing imagery.)
TDZ (very clever, Dusty!)
Culhwch (very funny, Cul, and wonderful last line!)
springs (so moving; a lovely, sad story...)
johnnyjet (really nice, jj! Terrifically told story.)

And my vote: Void! This is the story that stayed with me from the first reading; I think it's very powerful..I so feel the parent chestnut's anguish and sorrow; amazing in 75 words. Well done, Void! (And it should go without saying, but this of course is not a reciprocal-vote sort of thing. )

Best of luck, all! Seems as though we may have another tight race on our hands!

 

[Bowler1]

I apologize, though...as a space pacifist, I possess no ray guns.

Bowler1 shakes his head, thinking - How does CC get through life without RAY GUNS? Is this even possible???

 

[Mr Orange]

right, so for better or worse (and if you disagree, i blame jastius' post on the first page of the discussion!) i could not identify with a human MC "personifying" an object as anthropomorphising. for me the stories that made it through the initial cull had to have a non-human character acting, speaking or thinking in a human manor. so unfortunately a lot of good stories didn't make it through my first but. having said that, my shortlist

Bridge of Sighs -- nixie
Made of Steel -- ratsy
The Moral Growth One Evening Of Those Inside a Dishwasher -- Cat's Cradle
Delicious Dealings with Dimwitted Deities -- Perpetual Man
K -- johnnyjet
Look, it's been a busy month guys... -- StilLearning
Felis Familiaris -- Culhwch
Three and Twenty Black Days, Even as We Try -- TheDustyZebra

Culhwch came close to getting my vote for echoing ecxactly what i imagine cats are thinking when they look at me, but in the end i could not go past TDZ's anthropomorphising triumph over the challenge..


oh, and thanks a lot victoria for the shortlisting of my "myth"

 

[nixie]

Thanks for the mention Mr Orange

 

[Mr Orange]

you're welcome nixie

you're welcome nixie

 

[nixie]

Woops double post must have hit button twice, I'll remove one

 

[martin321]

It was really tough to choose this month, but here is my longlist, shortlist and *vote*:

Victoria Silverwolf - Sublimation
*Cat's Cradle* - The Moral Growth One Evening Of Those Inside a Dishwasher
Glen - Almost Human
Flyerman11 - Encounter
Phyrebrat - Trophy Wife
Parson - Odin’s Last Day
Ursa major - Be Prepared…

 

[Perpetual Man]

Many thanks for the shortlisting Mr Orange, as always greatly appreciated.

 

[Talysia]

Thank you for the mention, Cat's Cradle, and thanks to Michael Colton for the surprise vote!

 

[Ursa major]

Thanks for the mention, martin321.


And thanks for the mini-review, Victoria.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Martin! Thank you so much for the vote! Coincidentally, 321 is exactly how many times I would like to say "thank you"!! This rainy, very cold day in Finland just became a little bit warmer, merci!

You're welcome, Talysia!

And thank you kindly, Mr. Orange, for the listing!

 

[Parson]

Cat's Cradle: Thanks for the short listing. I guess my very dark story did not put you off.

 

[nixie]

Difficult choice this month,finally narrowed down to Void, Teresa, Cul and Boneman. It came to the toss of a coin between Cul and Boneman. Cul won.

 

[Juliana]

Thank you Victoria and CC for the mentions!

Fun challenge this month. Lots of terrific stories, as usual, but in the end my vote went to Martin 321.

(Not so) shortlist:
Hex
Michael Colton
Nixie
Cat's Cradle
HareBrain
Perpetual Man
Remedy
Teresa
Culhwch
The Judge

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Cat's cradle - thank you so much.