DISCUSSION -- October 2014 300-word Writing Challenge (#15)

[Victoria Silverwolf]

StilLearning -- A blending of genres and an intense tone combine to create a hard-hitting story.

TheDustyZebra -- The author makes use of a gift for characterization to challenge the expectations of the reader.

Ura major -- The depths of psychology are explored in this journey into the unknown.

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Once again I find it an impossible task to come up with a short list. Instead I'll just list my votes.

"A Fairy Tale" by Juliana

"Nobility" by JoanDrake

"Seasons of Joy, Seasons of Wither" by Perpetual Man

 

[Droflet]

I'm afraid I'm with Victoria here. Only three votes? Not fair. Great entries from everyone. Well done. Anyhoo ...
Mr Orange, Holland and TJ got my votes.

 

[holland]

My votes go to:

Mouse
mosaix
The Judge

Good job, everyone, it was really hard to choose.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I shortlisted

Void, for a clever tale
Alchemist, for a nice sci fi take and a killer last line
Teresa for sheer poetry
Darkchrome for a memorable tale
Ratsy's nice take on the picture
And A.Fare Wells lovely story tellimg

Ratsy, teresa and a fare wells got my vote.

 

[Ursa major]

Thanks for the stealth vote, Sancho.

 

[Talysia]

Great stories from a lovely picture, and it's been a treat to read through them all.

My shortlist is springs, Karn, Culhwch, Perpetual Man and mosaix, and my votes go to Juliana, ratsy and chrispenycate.

 

[Juliana]

Thank you very much, Victoria and Talysia.
Lovely to wake up to votes!

 

[ratsy]

I wake up...it's November now *turns the furnace on* and I see not 1...not 2...but 3 votes!! Thank you so much Taly and Springs ( and mysterious voter who I haven't check yet)

 

[StilLearning]

Thank you for the vote Sancho!

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

I went with DEO, Alchemist, and Phyrebat. But out of those three, Alchemist was top, I think.

 

[alchemist]

Cheers, Karn!

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

You hit the right chords with me this time, Alc. Cyber, sci fi, depression, vengeance.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

I was going to limit myself to 10 listings in total, but that proved impossible, so here a few more than 10...

Shortlist:
springs--Remedy--Juliana--Victoria--Harebrain--farntfar--ratsy--Phyrebrat--Glen--The Judge--Ursa

Votes:
Void...Robert Mackay...Teresa. Loved each of these from first to last reading. Well done all, a great challenge! And THANK YOU to Laura for a lovely painting for inspiration! Good luck to all in the voting! CC

 

[Ursa major]

Thanks for the short-listing, CC.


And thanks for the mini-review, Victoria.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

You're welcome, Ursa! It was thisclose, with your story...if I had a fourth vote, it would have gone to Journey by Night. I really enjoyed your story, CC

 

[Mr Orange]

thanks a lot to telford for the vote - much appreciated!

my shortlist is as follows:

The Meta Life -- Void
Little Angels and Fairies -- Bowler1
The Bird of Truth and Lies -- HareBrain
Ageless -- johnnyjet
Seasons of Joy, Seasons of Wither -- Perpetual Man
Moving Picture… -- mosaix
Align Between Good and Evil -- Darkchrome
Savagery. -- StilLearning

out of the above my votes went to harebrain, for action packed irony; johnnyjet for the magic and the image of that last line; and mosaix for a great dialogue story.

P.S. no more talk of squashed oranges please -it's giving me goose dimples...

 

[johnnyjet]

Thanks, Mr Orange, for the vote! That's awesome. I promise never to mention oranges in anything but a positive light.

And thanks for the nice commentary, Victoria.

I'm still reading. Too many excellent entries. It's going to be another tough one...

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Thanks for the mentions Cat's Cradle and Taly.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Thanks for the vote, Karn.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Right around the end there, DEO, is what did it.