DISCUSSION -- December 2014 75 Word Writing Challenge

[Parson]

Bob!!! Great to hear from you. I hope you've gotten your more serious health problems behind you. I look forward to your entry and your participation.

 

[Juliana]

Great to see you back, Bob.
Your entries always bring a smile to myself. Looking forward to reading yours!

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Yay, you made it!

Happy birthday and Merry Christmas! Now get that story going.

 

[Starbeast]

Howdy, I'm BACK !!,
Been trying for 3 days, thanks Sam and Brian. My fault I guess, I have a strong dislike for computers and they know it.
I hope to enter a story this month, sounds like fun. I turned 78 yesterday, hope I'm not the oldest guy on this forum, women are exempt from telling their age.
Hello to all my friends, good to be back.
Bob S.

Happy Holidays and Happy Birthday BOB!!! Nice to see you here again.

 

[Glen]

Glen! Release the more hounds on the carolers!

Done - and they're hungry.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Welcome back, Bob. And here's to hoping you'll be around for a long, long time.

 

[The Bravest Newbie]

why thank you for the intro. Usually I go for grim but ultimately uplifting stories, so horror is new to me. I like these challenges, they're a great way to practice creativity.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

They are - creativity and editorial discipline.

Gives Bob a giant hug, knocks him off his feet with delight at seeing him and reminds herself not to be so Tiggerish in the future.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Hoo hoo hoo hoo.



Boy, I sounded like Eeyore from the Tigger Movie there, don't I?

 

[Sancho]

Hi all
Finally managed to submit my strangely festive 75 worder. Between the imbibing of holiday spirit and beating off over-zealous relatives I have struggled to finish it. I pushed the word counting pixies to the limit this time...will double check my stocking for lumps of coal ;-)

There are some great entries, it's going to be difficult to choose a winner this month

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Sancho -- The author makes use of a less familiar side of folklore to tell an emotionally powerful tale.

 

[Sancho]

Sancho -- The author makes use of a less familiar side of folklore to tell an emotionally powerful tale.

Thanks for the review Victoria

 

[Bob Senior]

Howdy,
Thanks for the welcome back, feelin' pretty good. I'm going to take a little walk an' see what Paw and The Boy are up to today.
Bob

 

[Parson]

Alchemist: You've got me singing one of the all time red neck Christmas songs.

 

[Tywin]

First entry in a couple months. Work's been a little less conducive to interacting with all you fine folk.

 

[holland]

This is the first time I posted my entry on the first day of the contest, and man, it takes so long for the voting to start

 

[Juliana]

With all the earlier talk of nutcrackers and hard-boiled detectives, I thought I'd share this pic I took over the weekend: a rather ferocious Nutcracker Sherlock Holmes.
[GALLERY=media, 1440]Nutcracker Sherlock by Juliana posted Dec 17, 2014 at 3:44 AM[/GALLERY]

 

[Starbeast]

Nice Sherlock Nutcracker, Juliana. Very cool.

A Hardboiled Festive Season Noir
(part seven)
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Sancho - You definately don't pull your punches in your hoilday shock noir story. Saint Nick has a fierce partner that is a no-nonsense-kind-of-guy, who carries a gun to carry out vicious wishes. Grim tension and good stuff. Yikes!

StilLearning - Father Clause is a cold-blooded, fearless leader, that doesn't take **** from anybody. Your grisly tale has left horrifing images in my mind of Rudolf being shot in gory slow-motion. Plus Clause takes on the world. Far-out and freaky fun. Eek.

Alchemist - Grandma got run over by a reindeer, but she's still filled with joyful Christmas glee. The old girl still loves Santa, so she only put a bullet, in his knee. Mu-ha ha ha ha. I like your tale better then that song. Heh heh. Nicely done sir.

Tywin - Ho, ho, ho my goodness! You seasoned your festive story with a great deal of spice in the eggnog. Send the kids to bed early if you're going to read this tale outloud. Hang on. I've got to wipe the steam off my computer screen. Wild and wonderfully wicked.

BigJ - The writer illustrates the main character of this story is packing heat, to rid the scum on the street, because of a mean green treat, from lovely lady who's look is sweet. An excellent tale which is set in motion by big bucks.

Bob Senior - Wholly-Crispy-Chicken!!! I am thrilled to see another entertaining chapter of Paw and boy. And, as an extra bonus, we get Ma. What a sensational seasonal suprise this is. A well crafted and tightly wrapped tale. Thanks for the gift of awesomeness.

 

[Sancho]

A Hardboiled Festive Season Noir
(part seven)
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Sancho - You definately don't pull your punches in your hoilday shock noir story. Saint Nick has a fierce partner that is a no-nonsense-kind-of-guy, who carries a gun to carry out vicious wishes. Grim tension and good stuff. Yikes!

Thanks for the review starbeast, I'm glad you liked it

 

[Starbeast]

You're very welcome Sancho. Keep up the good work.