Cascade
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Really great stories and very hard to choose.
To this point I have narrowed it down to a short list of 4.
The Three Suitors- Victoria Silverwolf
This is a deceptively simple story but in 75 words, Victoria subverts the paradigm of the woman in search of a husband, the paradigm of the fairytale queen and the dominant paradigm of the polygamous marriage. Further where many of us have given our protagonists an either or choice, Victoria's queen faced when with three choices fashioned two more and chose the one of the five that best suited her. This is a feminist parable.
A Love as White as Snow- Ursa Major
Ursa goes all 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead', on Snow White. A great idea and so well executed, that I didn't even need the hint of the title to know what story we were getting a new perspective on.
Self(ish) Preservation- Moonbat
There were some really powerful stories in this challenge but this one stuck out for me. I think for a couple of reasons. One is that it is not immediately apparent what is happening the fact that both wife and child are female and we are hence talking about life 'without her' in both sentences took me a few readings to work through, and then when I did the story hit me between the eyes. The second thing I love, is the understatement, it is natural and matter of fact, as matter of fact as the decision that the protagonist eventually makes.
Saturday Afternoon at Bonnie's- Juliana
I actually have trouble expressing what I liked about this, the ending twist, genuinely surprised me, but it was more than that. It used one sided dialogue to fit as much into it's 75 words as possible, but it was more than that too, in an absurd way (and with a twist) it was every couple, in every long term relationship, compromising and coming to an understanding about how to spend a Saturday afternoon.
Still to choose my winner.
To this point I have narrowed it down to a short list of 4.
The Three Suitors- Victoria Silverwolf
This is a deceptively simple story but in 75 words, Victoria subverts the paradigm of the woman in search of a husband, the paradigm of the fairytale queen and the dominant paradigm of the polygamous marriage. Further where many of us have given our protagonists an either or choice, Victoria's queen faced when with three choices fashioned two more and chose the one of the five that best suited her. This is a feminist parable.
A Love as White as Snow- Ursa Major
Ursa goes all 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead', on Snow White. A great idea and so well executed, that I didn't even need the hint of the title to know what story we were getting a new perspective on.
Self(ish) Preservation- Moonbat
There were some really powerful stories in this challenge but this one stuck out for me. I think for a couple of reasons. One is that it is not immediately apparent what is happening the fact that both wife and child are female and we are hence talking about life 'without her' in both sentences took me a few readings to work through, and then when I did the story hit me between the eyes. The second thing I love, is the understatement, it is natural and matter of fact, as matter of fact as the decision that the protagonist eventually makes.
Saturday Afternoon at Bonnie's- Juliana
I actually have trouble expressing what I liked about this, the ending twist, genuinely surprised me, but it was more than that. It used one sided dialogue to fit as much into it's 75 words as possible, but it was more than that too, in an absurd way (and with a twist) it was every couple, in every long term relationship, compromising and coming to an understanding about how to spend a Saturday afternoon.
Still to choose my winner.
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