Discussion - May 2015 100-Word Anon Writing Challenge (#6)

[Perpetual Man]

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

@Perpetual Man, I'm sending you a bill for the fused keyboard that's currently dripping tea after I snorted it all over the place. Thanks for that, mate!

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

I forgot, with all your shenanigans, that ratsy had actually made some guesses. Well, he was half right with one of his guesses and it is the same person that Cascade got right.

Another hint is that @Victoria Silverwolf said something extremely insightful about one of her shortlisted stories, not the one she voted for. Her comment pretty much defines this particular author.

 

[Juliana]

KERRY!!! I'm going to tie your hands together so you can't type if you don't stop hinting!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Hard choice between Eyes of Fate and Aidan, but Aidan narrowly got it.

A few guesses:

A Midsummer's Night Cleave - Crystal
Ripple - Chrispy
Brothers Obverse - Kerry
Encapsulated liffractions Convulter - Perp
Deception - Robert McKay
Eyes of Fate - Will Wallace
Clean Sweep - Victoria
Waking Thoughts - very Mouse like, um, maybe TDZ?
The Damnation of Quseem - Tywin
Mirror of the Soul - mosaix.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Aaaand Null Points á la Zebedee.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

oooops.

 

[Dan Jones]

Don't worry Jo, you won't be the only one on nul points by the end of the day

 

[Droflet]

Okay, so it's that time of the month again. Great entries as usual but these stood out: Savior - Eyes of Fate - To Know Thyself - Contract Work -
Clean Sweep - Time to Reflect. One of those was going to get my vote ... until Prisonception swept in at the last.
By the way, if it was a choice between guessing authors and shoving a starving squirrel down my pants the squirrel would win.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Well, @telford, I have a basket full of squirrels all ready to go here, so I hope you don't regret that decision. They're aggressive little beggars....

Oh wait - there might be couple of ferrets in there with them.

 

[Dan Jones]

@telford talk about nuts...

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Also a reminder to everyone that the 75 word challenge ends at midnight tonight so if you haven't entered yet, get typing!!!

It's in the Writing Challenges section (Aspiring Writers), for any newbies here.

 

[TitaniumTi]

Guesses

Crystal Haven - Reflective Life
Jastius - the View From Here
Jo Zebedee -Waking Thoughts
Johnnyjet - Dialogue Without Voices
Juliana - Brothers Obverse
Kerry Buchanan - One Last Kiss
Moonbat -Time To Reflect
Perpetual Man - Encapsulated Diffractions
Robert Mackay - Here's Lookin' At You
Victoria Silverwolf - Ripple

 

[TitaniumTi]

Favourites
Encapsulated Diffractions
Here's Lookin' At You

Vote
Brothers Obverse

 

[Droflet]

Thanks for the mention, TitaniumTi. Always very much appreciated.

 

[Cascade]

Thanks for the mention, TitaniumTi. Always very much appreciated.

Well that makes guessing Telford's easier.

 

[Droflet]

Oh crap. I just jumped over from the 75 and forgot, hmmm. Or did I?

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

The plot thickens. Or someone does, anyway.

Just a reminder that we only have until midnight on Tuesday 26th to vote as this is a very compact competition, so as not to get in the way of the official challenges.

Edit: I almost forgot. Null points for Titanium Ti.

 

[holland]

One Last Kiss gets my vote.

I'll try the guessing game a little later.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Fabulous stories--really diverse tales, and told beautifully. It's very hard to list/vote (even harder to guess!). Thanks again to Kerry for hosting with grace, terrific humor and professionalism...how nice that you reminded folks about the 75 worder closing! I never would have thought to do that...it was very cool of you.

Thanks to will and Victoria for the wonderful reviews!

First the lists, then the guesses:

shortlist:
Encapsulated diffractions
Saviour
Dialogue Without Voices
The View from Here
The Shadows of Your Smile
Ripple
Satisfaction Guaranteed
PRISONCEPTION

Finalists--
Translations
Aidan
Mirror of the Soul

Vote--Translations I really connected with this from the first reading. I thought it was a super clever, and really fun, story. Well done, and congrats to all of the authors for the wonderful stories they posted!

Guesses:

I haven't read the other guesses, so if some have been declared correct, and I miss those, apologies. I would be very happy with two correct...I expect one, or zero.

Cold Justice----Kerrybuchanan
Reflective Life----Ashleyne
Brothers Obverse----Crystal Haven
Encapsulated diffractions----JoZ
The View from Here----Victoria
Here’s Lookin’ At You----farntfar
Saviour----juliana
Depletion----David Doherty-Jebb
Dialogue Without Voices----chrispenycate
Eyes of Fate----TitaniumTi
To Know Thyself----geronl
The Lady in the Looking Glass----telford
Translations.----Sancho
Contract Work----Luiglin
What I would to be you.----Tywin
Send Off----johnnyjet
Clean Sweep----mosaix
CHOICES IN THE DARK----Remedy
The Legolas Concerto aka That Poncy Elf---DG Jones
Aidan----Cascade
Waking Thoughts----Perpetual Man
The Damnation of Qaseem----Robert Mackay
One Last Kiss…----ratsy
Mirror of the Soul----Ihe
The Shadows of Your Smile----willwallace
A Midsummer Night's Cleave----holland
Ripple----Germinad
Time to reflect----mosaix
Satisfaction Guaranteed----Moonbat
The Princess and the Mirror----Remedy
PRISONCEPTION----BluePhoenix

edit-- I had mentioned Kerry's grace in hosting...but I must say, in that moment when you decided to go with the pile of poo in reference to Jo's guesses you lost just a smidgen of the impartiality I associate with the finest examples of gracious hosting!!!