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

[Luiglin]

My vote went to Saviour which was the easiest part of this challenge. As to who wrote which piece then here's my list ... some educated guesses and some wild flings of my fevered imagination

Cold Justice - Crystal Haven
Reflective Life - Victoria
Brothers Obverse - Kerrybuchanan
Encapsulated diffractions - Telford
The View from Here - Juliana
Here’s Lookin’ At You - Germinad
Saviour - Cats Cradle
Depletion - Robert Mackay
Dialogue Without Voices - DG Jones
Eyes of Fate - Farntfar
To Know Thyself - Mosaix
The Lady in the Looking Glass - chrispenycate
Translations - Holland
Contract Work - Cascade
What I would to be you - Ihe
Send Off - johnnyjet
Clean Sweep - Blue Phoenix
CHOICES IN THE DARK - Ashleyne
The Legolas Concerto aka That Poncy Elf - Moonbat
Aidan - Jo Zebedee
Waking Thoughts - David Doherty-Jebb
The Damnation of Qaseem - Remedy
One Last Kiss… - Sancho
Mirror of the Soul - Perpetual Man
The Shadows of Your Smile - Tywin
A Midsummer Night's Cleave - ratsy
Ripple - hopewrites
Time to reflect - geronl
Satisfaction Guaranteed - Jastius
The Princess and the Mirror - willwallace
PRISONCEPTION - Titanium T

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

OK, so far we have a winner in the guessing stakes with CC getting three correct and one of those three was the same one as ratsy and Cascade guessed correctly. The other two are unique to CC.

Sorry, Luiglin, but null points to you too.

Ps. I was looking forward to addressing a pile of poo at CC after his comment above, but he's stymied me by being so good at guessing, so I'll have to restrain myself. I'm too wary of the Dark Lord to risk taking such liberties with Luiglin.

 

[Luiglin]

lol ... nul points. Don't worry about the Dark Lord, he's always taking liberties, it's second nature.

 

[crystal haven]

I have found voting really, really hard. You are all too good!
So after much reading and thinking, this is my shortlist and my vote.

Shortlist:

Reflective Life
Brothers Obverse
The View from Here
Here’s Lookin’ At You
Depletion
The Legolas Concerto aka That Poncy Elf
Aidan

My vote became a difficult battle between PRISONCEPTION and Clean Sweep, with
PRISONCEPTION just claiming victory.

 

[Ashleyne]

My Shortlist:

Depletion

To Know Thyself

The Princess and the Mirror


My vote goes to:

Clean Sweep



I haven't made many guesses and the ones I have made are most likely wrong. Anywho:

Here’s Lookin’ At You - Kerrybuchanan

Dialogue Without Voices – Cat's Cradle

To Know Thyself – ratsy

Clean Sweep – Juliana

The Damnation of Qaseem – Jo Zebedee

The Princess and the Mirror - Telford

 

[Juliana]

My shortlist and *vote*:

Brothers Obverse
The View From Here
Translations
*What I Would To Be You*
Aidan
One Last Kiss
Mirror Of The Soul

Aaaand a few guesses:

Cold Justice - Mosaix
Reflective Life - Kerry
Brothers Obverse - Luiglin
The View From Here - Victoria
To Know Thyself - Perp
Translations - Telford
Aidan - Ashleyne
The Damnation of Qaseem - Chrispy
The Shadows Of Your Smile - Ratsy

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Great guesses, ladies, but not a correct answer between you. Looking on the bright side, you're in excellent company.

A clue: One of my favourite stories, Aidan, was penned by someone who has won this challenge at least once.

Oh, and only one more day of voting left, so hop to it, people. It doesn't mean we have to stop the guessing at the same time though, if people want to keep it going.

 

[Sancho]

Hi
A few guesses and my shortlist:
Reflective life - Ashleyne
Brothers Obverse - Cat's Cradle
Encapsulated Diffractions - Jastius
Dialogue without voices - Johnny Jet
Eyes of Fate - Juliana
To know thyself - Luiglin
The Lady in the Looking Glass - Ratsy
Translations - Will Wallace
Clean Sweep - Perp
The Legolas Concerto aka That Poncy Elf - Kerry
Aidan - Victoria
Prisonception - DG Jones

It was very difficult to choose between Encapsulated Diffractions, Prisonception and Brothers Obverse.
In the end my vote goes to Brothers Obverse - for a great idea. The imperfect hospital pass mirrored by the perfect fumble. Loved it

 

[hopewrites]

My shortlist -reason- Guess (why I guessed them)

Brothers Obvers -how we leave behind our better selves when in the thrall of desperation- Parson (for theme, but not outcome), Jo(setting and outcome), Hairbrain(Play of light in the shadows)

Here's Looking At You -how our instincts can dupe us into forgetting our purpose- Hex(tone)

I expect to be at least half wrong

 

[chrispenycate]

Hmm. My not too short list contains:- Cold Justice, Brothers Obverse, Here’s Lookin’ At You, Eyes of Fate, The Legolas Concerto, Aidan, One Last Kiss…and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Finally went for 'One Last Kiss'. Not quite ready with the deanonymisation, but I've prepared a little grid for guesses.

Now, everybody agrees that the voting/analysis phase is more time consuming than the actual writing and, as things are presently organised I end up doing this for the seventy five and the hundred words at the same time. Could we not consider running them staggered, from the middle of the month?

 

[holland]

Just some random guesses:

Aidan - Juliana
One Last Kiss… - mosaix
The Shadows of Your Smile - Ashleyne
Ripple - Jo Zebedee
Satisfaction Guaranteed - Moonbat
PRISONCEPTION - DG Jones
The View from Here - WilWallace
Eyes of Fate - Victoria
Translations. - Cat's Cradle

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Just some random guesses:


Eyes of Fate - Victoria

Since I voted for this story, either you are incorrect or I am an egomaniac. Or both.

 

[Cascade]

I'm going to pop up with a few more guesses. Many thanks to Chrispenycate for the table, and Kerry for the hints, which turn it into a puzzle/ logic problem. Of course now that i have seen some hints I would probably have changed some of my earlier guesses, but I will leave them as they are.

Eyes of fate - Juliana
Damnation of Qaseem- Crystal Haven
Prisonception- Mosaix
One last Kiss- Ratsy
Midsummer nights Cleave- Holland
Aidan- KerryBuchanan

 

[holland]

Since I voted for this story, either you are incorrect or I am an egomaniac. Or both.

Haha I was too lazy to check who voted for what

 

[johnnyjet]

Here's my wild guesses:
Cold Justice - Cats Cradle
Reflective Life - Ashleyne
Brothers Obverse - Jastius
Encapsulated diffractions - Farntfar
The View from Here - Robert Mackay
Here’s Lookin’ At You - Germinad
Saviour - Cascade
Depletion - Victoria
Dialogue Without Voices - Juliana
Eyes of Fate - Kerrybuchanan
To Know Thyself - Mosaix
The Lady in the Looking Glass - David Doherty-Jebb
Translations - geronl
Contract Work - Ihe
What I would to be you - Holland
Send Off - Blue Phoenix
Clean Sweep - Luiglin
CHOICES IN THE DARK - Jo Zebedee
The Legolas Concerto aka That Poncy Elf - chrispenycate
Aidan - Crystal Haven
Waking Thoughts - Moonbat
The Damnation of Qaseem - Remedy
One Last Kiss… - Sancho
Mirror of the Soul - Perpetual Man
The Shadows of Your Smile - Telford
A Midsummer Night's Cleave - hopewrites
Ripple – willwallace
Time to reflect - ratsy
Satisfaction Guaranteed - Titanium Ti
The Princess and the Mirror - DG Jones
PRISONCEPTION - Tywin

And my vote goes to Dialogue Without Voices.

 

[Remedy]

Here are my guesses... I am expecting Kerry to give me the big ZERO. This task feels so impossible. I ended up chucking names at titles like a dart board for some of them.

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

Shortlist and vote:

Encapsulated diffractions
Here’s Lookin’ At You
Eyes of Fate
Send Off
Clean Sweep
Aidan
The Damnation of Qaseem
One Last Kiss…
PRISONCEPTION


It was between Encapsulated diffractions, Aidan and PRISONCEPTION in the end... I really needed 3 votes. I chose Encapsulated diffractions because of the wonderful language and the silence that seemed to linger after reading - I love a disappearing act

 

[Remedy]

I just went to the poll and found that its closed? I can't cast my vote?

I thought it closed tonight?

 

[Dan Jones]

I just went to the poll and found that its closed? I can't cast my vote?

I thought it closed tonight?

Um, is that true? I was going to cast my vote today as well... :S

 

[mosaix]

Not long for the voting, now. Can I suggest, Kerry, that although you close the voting on time you don't publish the list of authors for a couple of days after that? I find that whilst it takes some time to decide who to vote for it takes even longer to come up with my list of possible authors.

 

[chrispenycate]

Umm.– I think it was somebody's first poll. Don't knock it until you've had one work exactly to your plan. Meanwhile, this time I'll make a list, as I don't know how to edit one, either.