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

[Kerrybuchanan]

My shoes seem to fit you just fine.

I'm slopping around a bit in them, truth be told.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

And another great story for our guessing game.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"The Lady in the Looking Glass" -- Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the unfairest me of all?

 

[geronl]

Welcome to the discussion thread for the May 100 Word Anonymous Challenge!

The Challenge is to write a story in 100 words or less. Please do NOT post them directly, but PM them to me instead to maintain anonymity. This thread is for discussion only.

See the Challenge thread for dates and times.

Somehow I have ended up running this, and after CC's brilliant job last time it's going to be hard to top the March Challenge. Well, I'm throwing down the gauntlet. Let's see how many entries we can get this month.

The Challenge is open now, but nothing will be posted until tomorrow, the official start date.

Have at it, people!

I am missing something.... what theme?

 

[TitaniumTi]

I am missing something.... what theme?

Look to the start of the competition thread itself ( i.e. the thread where you post competition entries).

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

@geronl look here: https://www.sffchronicles.com/threads/552498/

Alternatively, a bit of non-competitive writing fun can be found here: https://www.sffchronicles.com/threads/538999/

and here:https://www.sffchronicles.com/threads/36511/

 

[chrispenycate]

@TT - You don't post entries there - they have to be PMed to Kerry, who duly counts them and puts them up. But I'm not sure that, at eight posts, geronl has PM privileges yet. Which is a problem nobody had foreseen (but, since I am supposed to be divining who wrote what and have no idea, judging by writing style, of any of the twelve existing stories, not even, should I have written one already, my own, this might not be adjudged so bad a thing - how am I expected to postulate a total unknown? By recognising lack of similarity to everyone else?)

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

And another great story!

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Hah! That last one (Translations.) is a doozy! Very odd...which makes it pretty cool in my book!

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

@TT - You don't post entries there - they have to be PMed to Kerry, who duly counts them and puts them up. But I'm not sure that, at eight posts, geronl has PM privileges yet. Which is a problem nobody had foreseen (but, since I am supposed to be divining who wrote what and have no idea, judging by writing style, of any of the twelve existing stories, not even, should I have written one already, my own, this might not be adjudged so bad a thing - how am I expected to postulate a total unknown? By recognising lack of similarity to everyone else?)

I hadn't realised that. I have PM'd geronl. Can he/she reply to me? I sent links to the various challenges on the go.

 

[TitaniumTi]

@TT - You don't post entries there - they have to be PMed to Kerry

Sorry.

Note to self: consider precisely what you're saying.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

@chrispenycate, you're good for us. You keep us all on our toes!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"Translations" -- Why did the chickens crisscross the roads? To beget the other sides.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"Contract Work" -- He who lives by the sword shall flourish by the sword.

 

[willwallace]

The Lady in the Looking Glass- Don't wait until it's too late to show your true feelings, for there's always other options that don't include you.
Translations- The grass may be greener on the other side of the magical mirror, but the trip can be disconcerting.
Contract Work- A mercenary with no home, no friends, and eventually no life.
What I would to be you.- An extradimensional ally, protecting, but never allowed to truly be a part of your life.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Great reviews, willwallace. And now there are some more for our lovely reviewers.

 

[Dan Jones]

Hey Kerry, looks like you're doing a grand job hosting (as if there were any doubts, hah!). Am late to the Challenge because of hols but am going to loiter about like the ASBO I am and soak up the other entries before starting my own scribbling.

 

[willwallace]

Send Off- With limited resources, age is not revered, but feared. Where is the respect for elders?
Clean Sweep- Sometimes you get more than you bargained for. And it can be terrifying!!!

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Or so you say. Mwahahahaha....

I could get used to all this deception!

 

[Dan Jones]

Of course. Ahem. That's what I meant, guv.