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

[Juliana]

Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.

(Sorry! Couldn't think of any fear quotes so went with Bob)

 

[Cascade]

say fear is a man's best friend- John Cale

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Yey! We've made it to the magic 30 stories. I can feel a new limerick coming on....

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

In the 100 word anonymous challenge
I have gained both in posts and in knowledge
With 30 great tales
We're tipping the scales
And our superiority must be acknowledged.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

All the last-minute ones are flooding in now. I only just realised that by putting midnight GMT as the end time, I was condemning myself to sitting up until 1 am because of British summertime. Duh!

I might be a little tetchy tomorrow morning, since it's already long past my bedtime.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"Satisfaction Guaranteed" -- Hair today, gone to sorrow.

"The Princess and the Mirror" -- Through the Looking-Glass and What (Alas!) was Found There.

"Prisonception" -- Just me and my shade, oh, all alone and feelin' new.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

"Satisfaction Guaranteed" -- Hair today, gone to sorrow.

Another brilliant one-liner!

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Well, that's the poll up. I hit create by accident about 10 minutes early - it's 3 hours past my bed-time and I'm probably not thinking straight. It took me three attempts to spell straight correctly just there...

If there are any late comers, I apologise.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Shortlist:

"Encapsulated Diffractions" -- For the elevated language.

"The View From Here" -- For making a fairy tale come to life.

"Eyes of Fate" -- Best fantasy story.

"Send Off" -- Best science fiction story.

"Aidan" -- For fine characterization.

"One Last Kiss" -- For its heartfelt emotion.

"The Shadows of Your Smile" -- Best horror story.

My vote goes to:

"Eyes of Fate"

 

[willwallace]

Satisfaction Guaranteed - As Billy Crystal said, it's better to look good than to feel good. This Rube Goldberg machine will make you look marvelous.
The Princess and the Mirror - While it's nice to be a princess, it's not so good to have a haunted mirror laying around.
Prisonception- Madness can bring sweet relief from the horror of confinement.

 

[Cascade]

I will come back and consider other guesses later. But offer the following shorlist, Runner up, Vote and guesses (NB I reserve my write to change guesses when the list of entrants is posted)

Translations- this was fun, and silly and clever. I suspect CC or Phyrebat, but will go with CC.
Satisfaction Guaranteed- this is such a witty idea, and it is SCI FI'y enough that I will guess Jo Zebedee
Mirror of the Soul- this was very wrong in all the right ways and had a touch of the dark lord's humour about it so I will guess, Luiglin
Reflective Life- creepy and atmospheric (and posted early), so I'm saying Ahleyne.
Brothers obverse- thought provoking. Victoria?
Time to Reflect and Eyes of Fate- I love the use of language in these two. I'm not sure who I think they are by, but wouldn't be at all dissapointed if people wanted to attribute them to me. They are not... but... maybe, who can say.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

OK, now for the list of participants, arranged alphabetically, amongst whom is a Red Herring:

Ashleyne
Blue Phoenix
Cascade
Cats Cradle
chrispenycate
Crystal Haven
David Doherty-Jebb
DG Jones
Farntfar
Germinad
geronl
Holland
hopewrites
Ihe
Jastius
Jo Zebedee
johnnyjet
Juliana
Kerrybuchanan
Luiglin
Moonbat
Mosaix
Perpetual Man
ratsy
Remedy
Robert Mackay
Sancho
Telford
Titanium T
Tywin
Victoria
willwallace

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Oh, and Cascade has one guess correct, which is pretty impressive considering I hadn't put the authors list up by then!

Victoria Silverwolf made at least one very insightful comment in her assessment.

 

[Dan Jones]

Woof!

Ok, I've read the stories, I've read them all, and here is my laughable attempt at guessing the authors for each one. My red herring was Cascade, which is clearly wrong, because Cas always enters the challenges. Sorry, Cas

1. A Midsummernight's Cleave - Mosaix

2. Aidan – Jo

3. Brothers Observe – Perp

4. Choices in the Dark – Victoria

5. Clean Sweep - Luiglin

6. Cold Justice - Tywin

7. Contract Work - Telford

8. Depletion - willwallace

9. Dialogue Without Voices - Ihe

10.Encaspulated Diffractions - Hopewrites

11. Eyes of Fate - Juliana

12. Here's Looking at You - Ashleyne

13. Mirror of the Soul - Holland

14. One Last Kiss – DG Jones

15. PRISONCEPTION - Sancho

16. Reflective Life – Kerry

17. Ripple - Geroni

18.Satisfaction Guarranteed - CC

19. Saviour – David Doherty-Jebb

20. Send Off – Titanium T

21.The Damnation of Qaseem – Crystal Haven

22. The Lady in the Looking Glass – Robert Mackay

23. The Legolas Concerto aka That Poncy Elf – Farntfar

24. The Princess and the Mirror - Ratsy

25. The Shadows of Your Smile - Germinad

26. The View From Here – Blue Phoenix

27. Time to Reflect - Jastius

28. To Know Thyself - Remedy

29. Translations - ChrisP

30. Waking Thoughts - Moonbat

31. What I would to be You - JohnnyJet

For what it's worth, I reckon I've got 2 right, and will be well pleased if they are the ones I think they are. But we shall see!

I'm going to vote later, once I've read the stories again and I don't have to think about the puzzle element, which I think can detract form the enjoyment of just reading them. There are some belters in there, though.

 

[Luiglin]

This is going to take some brains and some luck ... I'm not renowned for having either

 

[Dan Jones]

Don't forget time. One needs a fair amount of that too

 

[Moonbat]

and a hat, got to have a hat.

 

[Dan Jones]

And make it a big hat, according to Phil Tufnell on TMS. "If you can't fight, wear a big hat." Sound advice.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

@DG Jones, you have 1 correct guess and it is a different person to Cascade.

 

[Dan Jones]

Oooh, interesting!