DISCUSSION -- August 2015 75-word Writing Challenge

Well, spank my ar*e and call me dandy. Historical fiction, aye? Just up my ally. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT. Think Drof, think. No, it hurts.
 
Great choices, DG Jones. I've already wrote one, but I don't wanna be first again. I'll post later :)
 
Thanks guys, hope everyone likes the choices!

I can't recall the genre being done before, I hope it sparks some quirky ideas.

I'm away now for a couple of days at a stag do, but I expect to come back to some inspirational tales from the annals of history, while I nurse my dusty head!

:D
 
Mayan, then I did Aztecs, someone needs to do another Pre-Columbian civilization. Keep the streak going!
 
Just in time! That genre will be my new haunting nightmare for the coming month. At least one haunting nightmare a month is healthy. My doctor says so. My doctor also barks and runs after mailmen. Sometimes he tells me to burn things. He tells me lots of things.
 
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Greetings, and welcome to the Annals of Time. I'm afraid you'll find it a bit of a mess at first. These countless scraps of history appear to be arranged in no particular order, at least to limited minds such as ours. No doubt there is a system known only to the Collectors. In any case, I'm sure you'll find it of interest to explore the myriad nooks and crannies within this vast temple of the past.

Here, for example, we find two visions of the ancient MesoAmerican civilizations.

First, Ashleyne. B. Watts offers us an intimate portrait of a Mayan of great honor, dedicated to the welfare of his people. I'm afraid he may not be fully aware of the price that must be paid for his altruism.

Next, Twistedlemon shows us the religious practices of the Aztecs, while raising philosophical questions which may be impossible for anyone to answer.

Shall we continue? Very good.

In this alcove we find ourselves transported far, far back in time, to the "Dawn of Man," if you will. Here farntfar playfully offers us an unexpected version of the distant ancestors of Homo sapiens, while paying tribute to a modern classic.
 
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Follow me down this hallway, if you will.

We are still in ancient times, but very far away from Africa and the Americas. Kerrybuchanan depicts an occurrence with which you may be familiar (possibly in a dramatic adaptation) but from a new point of view. It all goes to show that the importance of an event depends very much on (you should pardon the expression) whose ox is being gored.
 
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Just in time! That genre will be my new haunting nightmare for the coming month. At least one haunting nightmare a month is healthy. My doctor says so. My doctor also barks and runs after mailmen. Sometimes he tells me to burn things. He tells me lots of things.
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Sounds like you need a second opinion. :whistle:
 
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I can't recall the genre being done before, I hope it sparks some quirky ideas.
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Oh, one hardy soul tried historical fiction as a genre before ;)

I've got a setting, a title, and most of a story. 75 words might be an issue though...
 
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