Discussion thread -- September 2015 75-word Writing Challenge

[Parson]

Morning, Parson. Thanks very much for the shortlisting.

Say hi to the Big Man for me

Done. And morning to you as well.

 

[Bowler1]

Ashleyne. B. Watts, Culhwch, farntfar, Glen, Jo Zebedee, Mad Alice, ratsy, Remedy, Robert Mackay and The Judge.

A. Fare Wells, Ensign Shah and martin321.

A hit list with Judge on for a bit of extra spice.
Three people who can join me down the shooting range later, as I operate a positive reward scheme too.

The list of those who have neither submitted nor voted is rather overwhelming.

I make this list to be the rest of the world, which is a perfect excuse for bigger and better RAY GUNS!

 

[ratsy]

Well I just want to thank some more peeps for listing me in their short/long/mentions/finalists

Thanks Travis, Willwallace, Ihe, TDZ, Johnny jet and to Tim who gave me the losing end of a coin flip. I appreciate them all!

As for my short-list here it is:

Doflet
holland
culhwch
Moonbat

And by the hair of an atom, Holland gets the vote!!!

 

[HazelRah]

Thanks to StilLearning, johnnyjet and Ihe for the mentions!

I struggled with both the theme and genre this month and didn't expect to get even a sniff of a mention, so that's really nice

 

[Ashleyne]

My shortlist:

The Bodyguard by Victoria Silverwolf

Silence and Slow Time by Robert Mackay

The Salvation Wars by Bowler1

Time to Play the Game by Tim James

Redemption lost by Still Learning

Shelved? by Ursa major

My vote goes to:

The Unbalanced Machine by Moonbat.

I'd like to extend my gratitude towards Tim James and Victoria Silverwolf for once again sharing their wonderful reviews. A massive thanks to Venusian Broon, Still Learning and chrispenycate for the mentions.

 

[Mad Alice]

The List...

I've Killed Phosphorescent Blue -- Cat's Cradle
Nano Saviours -- Ashleyne. B. Watts

This ain’t no rabbit hole -- Luiglin

A State of Understanding -- Maieius

The Bodyguard -- Victoria Silverwolf
Silence and Slow Time -- Robert Mackay
The ultimate upgrade -- Travis Woodward

…when sold in… -- Glen
The last word in military transportation. -- farntfar
Remembrance -- Droflet
Respiration Reparation -- Remedy
In the Eyes of a Child -- Parson

Mate Tricks -- Vaz
Bad Boy -- willwallace
Download Aborted. -- DG Jones
Not Redeemable for Cash Value -- Mr Orange
Crazy Pursuits -- Ihe
The Pyramid Principle -- TitaniumTi

Silicon Insanity -- HazelRah
A captive convert -- Venusian Broon

The eWitch and Cyberpunzel -- Juliana

Steel Mistress -- johnnyjet
For Hel -- LittleStar
Saving Innocence -- Saharren
The Salvation Wars -- Bowler1

If I Could Take it all Back -- ratsy
The Redemption and the Redemption -- holland
Night, night. <SLEEP TIGHT> -- Jo Zebedee

Wetware BOPper -- chrispenycate
Time to Play the Game -- Tim James
The Mission -- Kerrybuchanan
29 March 2050: GMT -- Phyrebrat

Redemption lost -- StilLearning
Type X Negative -- Grimward
epocalypse -- Culhwch

The Unbalanced Machine -- Moonbat
Thanks, But No Thanks. -- mosaix

Grimm Futures -- TheDustyZebra

A Hitman Reconsiders His Vocation... -- The Judge

Dead Presidents -- The Alchemist
Shelved? -- Ursa major

mention really great super amazing argh, why are you lot so brilliant?
VOTE and SECOND PLACE


Thankyou for the semi finalist listing Cats Cradle!
Thank you for the honorable mention, Vaz!
　
Thankyou for the Jack In listing Venusian Broon!
Thankyou for the longlisting Kerry!
Thankyou for the listing Dusty Zebra!
Thank you for the mention Grimward, and the lovely mini review!

Mad Alice
- Fascinating concept, and nice touch on the event transitions.


Thank you for the listing, Tim James!
Thankyou for the Long listing, johnnyjet!

 

[Dan Jones]

That's an amazing list, @Mad Alice - I'm pleased to be on it

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Alice, that is truly a comprehensive list!

 

[HazelRah]

Thanks for the super mention, Mad Alice

 

[Travis Woodward]

Wow - much obliged to @Mad Alice for the mention , huge thank you for the long listings from @Tim James and @martin321, and my undying gratitude for the vote from @Moonbat!

 

[willwallace]

That's quite a list, Mad Alice, with a lot of effort expended, obviously. Thanks for the mention

 

[Ursa major]

It seems that the Ursa jury has only just redeemed itself in time:
Honourable Mentions:

• This ain’t no rabbit hole by Luiglin
• The eWitch and the Cyberpunzel by Juliana
• If I Could Take it all Back by ratsy
• epocalypse by Culhwch

Runners Up:

• A State of Understanding by Maieius
• Steel Mistress by johnnyjet
• The Redemption and the Redemption by holland

Winner:

• The Unbalanced Machine by Moonbat

(In the above, each category is ordered by time of posting.)

 

[Ursa major]

And we have a tie...!

The tie-breaker poll will be along in a moment or so.

 

[Ursa major]

And here it is:

Tiebreaker Poll -- September 2015 Writing Challenge​

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Wow, this is a very tough choice to make.

In the end, I went with holland by just the tiniest hair.

Good work, both.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Going with my original choice, voting for holland.

 

[Droflet]

Many thanks to Ratsy and Alice for the mentions. BTW Alice, really nice list. Now to vote ... again. Bugger you brilliant Chrononauts.

 

[Grimward]

Congrats to both of you first.

Being a manager of programmer/analysts, however, it's really impossible to turn down "Don't code angry, kids." Cheers, Cul.

And before I forget, thanks for the really great, Alice.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Congrats to both! And..I went with holland in a close call. Good luck, Cul & holland, in the voting! CC

ps--thanks for the mentions, everyone!

 

[farntfar]

Rats!
I missed the vote. Sorry. A very busy time.

Still It wouldn't have changed anything. I was going to vote for Kerry.

with special mentions to Droflet, Remedy, Mr Orange, Ihe, TiTi and JohnnyJet.

And Big Thanks to Grim, StiLearning, KerryBuchanan, Tim James and Mad Alice for the mentions you gave me.


I'm voting for Culhwch in the tie break.