December 100-Word Anonymous Challenge - Discussion

[Zoe Mackay]

I voted for Father To Son - I thought it was a novel idea, handled nicely.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"Hair of the Dog" -- The author has fun with popular culture in this rollicking comedy.

I had to go with "A Soldier's Homecoming" for my vote.

 

[johnnyjet]

My favorites are "<DESK NUMBER TWO, PLEASE>", "A Soldier’s Homecoming" and "Father to Son."

But, after much deliberation, ultimately I had to go with "A Soldier’s Homecoming."

 

[johnnyjet]

OK, wild guesses follow:

Always Keep the Receipt - Farntfar
Instinct - Ashleyne B. Watts
Internal Perspective - J5V
Not With a Bang, But … - Cat's Cradle
Not at the Whim of a Banker - Chrispenycate
Merry Christmas - Juelz4sure
<DESK NUMBER TWO, PLEASE> - Luiglin
A Soldier's Homecoming - Robert Mackay
Father to Son - Ratsy
The Dead Sea - Victoria
No Return - Droflet
Steel Echoes - TitaniumTi
Hair of the Dog - Starbeast

 

[mosaix]

OK, wild guesses follow:

Always Keep the Receipt - Farntfar
Instinct - Ashleyne B. Watts
Internal Perspective - J5V
Not With a Bang, But … - Cat's Cradle
Not at the Whim of a Banker - Chrispenycate
Merry Christmas - Juelz4sure
<DESK NUMBER TWO, PLEASE> - Luiglin
A Soldier's Homecoming - Robert Mackay
Father to Son - Ratsy
The Dead Sea - Victoria
No Return - Droflet
Steel Echoes - TitaniumTi
Hair of the Dog - Starbeast

Three correct jj. Not too bad.

 

[johnnyjet]

I'm either getting better at this or luckier.

 

[Starbeast]

I'm not too great of a "guesser". But these are a nice bag of goodies.


Always Keep the Receipt - I like the divine intervention. @farntfar

Instinct - Seriously creepy. @Victoria Silverwolf

Internal Perspective - Author pushed out a funny one. @Drof

Not With a Bang, But … - Heavenly creative. @ratsy

Not at the Whim of a Banker - YES!!! Aliens. @chrispenycate

Merry Christmas - Sweet story. @Cat's Cradle

<DESK NUMBER TWO, PLEASE> Heh heh. I love a good time machine story. @juelz4sure

A Soldier's Homecoming - A hard-hitting war drama. Wow. @Luiglin

Father to Son - If we could turn back time. (sign) Astounding. @Robert Mackay

The Dead Sea - You're tugging at my heart. Beautiful. @Ashleyne. B. Watts

No Return - A magnificent hero's tale. @johnnyjet

Steel Echoes - Astonishing sci-fi. @TitaniumTi

Hair of the Dog - YES!!! A Star Wars comedy. @Starbeast

 

[Droflet]

I'm not too great of a "guesser". But these are a nice bag of goodies.

Internal Perspective - Author pushed out a funny one.

You're shameless.

 

[Starbeast]

Actually, I'm a regular kind of guy, so to speak.

 

[Droflet]

Stop it. I just spat coffee over my screen.

 

[mosaix]

I'm not too great of a "guesser". But these are a nice bag of goodies.


Always Keep the Receipt - I like the divine intervention. @farntfar

Instinct - Seriously creepy. @Victoria Silverwolf

Internal Perspective - Author pushed out a funny one. @Drof

Not With a Bang, But … - Heavenly creative. @ratsy

Not at the Whim of a Banker - YES!!! Aliens. @chrispenycate

Merry Christmas - Sweet story. @Cat's Cradle

<DESK NUMBER TWO, PLEASE> Heh heh. I love a good time machine story. @juelz4sure

A Soldier's Homecoming - A hard-hitting war drama. Wow. @Luiglin

Father to Son - If we could turn back time. (sign) Astounding. @Robert Mackay

The Dead Sea - You're tugging at my heart. Beautiful. @Ashleyne. B. Watts

No Return - A magnificent hero's tale. @johnnyjet

Steel Echoes - Astonishing sci-fi. @TitaniumTi

Hair of the Dog - YES!!! A Star Wars comedy. @Starbeast

4 Correct SB! But the reason for the inclusion of the Red Herring, SB, was that you didn't have to include yourself in the guessing!

 

[chrispenycate]

I'm working on it. And,as seems to have become a tradition, spreadsheet starts:-

 

[Starbeast]

4 Correct SB! But the reason for the inclusion of the Red Herring, SB, was that you didn't have to include yourself in the guessing!

Oops. I used the Red Herring to chop down the mightiest tree in the forest.

 

[Ashleyne]

I voted for instinct. I was mesmerised by the horridness.

 

[mosaix]

Poll closed today. A Soldier's Homecoming takes the prize!

Not giving away the author yet in case there are anymore guesses to come in.

 

[farntfar]

Damn! I missed the vote.
However, as I couldn't decide between Always keep the receipt and Desk number two please, I don't suppose it matters.

A few guesses.
Always keep the receipt. Cat's
Not at the whim of a banker. Robert
Desk number two please. Ratsy
A soldier's homecoming Victoria
Hair of the dog. S.B.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Damn! I missed the vote.
However, as I couldn't decide between Always keep the receipt and Desk number two please, I don't suppose it matters.

A few guesses.
Always keep the receipt. Cat's
Not at the whim of a banker. Robert
Desk number two please. Ratsy
A soldier's homecoming Victoria
Hair of the dog. S.B.

There's always somebody who thinks I voted for myself. That's a compliment in a way, I suppose.

 

[farntfar]

There's always somebody who thinks I voted for myself.

Sorry Victoria. I hadn't checked peoples votes before making my guesses.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Apologies! I was very busy, and forgot to vote. Awesome stories, though! Congrats to the anonymous-for-now winner!

 

[mosaix]

Okay - results!

Our winner for December 2015 is Robert Mackay! Congratulations Robert!

Full entry / author list in alphabetical sequence:

Ashleyne B. Watts - Father To Son
Chrispenycate - Not At The Whim Of A Banker
Droflet - Internal Perspective
Farntfar - Not With A Bang, But....
J5V - Desk Number Two Please
JohnnyJet - Steel Echoes
Juelz4sure - The Dead Sea
Luiglin - Always Keep the Receipt
Ratsy - No Return
Robert Mackay - A Soldier's Homecoming
Starbeast - Hair Of The Dog
TitaniumTi - Merry Christmas
Victoria - Instinct

The Red Herring was Cat's Cradle!

Being the organiser, I wasn't allowed to vote but my personal favourite was "Desk Number Two Please".

Thanks to everyone who took part.