Ashleyne. B. Watts -- This intense story of love and insanity takes us deep into the narrator's mind. Short sentences and paragraphs create a mood of tension. Slowly revealed details, all viewed through a very dark glass, show us the distorted perceptions of the narrator. At the end, the reader understands that madness lies within all of us.
farntfar -- By making use of a formal, deliberately old-fashioned style, the author creates a very real narrator. Thus, we come to accept the fantastic things he tells us. A combination of scientific thought and mysticism, both cleverly tinged with the flavor of a previous century, creates a curious and most unexpected fate for the narrator.
Perpetual Man -- In this heartfelt allegory of the creative process, the author makes the reader feel the pain and frustration that any artist must endure to bring works of quality into existence. Through the use of a powerful visual incarnation of the lack of inspiration, we are made to empathize with the narrator's agony. It is ironic that this fine work of the imagination deals with the inability to create such works.
Jo Zebedee -- With great gusto and panache the author brings a completely original narrator to life. A touch of the flavor of classic detective fiction (do I detect a wink and a nod to the Napoleon of Crime?) is mixed with extraordinary imagination to create a captivating tale.
Duttster -- The realism of hard science fiction is used here to create a quietly increasing sense of suspense. By telling this tale of invasion from the point of view of the intruders, the reader to made to examine humanity from the outside, making the conclusion even more poignant, while avoiding melodrama.
Juliana -- This emotionally powerful story seizes the reader's heart from the very start and never lets go. Ordinary details of everyday life serve to make the tragic nature of a fantastic premise all too real. A concept that a lesser writer would use only to provide gruesome shocks is here transformed into something which will bring genuine tears to the reader's eyes.
Rafellin -- The author has fun with the nature of this challenge, refusing to fit within the confines of its restrictions. By coming up with a structure which is completely unexpected, while cleverly not violating any rules, the author reveals a great sense of humor and merriment. The tale itself also conveys this sense of levity, with dialogue which is sure to amuse.
