Discussion Thread -- May 2016 75-word Writing Challenge

[Luiglin]

My Barbara Cartland-esque entry is in. Can I take off the pink dress and purple rinse blonde wig now?

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Luiglin -- A surprising tale of inhuman love which manages to be scary and touching at the same time.

 

[Bowler1]

My Barbara Cartland-esque entry is in. Can I take off the pink dress and purple rinse blonde wig now?

No... By the way, are you doing anything this weekend???

Thank you for the review Victoria.

Remember, three votes for everyone.

 

[Luiglin]

No... By the way, are you doing anything this weekend???

Probably still recovering from falling out of a tree last weekend. Anyway, I'm already taken.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

J5V - What a cush universe, where assistant assassins can afford to be lazy. It doesn't sound so competitive to me, more like a government regulated pseudo-monopoly.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

dst62 - Good thing reality turned out like your dreams, otherwise you wouldn't be considered a hero, maybe you wouldn't be at all.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Bowler1 - Variety is the spice of life and time, keeps you from boredom. If not for that, better to be vaporized in an instant, at least you wouldn't be bored.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Luiglin - We don't have enough orc romance stories. This was a lucid one. Maybe you're paving the path to a new sub-genre.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Nixie - Interesting heroin in your story.

Is that how it's spelled?

 

[Calliopenjo]

Well, after a couple rewrites I think I finally got it. I know, don't bet on it. It was fun though.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Vaz - Poor spider. You wouldn't expect her eggs to be able to see. She would hope for the hatchlings to have a bit of vision though. If the vision is too bright to bear though...sigh...six sols is a viscous cycle.

 

[Droflet]

Onya Bowler. I'm down for that. Sadly I think the mods have made their position clear. Drof sighs, and once again saunters off into the sunset.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Calliopenjo - Tommorrow should have been destroyed yesterday. Mercy keeps it preserved. But how do we even know that yesterday really happened? Do a bunch of relics on the floor and electrical memory impulses in our brains really constitute irrefutable proof? It doesn't matter. The illusion is real because of mercy.

Merci

 

[Bowler1]

Sadly I think the mods have made their position clear.

I like lost causes and it gives me a reason to shoot things. Three votes means most people will get a vote and hopefully be inspired to keep going. It took a year (faulty memory here, but it felt like a long time) for me to get votes on a semi-regular basis and it's only because I'm a stubborn git that I kept at it (I accept this is a forum of stubborn gits chasing an impossible dream). Three votes are fairer and the winner will still rise to the top regardless.

Three votes now!!!

 

[Glen]

What do we want?
One vote!
When do we want it?
At the end of the specified story submission period!

 

[Bowler1]

ZZzzzzzaaaaappppPPPPP - take that Glen.

What do we want?
Three votes!
When do we want it?
At the end of the specified story submission period!

 

[Luiglin]

In an effort to broker a deal could I put on the table the suggestion of two votes?

 

[nixie]

For all future reference one vote only, any mention of more votes will be in line for a SLAP

 

[Shyrka]

Esrever – Ever and Ever, @Ashleyne. B. Watts – A time traveller on a mission to save the future from nuclear armageddon struggles to deal with the impending loss of their spouse.

Yesterday’s Cabaret, @reiver33 – Travellers from the future discuss plans to save their world from the insidious political influences of the past.

Reflections, @Victoria Silverwolf – This bewitching tale tells of a magical mirror and the wise owner who never used it.

Suffering, @Cat's Cradle – A dragoness takes revenge on the knight that killed her offspring. Repeatedly.

Wars End, @Gawian – A dying soldier contemplates his fate. Is suicide the only salvation?

Just in Time, @Cathbad – A scientist strives to save the space time continuum. Again. And Again. And Again...

Meanwhile on Tomorrow Isle, @hopewrites – Guardians of a limbo-like afterlife discuss logistical issues. Never has “do not put off until tomorrow what can be done today” been more true.

Timely Dispatch, @J5V – A time-travelling hitman decides to bide his time and explore all eventualities.

Before Hand, @dst62 – A portentous dream warns a garrison of an impending attack and elevates the dreamer to greatness.

No more tomorrows, @Bowler1 – Knowing the horror that awaits, a time traveller chooses to relive the past rather than face tomorrow.

Upon the eve of paradise, @Luiglin – Two lovers share an intimate moment with a delicious twist.

Star Traveller, @nixie – Voyaging the cosmos leads this traveller to many wonders and a worrying discovery.

Child of God, @Vaz – A parent grieves for the loss of their son, taken from them by a mysterious object that fell from the sky.

What if?, @Calliopenjo – The hopes and dreams of tomorrow are cruelly dashed by the despair of today.

“Do Not Press” (the red button), @Glen – A time travel experiment goes awry in this up-jumbled tale.

 

[Bowler1]

For all future reference one vote only, any mention of more votes will be in line for a SLAP

Give me a moment, I'm still thinking about it!