Discussion Thread -- May 2016 75-word Writing Challenge

Glen - The continuum is like a thread, once you take it off the spool, you can never really get it back on the way it was before, if at all. Most of the time it gats tangled into such a knot that you cant even recognize the fact that it was ever thread to begin with.
 
Shyrka - Even far into the future people would rather die a horrible death than develop proper photo-voltaic, monster-vaporizing technology. Does grass grow there? If not, do the still play cricket, rugby or soccer-football? If so, what color is the Pitch? Not Black I hope.
 
Venusian Broon - Kind of humorous, but really deep. With all the darkness and despair, why, why do we all bother? We all must truly be optimists deep down inside.
 
nixie -- An emotional combination of science fiction and fantasy, exploring dreams and nightmares.

Vaz -- A tale of suffering which makes use of unique metaphoric language.

Calliopenjo -- A philosophical meditation on hope and despair.

Glen -- A sparkling comedy of manners which plays with the nature of time.

Shyrka -- A classic space adventure which cleverly reminds us not to make assumptions.

Venusian Broon -- An energetic and satiric mixture of science fiction themes.

Heijan Xavier -- A lyrical prose poem on the pain of betrayal.

Duttster -- An intriguing, open-ended account of the ordinary become extraordinary.
 
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Duttster- Day in, day out, the package arrives at the same time every single today. If only the USPS were so punctual!!!
 
Thank you Victoria, Heijan Xavier, and Shyrka for the very cool reviews! :)

Did everyone who posted already have these written, just waiting for a similar theme or something?

Hey Heijan, not sure if anyone responded to your question from the first few days of the challenge, but I'd be pretty sure the answer is no...there are a bunch of folks here who seem to have instant-inspirations, and who like getting that story idea down, and posted ASAP. I'm like that most months...I just don't want to dwell on a story, so I usually type up the first thing that comes to mind, and post away (after trimming, of course). Sometimes it works, sometimes...it's kind of ugly. :) Nice to have you in the challenges, CC
 
Cascade -- A grim account of the nature of sacrifice for a higher cause.

Old_Man_Steve2016 -- A compelling tale making use of thoughtful science fiction themes.

Jo Zebedee -- A moody story of survival in dangerous times.

chrispenycate -- A cleverly constructed poem with unexpected rhymes and wordplay.
 
Cat's Cradle (and everyone else),
Not so sure on using the quote tool yet. Thanks for responding about that. I figured it was spontaneous combustion, but was still impressed by the speed of a response. Been moving this weekend so no Chronning for me.
 
"Reply" to be zapped down to the text box and a quote of the post your replying to. "+Quote" to compile a list of posts to quote and reply to.
If using "+Quote" you won't be zapped down to the dialog box, and will need to "Add Quotes" (button usually below the dialog box near "post reply" mine only shows up if I have quotes qued up)

Once you've got them in the dialog box, you can snip them down to just the bits you want to quote or specifically reply to by deleting everything else. Leave what's in the brackets [ ] as that's how the forum knows how to link your quotes.

:)
 
I might be competing with Ursa on the groan front.

No, I think you win that one this month. You've looked at the theme and taken it to a surreal level/place, as only you could buddy. For that you've made my mentions this month - a small reward. Tom and Godot are no doubt on the same bus, stuck in traffic somewhere!
 
Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Chronicles, from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press!

Ashleyne – Ahh time-travel. Makes the old noggin go a bit twisty-wisty in a timey-wimey kind of way. A good example of how knowing the future is not always a good thing, even with the best of intentions the bad times must be endured with the good, and the need for a brighter tomorrow.

Reiver33 – Ahh just the notion of the word tomorrow and we have time travel seeping in through the edges of reality. A good idea with a bit of thought as to the effects of time-travel. Of course stepping around one problem might just cause another….

Victoria – A sprinkling of magic, and a reflection is thrown upon a great fabricator. There is a wonderful element here, in someone knowing just what they want to know, while people claw and rush to see what they truly are, a contented man is happy enough not to know. Until tomorrow.

CC – Ah, revenge is a sweet thing, and best served cold. Or stretched out day after day, the poor target of wrathful torment left begging for release, knowing that it will never come, for tomorrow is always a day away. (Or so li’l orphan Annie informs me.)

Gawain – It has been said that in a war of nuclear apocalypse there are no winners, something that is chillingly shown here. For this one man, possibly the last man there is very little hope remaining The darkness that clings to his heart is final, there may well be a tomorrow, but not for him.

Cathbad – A desperate bid to save the world (or something) time is ticking away, just the right snip and all will be well when tomorrow comes… unless it doesn’t. Constantly caught in an infinite repeating loop, minutes end up denying days, stretching on forever.

hope – There is a saying about not putting off for tomorrow what you can do today… well a lot of people do, it is the art of procrastination. All those little things that can wait… and then times up and out and you never did them… but wouldn’t it be a kick in the teeth if those procrastinations allowed heaven to procrastinate about letting you in?

J5V – A subjective analysis of alternative time-lines, how many times must one man be killed when he might exist in how many alternative tomorrows? Better get them all, who knows what damage might be done again or again or again.

dst62 – precognition, something that is quite often ignored, or showing a tomorrow that might not be changed, but certainly having access to what may happen is enough to implement a blueprint of action that will make victories from losses and heroes of the visionaries.

Bowler – Knowing that the world is ending it is not unfathomable that one might spend those last few moments with your loved ones, but what if you could have those few moments again, repeating forever with random variables and permutations, so it was never exactly the same? Totally worth it.

Luiglin – A love story from a different perspective, clever use of language makes it feel romantic and special, until you reach the payoff, and then you know that no matter how universal love maybe, it’s execution is always going to be different.
 

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