Discussion thread -- July 2016 75-word Writing Challenge

[Ursa major]

This month's Challenge is brought to you by last month's winner, mosaix!

Theme: Echo

Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

Rules can be found here: Rules Thread

Stories can be posted here: Story Thread

Enjoy!

 

[hopewrites]

Echoes of...
I like that a setting sprang up right off for me. That's got to be promising...

Good one @mosaix !
I'm predicting lots of horror, to help the ac chill our spines in the hot days ahead.

Edit: no auto correct. Ahead, not a head.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Ashleyne. B. Watts -- An echo of the past comes to haunt the future in this chilling tale of guilt and desperation.

 

[Wruter]

Victoria Silverwolf -- a perfectly-formed animistic creation myth.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Great genre & stim, Mosaix thanks.

pH

 

[Azzagorn]

Ooooohhhh thats interesting. My first one back and its a tricky one. *puts on thinking cap.

 

[Ashleyne]

Thanks for the review, Victoria!!!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Luiglin -- This somber psychological fantasy shows us that the darker side of one's own personality is the echo of one's better self.

Azzagorn -- That an echo may be something other than it seems is demonstrated in this tense suspense story.

 

[Azzagorn]

Thanks @Victoria Silverwolf

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

ThomasG -- An echo from the past creates a sense of nostalgia in this gently whimsical hard science fiction story.

 

[ThomasG]

Thanks, Victoria. Your summaries are really clever!!

 

[Parson]

Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

Theme: Echo

Parson contemplates a re-write of Dracula, for a Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, echo.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Droflet -- An echo may seem harmless yet be a sign of mindless evil in this gruesome shocker.

 

[hopewrites]

First draft, 100 words (not counting contractions), voicy, dark-cute... I'll have to see where it goes from here. Happy with it so far.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Wruter -- This lighthearted comedy shows us how an echo can be deceiving.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Cathbad -- This grim tale of terror reveals how evils of the present can be echoes of evils of the past.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Calliopenjo -- An echo can be the source of nightmares, as vividly demonstrated in this surreal account of fear.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Coast -- This tense story of danger shows the reader how an echo can be either annoying or helpful.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Shyrka -- That the sins of the present may be an echo of the sins of the past is demonstrated in this subtly unnerving tale.

 

[hopewrites]

So much horror. I had to go lighter.