Discussion Thread for May 2017 100 Word Anonymous Competition

[Danny McG]

Dancing with the Universe -- When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you.

My shaving mirror used to do that, however, for the last few years, my dad stares back at me instead. Dunno how he got in there!

 

[Cathbad]

For a while, I've had this old man staring back at me!

Wish he'd go away... I much prefer looking at my younger self...

 

[mosaix]

I'd better get on with this.

 

[Ashleyne]

@mosaix Yes, you'd better. We need a lot more stories to reach our 80 story target.

Future Prospects - You've got to be insane to take a job like that.

Alien Contact Has Been Established - Victory sure can go to your head.

 

[chrispenycate]

We could go for sixty-five red herrings - a whole shoal of them - and the rest stories?

 

[Ashleyne]

@chrispenycate I'm not sure. I'm tempted to just leave the competition open until 80 stories have been achieved. I'm not ready to give up on the dream.

 

[chrispenycate]

@chrispenycate I'm not sure. I'm tempted to just leave the competition open until 80 stories have been achieved. I'm not ready to give up on the dream.

I haven't a spreadsheet for the anonymous stories (somewhat difficult to organise without names) but I'm not sure there are eighty people who have joined in yet. And the maximum entries we've ever ha for a challenge is seventy-five (Sighs. I suppose that means I'll have to write ine, now. Unless I already have?

 

[Luiglin]

I'll have to write ine, now. Unless I already have?

Don't worry, I wrote one on your behalf.

 

[mosaix]

Don't worry, I wrote one on your behalf.

So did I!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"Future Prospects" -- This satiric story reminds the reader that you don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps.

"Alien Contact Has Been Established" -- This knockabout farce shows us all how we don't always do well under pressure.

 

[Ashleyne]

Coping Mechanism - A lesson of how friendship can be found within.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"Coping Mechanism" -- The author imagines highly advanced technology which could benefit many.

 

[Ashleyne]

For anyone else wishing to enter, you have around 27 hours left to send me your entries.

Developing Madness- The things you create aren't the things you control.


Segregation- One persons madness can be another's normal.


The Gravity of the Situation - People do crazy things for attention.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"Developing Madness" -- The creator is not always in control of the creation

"Segregation" -- Seen through other eyes, the things that make us human seem very strange.

"The Gravity of the Situation" -- We are both attracted and repelled by daring and danger.

 

[Ashleyne]

Therefore just 3 hours and 20 minutes to get your stories in!

This Will Probably Get Me Promoted... - Being afforded extra responsibility can be, simply, breathtaking.

 

[Ashleyne]

The entry period has now closed for this competition. The poll is up, and the votes are anonymous.

The name list shall be posted tomorrow for the guessing portion of the challenge.

 

[Cathbad]

MY FAVORITES

Transcription of the Patient's Statement
Aboard the Couloir Noir
Developing Madness

MY VOTE

Coping Mechanism

 

[Danny McG]

Well, following the 'mr average voter' system, I've cast my vote on the last story I read "This will probably get me promoted"
There were others I thought really good, but that one was so reminiscent of the golden age sci fi short stories and thus took my tick!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"This Will Probably Get Me Promoted . . ." - Sometimes the right decision is the wrong decision.

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It was a close race between "Katy" and "Abandoned," but my vote went to the latter.

 

[Cory Swanson]

Transcription of the Patient's Statement

Only a moment

Future Prospects

Vote

Alien Contact Has Been Established