Discussions for the 100 word Anonymous Challenge for November 2017.

[DragonAether]

Seems like a lot of entries this month! Probably won't be able to enter this one as ... um ... I'm in jail...?

(Not really!)

We all know that you entered this chsl

 

[DragonAether]

Seems like a lot of entries this month! Probably won't be able to enter this one as ... um ... I'm in jail...?

(Not really!)

We all know that you entered the challenge. (sorry for the post above)

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

And another!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Three more!

Watch for the list of writers and a poll for voting sometime later today.

I will still accept entries for a short while, so get to it!

 

[mosaix]

A good month for entries. Pity I haven't had the time...

Or have I?

 

[Joshua Jones]

A good month for entries. Pity I haven't had the time...

Or have I?

You entered? What chance do us lesser beings have when such an ascended creature is competing!?

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Here are the names of the authors, in alphabetical order, if anybody wants to make some guesses.

Antimon
Ashleyne
Cat's Cradle
Cathbad
chrispenycate
dannymcg
DragonAether
Droflet
farntfar
Glen
jackwinabox
johnnyjet
Joshua Jones
mosaix
PeterV
Shyrka
Starbeast
TitaniumTi
Victoria Silverwolf

Poll up in a bit.

 

[Danny McG]

Got my vote in for Last Night.
It was just so 'Bradburyish' that not voting for it would have felt wrong.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

And the Weather Report says:

WITNESS STATEMENT 07/08/17 JULANE COUNTY/EAST TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS DEPT. AUDIO RECORDING MADE ON SCENE/SAKER TOWNSVILLE. Incident ref: K483.

Scattered aliens by early morning, followed by heavy clean-up.

The Majestic Storm

Expect long journeys leading to great danger.

SAD

Thick depression clearing into bright hope.

Weathered

A small area of poetry creating a zone of wistful nostalgia.

A Storm in Time

Unseasonable precipitation accompanied by a high confusion area.

Last Night

Early innocence building into extended doom.

Dies Irae

Mixed resolution and regret in high fantasy.

Forecast

Skepticism leading to high-flying mysticism.

Like war, weather is what you get

Mixed wonder and cynicism.

Closing Arguments

Mistake leading to disaster and judgment.

Ba Dum BOOM

Multiple archetypal storm fronts approaching.

The Wizard of OZ: the Lost Alternate Ending

Light cinematic comedy mixed with heavy wordplay.

Solomon Blacke

Far-flung bravery meeting heavy fates.

Mist

Variable climate causing localized heartache.

It Was A Dark and Stormy Night...

Nightly spookiness spinning in circular patterns.

The coming home blues

A long period of loneliness turning into extended areas of awkwardness.

Left Behind

Vast technology leading to scattering crowds.

The Traveller

Lone villain predicted to disappear.

Storm chasers

Dangerous wind followed by unexpected backstory.

 

[DragonAether]

Thanks for your review Victoria.

 

[Peter V]

I was torn between Dies Irae, The Wizard of OZ: the Lost Alternate Ending and Left Behind as my personal favourites... went for Oz in the end

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Casting my vote for Weathered, if only for the daring of using very few words.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I will be away from the computer until December 6, so I'll see if we have enough votes by then to announce a winner.

 

[TitaniumTi]

I loved these three perfectly painted worlds:
A Storm in Time
Like War, Weather is What You Get
Solomon Blacke

I voted for Like War, Weather is What You Get. The matter-of-fact discussion of magic appealed to me.

 

[jackwin]

OK, here are my guesses, I'm probably wrong on all of em.
The Traveler - Cathbad
Stormchasers - Starbeast
Wizard of Oz - Mosaix
Mist - Victoria Silverwolf
Weathered - Chrispenygate
It was a Dark and Stormy Night - Danny Mcg

My vote goes to the story I find myself thinking about long after I read it, " Left behind " It brought an image of Hal from 2001 adrift in space recalling it's creators and his counterpart in Earth doing the same.

ps; I left 2 clues as to which story was mine.

 

[Cathbad]

Nine votes so far - no one has two.

Interesting month!

I voted for The Traveler.

 

[Cathbad]

Mere Guesses:

Antimon Mist
Ashleyne Forecast
Cat's Cradle It Was A Dark and Stormy Night...
chrispenycate The Wizard of OZ: the Lost Alternate Ending
dannymcg Left Behind
DragonAether Weathered
Droflet The Traveler
farntfar Ba Dum BOOM
Glen Like war, weather is what you get
jackwinabox Witness Statement
johnnyjet The coming home blues
Joshua Jones Majestic Storm
mosaix Dies Irae
PeterV Last Night
Shyrka Solomon Blacke
Starbeast A Storm in Time
TitaniumTi Sad
Victoria Silverwolf Closing Arguments

 

[jackwin]

I guess Cathbad wrote Stormchasers, don't ask how I figured it out, it was a highly complicated mathematical equation.

 

[Cathbad]

Stormchasers

Waitaminute!

What??

How did I miss that one? Wasn't there a red herring this month?

 

[Danny McG]

Nope, nineteen stories and nineteen names supplied by Victoria.
You carefully left your own name out and one story, I had the same conclusion