Discussion Thread -- April 2018 75-word Writing Challenge

[mosaix]

...and for the stealth vote mosaix (which I think is the first I've ever received from you outside a tie-break!)!

Wrong! And you in charge of stats as well!

 

[nixie]

Congratulations hoops.

 

[Luiglin]

Congrats @HoopyFrood

Apologies for missing the vote but my top three from me were...

• @Culhwch - Super secret infidelity
• @CTRandall - Someone forgot the pre-op arrow marker pen
• @Teresa Edgerton - Saturday morning serial

The vote would have gone to @Teresa Edgerton - sorry again.

Thanks for the vote @The Judge and for the mentions @jackwinabox57 and @Dan Jones. I need to get away from these morbid straight pieces and back to to stupid irrelevant ones.

 

[Danny McG]

Thanks to all who mentioned my little story - much better than not being mentioned at all

 

[The Judge]

Congrats Hoopy!

Double congrats in fact, since -- *fanfares and drum rolls* -- with 16 votes, you are now the highest scoring 75 worder winner ever!


I'm delighted I had a couple more mentions so Sherlockian thanks, TDZ, and for the runner-up-ship, Ursa!

Wrong! And you in charge of stats as well!

Eek! What have I forgotten?

 

[jackwin]

Okay, I know I'm gonna come off as a nut here so what else is new? Regarding Paranoid Marvins entry, Lust for Glory. I kept returning to it and asking myself, Was it meant to be a riddle? It's in the structure of a riddle, in the end it asks Who am I?
So, it has to be a riddle, right? Then I decided the only proof I would have is if I could solve it so here goes;

In the ocean blue: sunken treasure

The rainbow: pot of gold at the end

Hid in plain sight: lives little pleasures

Enveloped in twilight: the final reward

So Who am I? The gift or secret of Life.

ps. Please don't send the men in white jackets til after lunch. Thank you.

 

[SPoots]

Hi all, sorry I didn't vote I'm afraid it completely slipped my memory. However, my vote would have gone to @HoopyFrood Great wee piece.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Congrats, HoopyFrood! 'Twas a resounding victory.

And thanks, TJ, for the mention! CC

 

[HoopyFrood]

Well, consider my flabber well and truly ghasted.

Double congrats in fact, since -- *fanfares and drum rolls* -- with 16 votes, you are now the highest scoring 75 worder winner ever!

Wut.

I can only say thanks many thanks to everyone who voted for my story, and for the mentions, too. Thank you.

 

[Joshua Jones]

Well, consider my flabber well and truly ghasted.



Wut.

I can only say thanks many thanks to everyone who voted for my story, and for the mentions, too. Thank you.

And well deserved; your story was excellent. Now, if the words "Tudorpunk" or "Kipling" come up in the next challenge...

 

[Peter V]

Congratulations @HoopyFrood

Quality writing!

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Now, if the words "Tudorpunk" or "Kipling" come up in the next challenge...

...I will be tickled pink. Which may not be the best color scheme for a zebra, but I'll manage.

 

[Perpetual Man]

A big congratulations to Hoops for a big win. I voted for her story, which was almost inevitable from the moment I read it.

My initial idea was to do some form of personality study, using various duplicates/clones/fascimiles but knew it was going to take a lot of time and effort to get it to make any sense at all and as it turns out Hoopy did something similar with style & panache, a lot better than any attempt I might have made.

At the same time life threw one of those nasty curve balls, like it does and I had to work something out of my system quickly. The challenge fit perfectly.

Due to that I did not really expect too much from the story, so I was more than surprised that it had a couple of mentions. Many thanks to thos of you that did.

 

[Starbeast]

Thus Quote my List, Evermore​

@Culhwch
@Victoria Silverwolf
@Heijan Xavier
@M. Robert Gibson
@Perpetual Man
@Mr Orange
@dannymcg
@Peter V
@CTRandall
@s.d. Ervin
@Parson
@Bob Senior
@Moonbat - VOTE
@The Judge
@RJM Corbet
@Teresa Edgerton
@chrispenycate


My Story: I had two surprise identities*, in my Edgar Allan Poe inspired entry.

*The one who sent the message, and the receiver of the message.

 

[Abernovo]

Congratulations, HoopyFrood. A well-deserved (if narrow ) win, with a great and, frankly, all too believable story.

 

[Mr Orange]

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@Mr Orange - Gee thanks man. No worries about missing the voting, because it's the thought that counts. Thanks again for the vote bro.

my pleasure. just a shame you won't have that vote in your stats

You live in a time zone that's ten minutes off?

not quite - i gave myself (what i thought was) 10 minutes before midnight to vote. i was wrong

 

[Calliopenjo]

CONGRATULATIONS HOOPYFROOD!

Thank you, everyone, for reading my story. I do appreciate it.

 

[Dan Jones]

Congatulations, Hoops! 16 votes is a mighty victory and make no mistake.

I cooked up my story in the back of a cab in Granada and have to admit I was rather pleased with it, which I suppose is kinda, sorta vindicated by my joint, very distant second place, but when I read Hoops's story I just thought, "Ah dang." I think your story is something almost everyone here can relate to!

Thanks to almost everyone for the shortlisting, and Identitax credits to Teresa, Hazelrah and Chrisp for the votes. You can have my date of birth and the name of my first pet by way of thanks.

Now, time to get back to my boring, run-of-the-mill Real Life persona.

 

[Cathbad]

back to my boring, run-of-the-mill Real Life persona

I need one of those!!

 

[Dan Jones]

Feel free to PM me, I have lots of advice you can have