Discussion Thread -- June 2018 75-word Writing Challenge

[Ursa major]

The poll has now closed and we have a tie.

A tie-breaker poll will be along in a moment.

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[Starbeast]

Congratulations @Ashleyne & @Cat's Cradle

 

[Ursa major]

The tie-breaker poll is up. It will be open until 23:59 GMT on June the 30th 2018:

Tiebreaker Poll -- June 2018 Writing Challenge​

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[Stable]

My shortlist is similar to @Stable

I see you are a Chronner of taste and sophistication.

I re-voted for Ashleyne in the tiebreak, but they are both fantastic stories. Congratulations to both of you.

Also big thanks to Starbeast for saving me from the 0-0 this month. Very benevolent of you!

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Congratulations to both CC and Ashleyne!

I also re-voted for Ashleyne, but either one will be a worthy winner.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Wow, I am shocked to have caught Ashleyne! I told my wife around 6pm tonight that I was too far behind to even get close. I'm really pleased, and honored, to be in a vote-off with Ashleyne!

Now, since I voted for her the first time, and because my own story didn't even make my longlist, I shall cast my tie-breaker vote for Ashleyne, and WHAT WAS I THINKING?

Sorry to spam everyone who'd likely wish to only read about that tie-breaker stuff, but I do want to thank Shyrka, Ashleyne, Starbeast, and TDZ, for the late listings, and Phyrebrat, Dan Jones, Mr, Orange, Ursa Major and Abernova for the last-day votes. It all means a lot to me. Forgive me if I missed anyone. Okay - how exciting! Best of luck, Ashleyne, CC

 

[Mr Orange]

congrats to both, both stories were close to votes but one was closer, so i voted for CC again

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I have voted for Cat's Cradle, which brings it back to a tie.

 

[Bob Senior]

Parson and Victoria, thanks once again for doing those great reviews.

Thanks to Ursa Major for the runner up listing.
Thank you, Dusty, Starbeast and Peter V for listings.

Hello Fred, wherever you are.
Bob

 

[nixie]

Congratulations to both of you. Ashleyne got my vote.

 

[Hugh]

Many Congratulations Cat's Cradle and Ashleyne.

Both are remarkable stories.

I have voted for Ashleyne.

 

[Graymalkin]

Done. While memorably horrific, Patent Pending didn't give me the same sense of story build up as What was I thinking. Both dark and clever ideas. Congratulations Cat's Cradle and Ashleyne.

 

[The Judge]

Congratulations to both CC and Ashleyne! Good as CC's story is, I had Ashleyne on my short list, so I'm plumping for her in the tiebreak.

 

[Joshua Jones]

I voted for @Victoria Silverwolf, but these two were tied for my second place. Both are amazing stories which you should be proud of (or, perhaps, horrified of).

@Ashleyne just bumped out @Cat's Cradle by the slightest of margins.

Also, my apologies for not having time to do a proper short list; I am three days out from a major golf fundraiser for my organization (Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Eastern Shore, if anyone is curious), and doing preliminary sponsorship requests for one in December, so I honestly don't have the time to create a short list.

Thank you, though, to those who listed mine! I will go back through after the golf event to thank everyone properly.

 

[Venusian Broon]

Congrats on Cat's Cradle and Ashlyene for the win! You we're both in my top 3 so I think fully justified!

Many thanks for the votes for my own story - Perp, TJ and Starbeast. Honestly, I had to really tame it down a lot to fit it into 75 words to get the structure in. If it had been a 300 word story, it would have been far more grotesque...

 

[Danny McG]

It's 12.50 British summer time on June 29th and our two worthy adversaries are now at 14 votes each.
Awesome!

 

[Joshua Jones]

It's 12.50 British summer time on June 29th and our two worthy adversaries are now at 14 votes each.
Awesome!

Your next novella?

 

[Danny McG]

Your next novella?

Yeah, think I need a snappier title though

 

[Joshua Jones]

Yeah, think I need a snappier title though

Yeah, I can't help much there; I am awful with titles. I still don't have a solid title for my WiP...

 

[Cat's Cradle]

I'm afraid I'm going to overwhelm the 'Like' function, so I'll stop now. Ashleyne's story is terrific, and I'm happy it's so close (tied at the moment) in the tie-breaker. CC