DISCUSSION -- APRIL 2019 300-word Writing Challenge (#33)

[Danny McG]

I've got one. 148 words, way, way too titchy

Slightly longer story now and I'm in

 

[Luiglin]

Got the title, now just need the 300 words

 

[Cathbad]

Got the title, now just need the 300 words

*hands @Luiglin a bucket of left-over words*

 

[Peter V]

I think I have a 75. It feels gothic in style so hopefully it will at least meet that criteria. For the 300 though, I have not even the smallest kernel of an idea. Usually there is something but all I do is stare at that pile of stones and wonder how it hasn't toppled.

 

[Ursa major]

We have had to remove an entry from the Chaalenge as it exceeded the 300-word allowance.

Please make sure that your check your entry's word count before you post it... and no not rely solely on your word-processor's word count function, as it isn't always accurate. (Oh, and check with us about any creative use of hyphenations you may have made: we may not always agree with you that the adding of a hyphen between two words makes it a single word as far as counting them for the Challenge goes.)

 

[Luiglin]

*hands @Luiglin a bucket of left-over words*

Can you select and put them in the correct order please @Cathbad . All I need to do then is pour them over my keyboard

 

[Luiglin]

...stare at that pile of stones and wonder how it hasn't toppled.

And there's your 300 worder.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Cathbad: Astute crime fiction with a mixture of clever plotting and a true sense of human psychology.

Stable: Mysterious tale of a strange phenomenon that combines introspection with a sense of sublime vastness.

Ian Fortytwo: Imaginative dystopian story with an important point to make about the seductions of supposedly benign oppression.

Rafellin: Moving account of esprit de corps and the power it has over those who face the most terrible situations.

dannymcg: Grim account of survival under the worse possible circumstances, and how it transforms even the best into the worst.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Thank you @Victoria Silverwolf . What a brilliant review.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

There's me. I'd hoped to be the first person to use the word 'cairn', but Rafellin beat me to it. Hope the ideas are flowing, everyone. I've enjoyed the stories so far, CC

 

[Rafellin]

There's me. I'd hoped to be the first person to use the word 'cairn', but Rafellin beat me to it. ...CC

Gotta be quick around here.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Cat's Cradle: A tale of eldritch horror with, perhaps, an allegorical representation of the destruction of the natural environment.

 

[nixie]

I don't normally enter 300, the quality of the entries are amazing and I'm terrified of lowering the tone. Anyway the picture made me think of Aladdin's lamp, I sat down to write about genies but instead came up with this.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

nixie: A subtle horror story with a reminder that benefits often come with great cost.

Daysman: A science fiction epic that demonstrates how the alien can seem strangely familiar.

 

[Hummus]

Still getting my head around how to best approach/appreciate flash fiction, but enjoyed all this!
Guess it takes a certain focus (which I normally don't have haha) to catch all the details.

 

[Parson]

Still getting my head around how to best approach/appreciate flash fiction, but enjoyed all this!
Guess it takes a certain focus (which I normally don't have haha) to catch all the details.

I'd suggest that you just dive it. You could easily surprise yourself.

 

[Luiglin]

I'm in. A whole lot darker than it started out but the tale needed telling.

 

[Vaz]

The quality of early entries is reaching new heights. You folks are pretty awesome.

I'm in myself. A bit melodramatic and weepy but I've just finished reading a romance novel so forgive me

Good luck all, can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with.

V

 

[Danny McG]

I'm in. A whole lot darker than it started out but the tale needed telling.

No Makka Pakka?
It hardly seems like a story now you've left him out!

 

[Luiglin]

No Makka Pakka?
It hardly seems like a story now you've left him out!

I had to cut him out. That would have been too dark.