DISCUSSION THREAD -- September 2020 75-Word Writing Challenge

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Congratulations @Moonbat ; a fine entry by all standards.

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[BT Jones]

Wow! I've just finished reading all the September cloud stories and what a fantastic display of imagination and craft. Congrats to all who entered. If this is the standard every month, I have no idea how I'm gonna narrow my choice down to one solitary vote in October. (Egads!)

Welcome @wagtail, fellow antipodean. Can we call you Willy for short?

 

[wagtail]

Welcome @wagtail, fellow antipodean. Can we call you Willy for short?

lol yes you can, though I prefer 'Wags'

 

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Okay, so here's my 'gloom and doom'

Those Who Remember Your Past…
Shaleeza-7 is everything we dreamed of, like Earth, long before we destroyed it. Air so pure, we’ve discarded our heavy respirators. We’ll liberate this planet and make it our own.
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Shaleezan resistance is primitive and ineffective. They peer into our minds, but can’t replicate our complex weapons. Their clubs advanced to spears and eventually arrows.
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Green tinged clouds smelling of bleach and hay from a Great War we’d forgotten rolled over us, and they’ve won.

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[Danny McG]

Well done Moonbat, a cracking little tale!
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Thanks peeps for the three mentions I gathered this month. I've also decided my new technique wasn't particularly effective!

And a special prize to the most blatant attempt to garner votes
They only fade away - @Danny McG -

 

[Parson]

I don't want to link someone's artwork, but you should look at this version of Karloff's Frankenstein: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L2BA00?commentId=4040851

That's a weird mash up of humor and horror art work. Maybe it should be called horrmor?

 

[Bren G]

Congrats @Moonbat! You were my original vote and glad you made it thru! What a close one. Well done to @Elckerlyc for a fine performance!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Many congratulations!

 

[scarpelius]

@Moonbat

 

[nixie]

Congratulations @Moonbat

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Congratulations, Moonbat, and commiserations, Elckerlyc! A very close tie-breaker. I checked back many times each day and it was a great diversion (from this crazy world) watching the votes coming in for both of you.
Looking forward to starting the whole imagination/creation process over again, with your genre/theme pairing, Moonbat, CC

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Congratulations @Moonbat .

 

[Daysman]

Congrats @Moonbat !

 

[mosaix]

Congratulations @Moonbat.

Commiserations @Elckerlyc.

 

[Elckerlyc]

Congratulations @Moonbat! Well and deservedly won!
My, what a thriller that was. Suspense till the end.

I may have lost the tie, but I am happy with the end result anyway. I never expected to get this far with my quiet, little story The View..
The idea for this story came from a previous challenge' theme: A Room With a View. But I couldn't get it right. Whatever I pushed, shoved, mangled, cut or stitched,it wouldn't work as I wished. So, in the end I dropped it (didn't work either) and wrote something completely different for that challenge.

For this challenge I originally wanted to write a story about the Oort Cloud. But as I only decided to enter for this challenge about two days before closure (that's a different story) there was not enough time to let that idea grow to maturity. I looked back at dropped attempts forr inspiration and found The View. I added some required clouds, had to cut some other stuff, and suddenly all parts dropped into their place.

 

[The Judge]

Congratulations, Moonbat! Commiserations Elckerlyc, but congrats on getting to the tie-break and fighting a good fight -- I'm sure you'll look heavenly in the bridesmaid's dress!!

 

[Hugh]

Well done Moonbat and Elckerlyc! Both winners! So close!

 

[Elckerlyc]

I'm sure you'll look heavenly in the bridesmaid's dress!!

I'm not sure I want to know what that would look like... But thanks anyway.

 

[Luiglin]

Congrats @Moonbat

 

[Moonbat]

After voting for Paranoid Marvin I have not been onto the forum for a few days, life is much busier than the easy days of 2009 when I joined this forum and spent many many hours Chronning.
I have an exam in 2 days time for which I'm trying to study, and it just so happens to be a Cloud + exam, so when I popped on to check out the forum this month I thought - 'I know about cloud stuff, I can write one'. I did not expect to win and last I saw I was tied on 2 votes with a plethora of other Chronners.
I realised this morning that I hadn't logged on to check but assume I just hadn't' had time to congratulate the winner. Imagine my surprise to find out I had made it through to t'tiebreak and actually won. Woohoo.

Well done Elckerlyc on a great story and well done to all the other entries, some really fine stories. I feel a bit sheepish, I'm sure, since I won many years back with an Ogre coupon story, that I have re-used the format I used this time, in fact it might be the third time I've used it so I feel a bit unoriginal. I did like my story and would love to flesh it out into something longer (maybe I will if time permits)

Thanks again to all who voted for me. I'm now a three-times-75-word-champ