Discussion Thread -- OCTOBER 2020 -- 300 Word Writing Challenge (#39)

A good turn out of stories this quarter and though I have to confess I didn't understand quite a few of them, that still left a lot of pruning to be done to get my shortlist to be, well, short. Anyway, here are my favourites:

BT Jones -- 10 Degrees​
Cat's Cradle -- The Panacea or the Grey​
chrispenycate -- This be the verse you grave​
Elckerlyc -- "Thy name was writ in water -- it shall stand"​
Jo Zebedee -- Adam's Rest​
Luiglin -- Long Past​
Marvin -- Post Apocalyptic Wonderland​
Peter V -- Fruits de Mer​
Phyrebrat -- Vigil for a Mother​
Rafellin -- Clearance​


The first vote was easy as I fell for Phyrebrat's beautiful tale of remembrance and forgetting on the very first read, as was the second, since Luiglin's bell-like tolling of tale of violence and death grew on me more and more. However, the third vote was a three-way battle between BT Jones's story of love and suicide, Elckerlyc's tale of aliens literally writing names in water and Rafellin's tale of redemption, and after a lot of to-ing and fro-ing (?ebbing and flowing!) Rafellin just squeaked ahead by the thinnest of margins.

And two special prizes -- best original title to The Big Peat, and best use of an old title to chrispenycate. (Though I'm glad we left Larkin behind and returned to the originator, Stevenson for the story!)

As I mentioned, my story this quarter was very much a Plan Z, so I'm astounded and flabbergasted my djinn tale garnered so many votes, though since half of them are stealth votes I wonder if people were too ashamed to come into the thread here and admit to voting for it! ;) Anyhow, great nightingale and pomegranate thanks for the lovely long/shortlistings MRG and BTJ, and exalted, revered and properly respected mighty djinn thanks for the incredible votes -- ninja'd and otherwise -- Victoria, scarpelius (both of you thanks for the lovely comments, too), Chris p, Phyrebrat, CC, nixie, Jo, Ashleyne, TBP and Bren G!


nixie said:
Close, wonder who will get the bridesmaid dress @Phyrebrat or @The Judge ?
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Yeah, as if that's ever in doubt when things are close. At least I'll be spared losing in a tie-break yet again!
 
I flew in this morning and voted, but thanks to all who have mentioned mine or voted for it (Phyrebrat nailed the theme I was mostly writing beautifully). Genuinely I am squeezing writing into corners of my life recently - I’m musing on how to escape that trap! So the mentions meant loads :)
 
Congratulations, O Phyrebrat, great thief of the Challenges, hoarder of votes, stealer of glory!

But next time I've got a win-worthy entry I'm going to bin yours so no one can vote for you. :p



EDIT: just seen I've got another stealth vote! Many great djinn-y thanks, Ursa!
 
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Congratulations, Phyrebrat, for a very fine story, and victory.
Condolences, The Judge - author of another very fine story in this Challenge of very good stories - for just missing a (dreaded!) tie-breaker. :)

Big thanks also for the late listings from johnnyjet and The Judge.



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Well done, Phyrebrat.

Lookee, lookee. Two whole votes. Hell must be frosty this morning.

Thank you to M. Robert Gibson and The Judge for those accolades, and thanks to BT Jones for the honourable mention.
 
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