May / June 100 Word Anonymous Challenge Discussion

[Elckerlyc]

The guessing game has been (slowly) going on for more than 2 weeks. Time to move on.
Also, only 2 of the 27 contributors participated in the guessing. That is disappointing and perhaps not enough to keep the others waiting (2 weeks) before they can discuss their stories.
Two separate threads is a possibility, but I fear the guessing game will only suffer more.

 

[elvet]

I'll call the Guessing Game officially over.
Here's the list of writers, followed by the story list:

WRITERS
Ashlene - The Definition of Life
Astro pen - The Immortals of San Francisco
The Creator
bedyak - Details are the Devil
Bren G - Y2K
BT Jones - A Fight About Money
Omnia
chrispenycate - Vocabulous
The Curse of Forever
In Praise of the Naked Mole Rat
Firebird
Tithonius, I
Daysman - weight of the world
Difficult Hats
A child of his time
Elckerlyc - Meeting No. 2,987,087
Why Some Masterpieces Remain Unfinished
My Fellow Immortals
Small Talk Over Breakfast
elle telle - Near-forgotten gods
emrosenagel - What does it mean to die?
farntfar - So who is this Grod fella anyway?
G.T. - Eternity
Guttersnipe - Though I May Live Forever
gracefully.falling - Charade
Ian Fortytwo - Four Gods in Conversation
JS Wiig - Version 2.0
Pandemic
Battle on the Mountain
Luiglin - Head-to-head
Mon0zer0 - A Warm Tingle
Planck's variable
The Afterlife just ain't what it used to be.
mosaix - Happy Ending?
M. Robert Gibson - Only Nothing is Forever
paranoid marvin - A Tricky Conversation
Where Dreams Come True
Immortalised in Print
A Promise Kept
Peter V - Always Make Sure it's a Head Shot
Provincial - The Long Good-bye
Our Turn
reddishbird - Again
therapist - If Only There Was a Memory Elixir
Valtharius - The View from Above
Contact
Victoria Silverwolf - Requiem


STORIES

Requiem	Victoria Silverwolf
The View from Above	Valtharius
Head-to-head	Luiglin
If Only There Was a Memory Elixir.	therapist
Vocabulous	chrispenycate
A Tricky Conversation	paranoid marvin
Details are the Devil	bedyak
The Long Goodbye	provincial
The Immortals of San Francisco	Astro pen
A Fight About Money	BT Jones
Again	reddishbird
Though I May Live Forever	Guttersnipe
The Definition of Life	Ashleyne
Where Dreams Come True	paranoid marvin
Meeting No. 2,987,087	Elckleryc
Omnia	BT Jones
weight of the world	Daysman
Why Masterpieces Sometimes Remain Unfinished	Elckleryc
Only Nothing Is Forever	M. Robert Gibson
Difficult Hats	Daysman
So who is this Grod fella anyway?	farntfar
Version 2.0	JS Wiig
Pandemic	JS Wiig
Battle on the Mountain	JS Wiig
My Fellow Immortals.	Elckleryc
The Curse of Forever	chrispenycate
A child of his time	Daysman
The Creator	Astro pen
Y2K	Bren G
Four Gods in Conversation.	Ian Fourtytwo
A Warm Tingle	Mon0zer0
In praise of the Naked Mole Rat	chrispenycate
IMMORTALISED IN PRINT	paranoid marvin
Always Make Sure it’s a Head Shot	Peter V
Small Talk Over Breakfast	Elckleryc
Near-forgotten gods	elle telle
Eternity	G.T.
A Promise Kept	paranoid marvin
Firebird	chrispenycate
Tithonus, I	chrispenycate
Contact	Valtharius
What does it mean to die?	emrosenagel
Charade	gracefully.falling
Planck’s variable	Mon0zer0
The Afterlife just ain’t what it used to be.	Mon0zer0
Happy Ending?	mosaix
Our Turn	Provincial

A child of his time - Daysman
A Fight About Money - BT Jones
Again - reddishbird
Always Make Sure it's a Head Shot - Peter V
A Promise Kept - paranoid marvin
A Tricky Conversation - paranoid marvin
A Warm Tingle - Mon0zer0


Battle on the Mountain - JS Wiig

Charade - gracefully.falling
Contact - Valtharius

Details are the Devil - bedyak
Difficult Hats - Daysman

Eternity - G.T.

Firebird - chrispenycate
Four Gods in Conversation - Ian Fortytwo

Happy Ending - mosaix
Head-to-head - Luiglin

If Only There Was a Memory Elixir - therapist
Immortalised in Print - paranoid marvin
In Praise of the Naked Mole Rat - chrispenycate

Meeting No. 2,987,087 - Elckleryc
My Fellow Immortals - Elckleryc

Near-forgotten gods - elle telle

Omnia - BT Jones
Only Nothing is Forever - M. Robert Gibson
Our Turn - Provincial

Pandemic - JS Wiig
Planck's variable - Mon0zer0

Requiem - Victoria Silverwolf

Small Talk Over Breakfast - Elckleryc
So who is this Grod fella anyway? - farntfar

The Afterlife just ain't what it used to be - Mon0zer0
The Creator - Astro Pen
The Curse of Forever - crispenycate
The Definition of Life - Ashleyne
The Immortals of San Francisco - Astro pen
The Long Good-bye - Provincial
The View From Above - Valtharius
Though I May Live Forever - Guttersnipe
Tithonius, I - chrispenycate


Version 2.0 - JS Wiig
Vocabulous - crispenycate

weight of the world - Daysman
What does it mean to die? - emrosenagel
Where Dreams come True - paranoid marvin
Why Some Masterpieces Remain Unfinished - Elckleryc

Y2K - Bren G

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

I usually participate in the guessing game, treating it like a logic problem. However, there's been a bit of footy on recently which has distracted me somewhat from my Chrons duties

 

[Provincial]

I usually participate in the guessing game, treating it like a logic problem. However, there's been a bit of footy on recently which has distracted me somewhat from my Chrons duties

Of course! No other explanation required.

 

[Provincial]

@Daysman , I loved your story Difficult Hats, but I don’t understand the title. Where did it come from? It must be a reference to something more than the story itself…?

 

[Daysman]

@Daysman , I loved your story Difficult Hats, but I don’t understand the title. Where did it come from? It must be a reference to something more than the story itself

Just noticed your question — odd that I didn't get an alert?

Meh...

The title came from the 300 word SF version of the story, never submitted, inspired by an image of the interior of a rundown theatre.

It has a narrator whose role is to pursaude the performers to accept their reanimation.

The narrator's existence is actually more precarious than theirs, and their stress and resentment towards him at being returned to life is quite pointed.

The narrator mentions that, in this distant future, they print everything, even their costumes, but that hats are difficult...

As soon as this arrived in the conversation, I knew I had the title, given all the available metaphors and smilies associated with hats... but I've not seen difficult hats anywhere.

Glad you liked the tale.

 

[Provincial]

Just noticed your question — odd that I didn't get an alert?

Meh...

The title came from the 300 word SF version of the story, never submitted, inspired by an image of the interior of a rundown theatre.

It has a narrator whose role is to pursaude the performers to accept their reanimation.

The narrator's existence is actually more precarious than theirs, and their stress and resentment towards him at being returned to life is quite pointed.

The narrator mentions that, in this distant future, they print everything, even their costumes, but that hats are difficult...

As soon as this arrived in the conversation, I knew I had the title, given all the available metaphors and smilies associated with hats... but I've not seen difficult hats anywhere.

Glad you liked the tale.

Like I said, I loved it. The thrill of recognition when I realised who you were writing about really charmed me, especially when you seemed to know something of their relationship. Did that come from the recent movie, or did you know about Laurel and Hardy anyway?

 

[Daysman]

Nooooo, I've no particular knowledge of Laurel and Hardy as they were in life — I did see the biopic, but that's a whole other conversation.

Your question's gotten me thinking about historical figures in fiction...

It sounds odd, but even in these small challenges, I don't think I'm really comfortable with it.

See, I don't even assign names to fictional characters, not usually, and I didn't here, thinking I was dealing with unattributed architypes... but I really wasn't, was I?

Anyhow... have a good Sunday!

 

[Daysman]

Okay, so it's official — don't know what day it is...

 

[Valtharius]

It happens to the best of us. Regardless, Happy Monday.