Discussion Thread -- May 2021-- 75 Word Story Challenge

wow i got some mentions! many thanks @BT Jones and @M. Robert Gibson.

and a sneaky vote from the beast. thanks heaps @Starbeast. Galos'o taramet'ar my friend, galos'o taramet'ar

on the whole lack of discussion that @Cat's Cradle mentioned, i have been finding it hard to get on the forum too. i haven't posted many stories lately and on numerous occasions i have started writing something and then completely forgotten about it until after the deadline has passed. in fact writing in general has really dried up for me. can't really blame it on Covid as we're pretty free of it down here so i'll blame the new kid disrupting our life. that and the fact i discovered home brew and home distilling...
 
My vote went to @Daysman's "Felix Culpa" for a good uncomplicated old-fashioned story that tickled my brain cells. A clear winner.

A shortlist is beyond me, but (in no particular order) here are the others that I rated most highly this month:
@Marvin
@paranoid marvin
@The Judge
@G.T.
@Mr Orange
@Serendipity
@Peter V
@nixie

21 votes in, and four are ahead at the halfway post with just two votes each. Plenty of time left for others to make up some ground.
 
Shortlist:
Methuselah Speaks by BT Jones
The New Attraction for Professor Fate's Galaxy of Terror CIRCUS by Starbeast
The Beginning of the End by Guttersnipe
Wordlessly wet by chrispenycate
And that's why the Human/Troll war started. by M. Robert Gibson
Language Deficit by The Judge

Vote:
The Interpreter by Dan Jones
 
Another really difficult one to choose - my shortish list is cut down to;- Astro pen Marvin, Mr Orange, paranoid marvin, Perpetual Man, reddishbird, reiver33 and The Judge I finally worked it down to Perp and 'er 'onour, and yes, I'm afraid I flipped a coin (he confesses).

Not that many votes yet.

With my standard thanks to Parson and Victoria for thr reviews (I don't know how you manage it month after month - I tried just once, and didn-t complete that.

And thanks, Sule,for the mention.
 
Thanks for the mentions.

They are all good.
I'm going for @Daysman FELIX CULPA only because I have to choose something and it did make me smile. That joke is is in the same vein as Indiana Jones and the whip at the Egyptian market.
 
Once again we have a batch of interesting stories that leave me voting nuances and personal preferences.

Shortlist:

Life & Death by @emrosenagel for a story that for me delved deeply into philosophy/theology.
Unanswerable Questions by @JS Wiig for a story that for me pointed to the center of the peace humanity can gain.
Prompt Concord by @Guanazee for a story that brought me an insight into the allure of innocence and just plain old fun.
And that's why the Human/Troll war started by @M. Robert Gibson for a story which pointed out for me the dangers of literal translation, especially when understood through other languages.
Language Deficit by @The Judge for a story that showed me that true understanding takes more and sometimes less than understanding the words of a sentence.

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In the end I had to vote for Language Deficit. Her honor used so many words I had to Google that I left a browser open, but if I had read to the end it would not have been necessary because the meaning was very clear.

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After voting I noticed that I received a vote from @emrosenagel. Thank you so much! Greatly appreciated.
 
My top ten for this month:

@reiver33 - the comfort of knowing that whatever your species, you can always have a bit of Barney. Also strangely topical given Germany's Eurovision entry last week.
@BT Jones - on the face of it trees do seem the type to be austerely literal in their interpretations. Or they could just be barking mad...
@emrosenagel - of course life and death are two sides of the same coin. Why not use one word for both? There is peace in such existential acceptance.
@Marvin - when will we learn, eh? There's a reason it's called the Tower of Babel, you know!
@Daysman - Fake it until you make it (out alive)
@mosaix - the truth will set you free. But getting to it beneath layers and layers of alien obfuscation isn't worth the effort. I'd clock off early and go down the pub, Carlson, if I were you.
@johnnyjet - now that's a real horror story for me - a world without music!
@chrispenycate - a fantastic slice of imagistic verse – a cunning, elaborate use of words to show that sometimes words aren't needed at all.
@M. Robert Gibson - in the words of Lisa Simpson, it's funny how sometimes two wrongs do make a right. And if you hire four translators when one will do, then frankly you deserve what you get.
@The Judge - An ironic exercise in the flauccinaucinihilipilification of language itself. 'Nuff said.

So difficult to choose one from this bunch, but in the end I plumped for Chrisp. Her Honour ran it close, but the theme seemed to lend itself to Chrisp's style and delivery, and bore its irony in its very structure, which was very cool.
 
There are some terrific stories this month (mine not included in that group, hah!). It was difficult culling, but I now have my lists:

Honorables:
therapist, Daysman, mosaix, Mr. Orange

Ones that made me wish I had more votes:
emrosenagel, reddishbird, Guttersnipe, johnnyjet, M. Robert Gibson

One I did vote for:
The Judge. Powerful ending, T.J. - exceptionally moving, well done.

Thank you, Starbeast, for the mention! Best of luck in the voting, all, CC
 
Dave said:
Two leaders have pulled away from the peloton. Exciting times in the final few hours of the race. @Daysman and @The Judge are neck and neck.
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I like the analogy of a peloton. The fleet of riders who do the real grunt work but somehow don't have that little something (whatever that might be and I don't think it's all physical or mental) to make them a threat to win the thing. But if the peloton doesn't put the work in winning becomes not as significant.
 
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