DISCUSSION THREAD -- September 2021 -- 75-Word Writing Challenge

[StilLearning]

Well done Victoria Silverwolf, well earned!

 

[Bren G]

Congratulations @Victoria Silverwolf !

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Congratulations @Victoria Silverwolf . A definite winning story.

 

[Elckerlyc]

Veni, vidi vici... Congrats @Victoria Silverwolf!

 

[Daysman]

Congrats @Victoria Silverwolf !!!

 

[nixie]

Congratulations Victoria.

 

[mosaix]

Congratulations, Victoria!

 

[Dan Jones]

Congratulations Victoria.

I suppose I'd better explain my story, which went down like a lead zeppelin. It wasn't as cryptic as it maybe first appeared. It was just me being a very naughty boy and breaking the rules - my entry was seventy-six words long, exceeding the limit of the challenge, thus breaking the rules. And the final word was... seventy-six.

I thought I was being very clever, but no votes and only one mention (thanks @Phyrebrat!) will teach me better than to mess about with the rules in the future. Even the mods didn't spot it!

PS @Parson when I said I wanted to break some sacred rules, and kept saying I could count on you, this is what I was referring to!

 

[mosaix]

Congratulations Victoria.

I suppose I'd better explain my story, which went down like a lead zeppelin. It wasn't as cryptic as it maybe first appeared. It was just me being a very naughty boy and breaking the rules - my entry was seventy-six words long, exceeding the limit of the challenge, thus breaking the rules. And the final word was... seventy-six.

I thought I was being very clever, but no votes and only one mention (thanks @Phyrebrat!) will teach me better than to mess about with the rules in the future. Even the mods didn't spot it!

PS @Parson when I said I wanted to break some sacred rules, and kept saying I could count on you, this is what I was referring to!

Well, that went totally over my head, @Dan Jones. I was looking for some reference to Count Dracula!

 

[Dan Jones]

I'm of the opinion that a piece of writing can be interpreted in whichever way the reader sees fit, so if you saw Dracula in there, then fangs very much, I'm coffin with laughter etc etc

 

[mosaix]

Thanks for the mentions, shortlists @Daysman, @Phyrebrat, @Abernovo, @BT Jones, @johnnyjet, @Margaret Note Spelling, @M. Robert Gibson, @The Judge and @Elckerlyc.

And a special thanks to @Wayne Mack, @Bren G, @nixie and @farntfar for the votes.

I could have definitely used an extra ten words or so in this month's entry but I'm more than happy with four votes.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Congratulations, Victoria!!

 

[G.T.]

Thanks to @Elckerlyc and @Cat's Cradle for the mentions.

Congratulations @Victoria Silverwolf.

 

[Artoriarius]

Congratulations, @Victoria Silverwolf!

And thanks for voting for me, @AnRoinnUltra.

 

[Betok_Haney]

Great work, @Victoria Silverwolf!

 

[Hugh]

Well done @Victoria Silverwolf!

(Yet again)

And many thanks for the shortlisting @Cat's Cradle .

 

[Margaret Note Spelling]

Congratulations, @Victoria Silverwolf! Elegantly won.

 

[JS Wiig]

@Victoria Silverwolf congrats! Such a fantastic story right out of the gate.

And @<REDACTED> thank you so much for the stealth vote!

 

[Wayne Mack]

Congrats, @Victoria Silverwolf Now comes the really challenging part, thinking up the next theme!

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

Another masterclass in short stories from @Victoria Silverwolf

Big thanks for the totally unexpected votes @Hugh and @Deke

And thanks for all the totally unexpected mentions. You know who you are

And thanks for the wonderful reviews @Parson @Victoria Silverwolf

And thanks everyone for entering

And thanks everyone for reading

Phew! I'm all thanked out