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

[Bren G]

Kudos to the winner - Betok_Haney!

 

[JS Wiig]

@Betok_Haney congrats!

 

[JS Wiig]

@chrispenycate thanks for the mention!

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Congratulations @Betok_Haney .

 

[nixie]

Congratulations @Betok_Haney.
Mine was personal to me this month, I've watched my mum slowly lose herself to vascular dementia and sadly passed away a few days after I wrote this, wasn't expecting a mention never mind a vote. Thank you everyone who shortlisted and to @StilLearning and @AnRoinnUltra for the votes.

 

[mosaix]

Congratulations @Betok_Haney!

 

[Daysman]

Congrats @Betok_Haney !!!

 

[Elckerlyc]

Congratulations @Betok_Haney!

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Deepest sympathies, @nixie. Losing a mother is such a hard thing, I know (I lost my own to Alzheimer's-related illness).
There was a real sense of heart and emotion, and the values in listening and remembering, in your fine story. A piece of your art with which to commemorate your mother. Condolences, CC

 

[Peter V]

Vote to @Peter V because it reminded me of the first ghost story I ever wrote.
I can pm it to you if you like, Peter.

Fire away
And thanks for the vote

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

Mine was personal to me this month

I thought you put together a powerful collection of words -sorry to hear that @nixie

 

[The Judge]

Congratulations, Betok_Haney!


I was engrossed with a talk on the Sutton Hoo ship last night -- which, thinking about it, was itself a kind of ghost, in that its body had long since disappeared with little of it left than a ghost image in the earth! So I didn't have time to do my usual shortlist and thanks, but I did manage to rush in, re-read everything and vote.

My vote went to Daysman for a lovely piece, with not a word wasted. I was in two minds about some entries this month as they weren't ghost stories in the usual accepted sense, but nonetheless if I'd made a short list I'd have included the stories from nixie and CC among them, just for the poignancy of their work.

And belated thanks for the shortlistings/mentions johnnyjet, Parson, BT Jones, Provincial, Starbeast, CC and Chris P, and many thanks for the lovely vote Mon0Zer0!

 

[Provincial]

Many congratulations @Betok_Haney, a very well deserved win!

 

[Provincial]

Congratulations @Betok_Haney.
Mine was personal to me this month, I've watched my mum slowly lose herself to vascular dementia and sadly passed away a few days after I wrote this, wasn't expecting a mention never mind a vote. Thank you everyone who shortlisted and to @StilLearning and @AnRoinnUltra for the votes.

Really sorry to hear this nixie, it can be a really cruel way to lose a loved one. My condolences.

 

[Artoriarius]

Congratulations, @Betok_Haney!

And thanks to @Deke for voting for me.

 

[Hugh]

Many many Congratulations @Betok_Haney.

And good to see all of 46 entries this month.

Regarding my own entry: I wrote it very early on in the month, but then as I was about to post it, it dawned on me that while it featured ghosts, no way was it in the ghost story genre. I put it on hold in case anything else came to mind, but I'm very much a one-story-a-month person and anyway it tickled me, so in the end it got posted...

 

[Bowler1]

Well done Betok_Haney and I loved the simple heart warming ending you worked up.
Now lets have something with RAY GUNS in, as I'm not a big ghost fan.

 

[Hugh]

Congratulations @Betok_Haney.
Mine was personal to me this month, I've watched my mum slowly lose herself to vascular dementia and sadly passed away a few days after I wrote this, wasn't expecting a mention never mind a vote. Thank you everyone who shortlisted and to @StilLearning and @AnRoinnUltra for the votes.

I've just re-read your story. I'd already listed it, but I hadn't fully appreciated just how good it is

 

[Wayne Mack]

Congratulations, @Betok_Haney.

 

[WSDuffy]

Congratulations @Betok_Haney, well earned