DISCUSSION THREAD -- JANUARY 2022 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[Cat's Cradle]

I'm really looking forward to the podcasts, Dan and Chris! It was fun/interesting recording my December story (and hearing my recorded voice, which I hadn't done in ages), and I hope folks enjoy the reading. Though it is about 46 seconds of melancholy (well, you all read it during the voting). (I recorded the story, BTW, on my laptop with just a voice recorder app, so any future winner should have no problems doing the same!)

Honestly, this is an added and exciting incentive to try and win another Challenge. I hope the 2022 Challenge winners will all record their stories, too, CC

edit to add my thanks to Victoria Silverwolf for the review.

eidt 2 to thank WSDuffy for the nice comment.

 

[Parson]

@Victoria Silverwolf .... Disconnected .... Victoria sends us a tale that sounds frightfully realistic in a too likely future.

@Cat's Cradle .... Therapy .... Reminds us that the more human you are, the more you are susceptible to pain.

@atsouthorn .... The eternal search .... Confirms that humanity is all a drunken joke.

 

[Bowler1]

Bowler1 jogs by in a sweaty gym kit looking like he is paying in spades for his indulgent Christmas.

Pitchforks anyone... and don't think of this as joining a mindless mob, but as a New Years excerise class with an end point mission. So....

Get yer pitchforks here... pitchforks, get 'em while there still sharp and pointy.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

atsouthorn connects us with a wry creation myth.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

jjcomet connects us with a poetic view of the cosmos.

 

[Parson]

@jjcomet .... Cosmic Fling .... Some connections are more volatile than others.

 

[Bowler1]

I thought I was going a little left field with my entry this month only to find Starbeast has already taken that spot, and SB is welcome to the the spot, I don't think I can compete. I won't ever pull on a loose thread again.

As ever, I'm free for any mindless mob activity and fully stocked with all the nick knacks needed, including good footwear. Always look after your feet, especially when on the run. Chasing or chased, a blister is no laughing matter, especially if you're the chased.

 

[Parson]

@Bowler1 .... All The Moving Parts .... The machine of life can sometimes be put on hold for the important things.

@paranoid marvin .... Off The Rails .... Sometimes a metaphor is not a metaphor and you wonder it's really for.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Bowler1 connects us with a combination of mythmaking and the daily grind of the workplace.

paranoid marvin connects us with a droll look at appropriate technology.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

cyprus7 connects us with the inevitability of technical challenges.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Well my muse is trying dry January and has produced a story.

 

[Parson]

@cyprus7 .... Your World Zoo .... Cy 7 writes us a tale about what happens when the inmates of a zoo come to run it.

@Ian Fortytwo .... The Lost Suitcase .... Life is miserable when you get a text ending your relationship, before it ever began.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Ian Fortytwo connects us with a Kafkaesque account of mysterious errands and unseen forces.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Thank you to @Parson and @Victoria Silverwolf for the brilliant reviews. I haven't read Kafka yet, perhaps I should.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

My pleasure. (And, to be honest, I'm answering because I'm editing out something here I put in the wrong thread.)

 

[Parson]

@M. Robert Gibson .... Kajar and the Six Degrees of Separation .... As the Bible says: "Be sure your sin will find you out." even if you think you're protected six ways from Sunday.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

M. Robert Gibson connects us with a clever example of how a sword cuts both ways.

 

[Parson]

@DF17 .... Labor Pains .... Any labor is filled with what passes for pain, but the results of the labor are precious to the max.

@johnnyjet .... The Winter of Our Disconnect .... In the winter some connections are more frustrating than fruitful and a disconnect doesn't sound that bad at all.

 

[Parson]

@chrispenycate .... Ecolytes .... Sometimes the human connection to the environment is very, very, malevolent.

@Perky .... A Light in Space .... Sometimes the connection to the mother ship is too strong to be avoided.

 

[Daysman]

Didn't think I'd have anything this month... then I got this image stuck in my head...