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

[Parson]

@Daysman .... clair de lune .... There are connections that you would prefer to be broken.

 

[cyprus7]

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.

Well done! I listened to the entire podcast episode this morning.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Thank you, @cyprus7! It was fun.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

DF17 connects us with a look at the bond between creator and created.

johnnyjet connects us with humanity's dependence on its devices.

chrispenycate connects us with the importance of a balanced ecosystem.

Perky connects us with a confrontation with the unexpected.

Daysman connects us with a most unusual form of control.

 

[Parson]

@mosaix .... I Thought You’d Never Ask... .... Some connections are made through time, and some are made in spite of it.

 

[Bowler1]

How are those New Year resolutions doing and has the fitness regime kicked in yet?

Voting will open soon and I live in hope of a lynch mob, so get in early and get your pitchfork here before the expected mindless mob rush grabs all my stock. Step up, step up... there's no time like right now to get your pitchfork.

 

[Parson]

@Hugh .... Heart Contact .... Sometimes a connection can be made on a purely ethereal basis.

 

[Parson]

Well, my 9 year old twin granddaughters played muse for me this afternoon and I dropped a bomb in the 75 Word Challenge.

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@BT Jones .... Montgomery Ming and the mother of all miss-dials .... Sometimes you don't make the connection that you want to make

@reiver33 .... gestalt .... Sometimes connections are far too personal and intimate to be tolerated.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

mosaix connects us with a remarkable form of anticipation.

Hugh connects us with a tragic tale of a last meeting.

BT Jones connects us with a wry look at theological speculation.

reiver33 connects us with a surreal tale of terror.

Parson connects us with a Rabelaisian comedy.

 

[Parson]

@Victoria Silverwolf .... You've taught me another word, and a perfect one at that Rabelaisian, considering its origin it's almost too perfect.

 

[Bowler1]

I had to look it up as well, but I didn't want to admit I had to until Parson coughed up.

 

[Hugh]

I believe a goose's neck is recommended by the good friar....

 

[Parson]

"Goose's neck?" I had to look that up as well and 2 minutes later I'm still chuckling. How did I not know of this sarcastic (?) friar before?

 

[Parson]

@Luiglin .... Different sides .... Sometimes a rhetorical question has a surprising answer, or at least deserves one.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Luiglin connects us with a striking example of noblesse oblige.

 

[The Judge]

I'm in. Not the story I thought it was going to be, but there we are!

 

[Ursa major]

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The challenge has now closed to new entries and the poll is open at the link below:

POLL -- January 2022 75-Word Challenge -- READ FIRST POST!​

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[Victoria Silverwolf]

Elckerlyc connects us with the emotions of a fellow creature.

Venusian Broon connects us with a loss of self.

Bren G connects us with a poetic tribute to one who is gone.

The Judge connects us with the relentless pursuit of the truth.

Perpetual Man connects us with a celebration of friendship.

Ursa major connects us with an explanation for silence.

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Short list:

Guttersnipe

JS Wiig

Daysman

mosaix

Hugh

reiver33

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VOTE:

Peter V

 

[Parson]

@Elckerlyc .... Felix .... A great story of a cat whose context is likely only widely understood here. It's not one or the other, it's both!

@Venusian Broon .... One of us .... Sometimes a wonderful connection can disguise a awful condition.

@Bren G .... * Supernova * .... The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.

@The Judge .... The Investigative Genetic Genealogist’s Last Case .... An interesting story of police DNA tracing with an ending I did not see coming.

@Perpetual Man .... Farewell .... Perp writes us an insider story of a certain well known tea room.

@Ursa major .... Bypass Operation .... Some connections just vanish and almost everyone is surprised.

 

[worldofmutes]

Aknot - In the most dire of emergencies, why does our technology abandon us?

Mon0Zer0 - What would it be like if we lost the freedom of driving the open road?

Iwroteathing - Connects me with the horror scifi flick Sputnik.

Guttersnipe - Who can wake us from our coma?

JS Wiig - Only the brain surgeon, with a little bit of tinkering.

AnRoinnUltra - Very funny, I laughed at this one.

Starbeast - The fate of the universe is hanging by a thread.

Peter V - Hmm. Very elusive, those clever little girls.

Astro Pen - Interesting, something about connecting lifetimes.

WSDuffy - Does a message arrive in time, or does it arrive in the nick of time?

Christine Wheelwright - A clever pun for a simple bot to comprehend.

Victoria Silverwolf - A topical theme that I’m surprised hasn’t been used so frequently.

Cat’s Cradle - Never forget a hug.

atsouthorn - Will the search for meaning never end?

jjcomet - Nice! A climactic, cosmic entanglement!

Bowler1 - I think it’s good to work while the tea steeps.

paranoid marvin - Funny and imaginative.

cyprus7 - Makes me wonder what conspiracy the SLA is planning.

Ian FortyTwo - A spy must always maneuver without baggage.

M. Robert Gibson - What is a connection worth?

DF17 - I like the vocabulary and the way it molds together.

johnnyjet - Frosty the snowman as slender man.

chrispenycate - A little bit of poetry to soothe my soul.

Perky - It’s time to get back on track.

Daysman - An uncle is always tied down by the hands of civilization.

mosaix - It’s never such a bad thing to have your diary read by someone you cherish.

Hugh - The inhabitants from before cry for their home.

BT Jones - A twist on the popular Led Zeppelin song.

reiver33 - What horrors drive ‘me’ to think about suicide?

Parson - How easily we dismiss the people who love us.

Luiglin - How easily we dismiss the fatherland.

Elckerlyc - Has anybody died inside of a coffin?

Venusian Broon - What does a smile reveal, what does a smile know?

Bren G - Very plaintive and beautiful.

The Judge - Has the Judge been reading ‘The Lovely Bones’?

Perpetual Man - One Man’s recollection of a better time.

Ursa Major - Strikes me as ironic.