February / March 100 Word Anonymous Challenge 2022 Discussion

[AnRoinnUltra]

Thanks @elvet and @paranoid marvin , and all the mystery writers -great reading as usual:

Voted for:

The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers - anthropomorphic supernaturalism (had to look that up! great story)
A Visitor at Last - it's Covid remembrance day where I am, not sure if that influenced me but this one had to get the vote.

Shortlisters:

Density of the Daleks - great dialogue, would love to film a skit using it sometime if the author was cool about it (sadly it'd be just for fun but obviously full credit etc.)
A New Dope - the almost compulsory SFF challenge SW skit, and well done it was too
Retaken - I thought this was a very well written nicely rounded 100 worder
Eric - though this was a nice take on the theme
Honeymoon on Callisto - had a funky old school SF thing about it that I liked

 

[elvet]

My short list:
Lets go and Party - had a good twist
Camouflage - making the most out of the 'Who' in the title
Galactic Writ - Because you really wonder who it is

Votes go to:
The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers - lovely that I had to read it a few times to get it and it made me smile.
Retaken - had a hint of wonder to it.

 

[JS Wiig]

Lets go and party! - removing obstacles sometimes requires subtle trickery

A New Dope - Robot Chicken anyone?

 

[Elckerlyc]

Shortlisted:
Once A Foe
Wormhole Wide Boys
Retaken

Voted:
First Contact
A Visitor At Last

 

[elvet]

Congratulations to our winner>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AnRoinnUltra
for First Contact

The Guessing Game has started.

Here is your list of contributing authors:
AnRoinnUltra
Astro Pen
Axovan Sol
BT Jones
chrispenycate
Christine Wheelwright
Daysman
Elckerlyc
elvet
Guttersnipe
Iwroteathing
JS Wiig
mosaix
M. Robert Gibson
paranoid marvin
Starbeast
stevejk
Swank
Victoria Silverwolf
worldofmutes

WARNING!
My next post will be a Spoiler Post for those not interested in playing the game.

 

[elvet]

SPOILER REVEAL LIST​

This is the list of stories and authors for those who want to know who they voted for and DO NOT want to participate in the Guessing Game.
Comments about the stories are welcome, but please don't give away anything that may reveal the authors before they are correctly guessed.

WARNING
DO NOT LOOK IF YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY THE GUESSING GAME
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Spoiler: List of stories and authors

A Bot and Costell Hoo - M. Robert Gibson
Along The Wall - stevejk
Ancient rights - Astro Pen
A New Dope - paranoid marvin
A Visitor at Last - elvet
Camouflage - chrispenycate
Cave Dweller - JS Wiig
Cenotaph - Victoria Silverwolf
Density of the Daleks - paranoid marvin
Eric - paranoid marvin
End of comfort - Axovan Sol
Final Transmission from Station Gamma - Swank
Fire Starter - Iwroteathing
First Contact - AnRoinnUltra
Galactic Writ - Elckerlyc
Honeymoon on Callisto - worldofmutes
Immortal - Daysman
Incognito ergo sum - AnRoinnUltra
It’s Just Me - JS Wiig
Let’s go and party! - Christine Wheelwright
Nightmare at the Never Say Fudge Candy Company - Starbeast
Once a Foe... - mosaix
Retaken - Astro Pen
The Alternative - worldofmutes
The Matter of Language - worldofmutes
The trouble with Plutonian bouncers - AnRoinnUltra
The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers - JS Wiig
The Subject - stevejk
The Zenolob of Beezie's Island - AnRoinnUltra
Things that go scrape in the night - AnRoinnUltra
Times are a-changing - Elckerlyc
Trojans Bearing Gifts - Guttersnipe
What kind of person goes to Earth - AnRoinnUltra
Which Witch is What? - stevejk
"Who goes there? Friend or Foe?" - chrispenycate
Who Passed There - chrispenycate
W.H.O.'s responsible? - chrispenycate
Wormhole Wide Boys - BT Jones

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[Victoria Silverwolf]

Many congratulations!

 

[worldofmutes]

Congrats friend @AnRoinnUltra ! You’re a fabulous writer.

 

[Elckerlyc]

Congratulations @AnRoinnUltra!

 

[mosaix]

Congratulations @AnRoinnUltra

 

[Daysman]

Congrats @AnRoinnUltra !!!

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Congratulations @AnRoinnUltra

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

Thanks lads, that's a great start to the week. In my mind the people who contribute here are writer's writers. No ego's, no messing - just doing it because they love it.
To get the nod for a story is a proud day.

Plus I think it means I get to pick the topic for the next challenge, which is handy as I've hopefully got a good one for ye. It comes from a time years ago when someone asked me to design them a tattoo. I said 'sure, what do ya want done?', and expected to hear something like 'a skeleton on a motorbike'. Instead they gave a one word answer that got me staring at a blank page and head scratching.

Hopefully it'll do the same job here

Thanks again @elvet for keeping this going, and thanks Chrons for all the stories, fair play

 

[Astro Pen]

Well done @AnRoinnUltra
Your stories are the only ones I can reliably guess correctly. Though, with this one, only 'Sockenlozenge' flagged it up.

 

[Christine Wheelwright]

Yes, congratulations @AnRoinnUltra

And thanks to all the people who voted for my story (although, obviously, you are not sure who you are).

 

[elvet]

Some statistics:
20 authors submitted 38 stories.
6 authors wrote 3 or more stories, and our winner was in this category.

 

[Starbeast]

Congratulations AnRoinnUltra
@AnRoinnUltra​

 

[Christine Wheelwright]

20 authors submitted 38 stories.
6 authors wrote 3 or more stories, and our winner was in this category.

I think this means that on a 'votes per story' basis I was a clear winner! Is there a green or polka-dot jersey for that?

 

[paranoid marvin]

Congratulations AnRoinnUltra !!

Thanks to everyone who entered and voted, and thanks to elvet for running the show yet again.

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

Is there a green or polka-dot jersey for that?

Think that'd be the most combative prize, so a red number (and €20k prize money, or your own weight in cheese) ...nice guessing clue