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

[The Judge]

The March 75 Worder is up, courtesy of reiver33 (with a little help from HB) MARCH 2022 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge -- READ FIRST POST!!

Theme: March​

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Genre: Speculative Fiction​

Good luck, everyone.

 

[Starbeast]

@reiver33 Nice curve ball you have thrown at us. And Speculative Fiction genre is much appreciated.

I'm strapping on my gas-powered thinking helmet and grabbing my over-sized butterfly net. I'm going Muse Hunting. Hmm...I'd better take my shotgun. The Muse may not cooperate quietly. Perhaps my cattle prod too. BZZZZZT! (thud)

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Funny how a story can just come to you, when you're not even thinking about the Challenge.
There's me, and good luck, all, with your stories, CC

 

[Peter V]

Funny how a story can just come to you, when you're not even thinking about the Challenge.
There's me, and good luck, all, with your stories, CC

Great start CC

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Thanks so much, Peter V - I appreciate the kind words.

alexvss added to the quality of the start, good story!

 

[alexvss]

Thanks so much, Peter V - I appreciate the kind words.

alexvss added to the quality of the start, good story!

Thanx! And we both had the same idea to use "march" as a verb!

 

[Parson]

@Cat's Cradle .... Double Time .... A story which is really fills out a wonderful pun. Double time, indeed!

@alexvss .... The March of the Evil .... A story which almost shows the light bulb going off as someone thinks a new thought.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Well I have posted my story.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Thank you, Parson!

 

[Parson]

@Ian Fortytwo .... Let's Move March Somewhere Else .... A story which makes me consider the misuse of power on a grand scale.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Cat's Cradle marches to a correction of past losses.

alexvss marches to a consideration of one's motives.

Ian Fortytwo marches to a pondering of the problem of pain.

 

[Parson]

@Victoria Silverwolf .... Why is a Raven Like a Writing Desk? .... Victoria channels her inner James Joyce and writes a multi-layered story in only 75 words.

 

[Bowler1]

My initial reaction was to grab a pitchfork and have a low slung holster for my ray gun and go in search of River33, but being well dressed and prepared aside, I had second thoughts as an idea took shape. Well done River33, have a free pitchfork.

 

[Parson]

@AnRoinnUltra .... Walk in a measured tread .... Methinks the story ending is too clever by half.

@paranoid marvin .... Step Right Up .... P.M. introduces us to the great equalizer, marketing.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

AnRoinnUlta marches to a biting spoof of dictatorial pretentions.

paranoid marvin marches to a sly look at promotional marketing.

Iwroteathing marches to a wistfully sad and beautiful poem.

Ashleyne marches to the darkest possible side of creativity.

BigJ marches to an ironic melding of past and future.

Christine Wheelwright marches to a cautionary tale of intimate relationships.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Guttersnipe marches to a clever way of using an opponent's words to one's own advantage.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Great to see so many entries so early in the month. I thought I was going to struggle with coming up with an entry this month, but here I am already.

 

[Parson]

@Iwroteathing .... Closer to March .... IWAT presents us with a poem of equal parts beauty and sadness.

@Ashleyne .... The March of The Punished .... Ashleyne gives us a very dark story of crime and punishment.

@BigJ .... Beware the Ides .... BJ reminds us of the huge difference one word makes.

@Christine Wheelwright .... The Waste Land Revisited .... C.W. slips us a dark story where relationships give us insight into a truth about months in the northern hemisphere.

@Guttersnipe .... Only a Wee Bit o' Luck Will Do .... A story which leaves us wondering if the luck was actually good luck or bad.

@Astro Pen .... Shop till you drop .... A.P. points us to the world of unintended consequences.


*Let's see, so far we've averaged 3 stories a day, at that rate 69. If that happens I'm going to have to start charging for the time I spend doing this.

 

[Bowler1]

With a coy smile, Bowler1 strolls on to the stage, with a low slung RAY GUN and holster - no pitchforks tonight, it's back to pre-Covid-19 weapons of choice.

Ahem... I've posted my March entry and well done River33, it was on the money for me.

With a final wink, Bowler1 exits stage right.

 

[chrispenycate]

*Let's see, so far we've averaged 3 stories a day, at that rate 69. If that happens I'm going to have to start charging for the time I spend doing this.

You're right - for our record 75 entries (April 2012, ten year aniversary next month) where Karn and hopewrites doing the commentaries, Perp didn't even attempt it and I can't see either of them redoing the atteempt

When I attempted the same I didn't even finish the first week - fortunate I didn't even start posting them, no?