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

[Jo Zebedee]

@Jo Zebedee Thanks for the vote!

Very welcome. I’m a sucker for dogs!

 

[Elckerlyc]

Earned a mention:
@Cat's Cradle
@AnRoinnUltra
@Phyrebrat
@Parson

Deserved to be shortlisted:
@Victoria Silverwolf
@Peter V
@The Judge

But the vote goes to:
@Astro Pen

 

[Bowler1]

Pitchforks, get em quick and before voting closes and in good time to demand a recount and start general mob mayhem.

Pitchforks, get em before the snails go off, which may already be too late as things smell funky here.

I need shorter marketing, I'm out of breath after all my shouting.

 

[Daysman]

High tide approaches, so here're my Neptunian nine inc. vote:
@paranoid marvin
@Victoria Silverwolf
@JS Wiig
@Bren G
@BT Jones
@Parson
@Elckerlyc (vote)
@Jo Zebedee
@The Judge

Thanks to @Christine Wheelwright, @Hugh and @farntfar for your listings and to @Victoria Silverwolf and @Parson for your much appreciated survey of these uncharted seas.

Have a great what-remains-of Sunday!

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

Honorable mentions
Under the what? - @BigJ
Waterway To Go - @paranoid marvin
Into the Deep - @JS Wiig

Vote
Scarcity and Value - @Parson

 

[TheIntelligencePolice]

Well done guys for raining down some great tales!

Unfortunately I can't shortlist everybody, so here are the one's I've managed to fish out of the stream.

@Raz2k13
@paranoid marvin
@mosaix
@M. Robert Gibson
@Luiglin
@Jo Zebedee

But the tale that gets my vote is @THX1138! Well done there, you really got at my heartstrings.

 

[Wayne Mack]

This was an interesting group of stories with varied ideas. It made for a pleasurable read.

My vote:

Waterway To Go @paranoid marvin​

My short list:

Just Covenant @Bren G​

Into the Deep @JS Wiig​

Gone Fishin' @TheIntelligencePolice​

This Time @Troyzan787​

 

[The Judge]

A stream of excellent stories issued forth this month. My shortlist:

Bruce MacLean -- Vengeance​

Cat's Cradle -- Of Voices and Water​

Elckerlyc -- Water Debt​

johnnyjet -- Surfer Dude at the End of the World​

Peter V -- Ferryman​

Phyrebrat -- Στύξ​

THX1138 -- Old Friend​

Troyzan787 -- This Time​

Victoria Silverwolf -- Confluence​

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After a good bit of re-reading it came down to a tussle between Elckerlyc's dystopian story of water shortage and a father's sacrifice, and Peter's abundance of water and a ferryman being sacrificed, but Peter just won it for the sheer chutzpah of its main character.

And a mention for BigJ who just pipped MRG for the Terrible Pun of the Month Award!

Many well-filled thanks for the lovely shortlistings/mentions Victoria, nixie, johnnyjet, sule, Hugh, elckerlyc and Daysman. And tremendous tears-of-happiness thanks for the wonderful vote Bruce! (As I went to post my story, I quickly read the entries and saw my story was similar to yours, so I hastily removed the "tsunami" I had in there to put clear blue water between us!)

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Excellent month, all! Running late, so here are my lists:

Honorable mentions:
THX1138, nixie, paranoid marvin, Peter V, Starbeast, Elckerlyc, The Judge, Ursa major

Finalists:
mosaix, johnnyjet, Parson

I had picked my finalists earlier today, and just re-read them to pick my vote. I laughed at mosaix's punchline, again, so there's my vote - very funny stuff, mosaix!

Finally, in addition to my earlier thanks I'd like also to express gratitude to Aknot, Bruce MacLean, farntfar, Elckerlyc, and The Judge for the lovely listings.

 

[Astro Pen]

Cruising the length of the river, I passed some interesting jetties
@Guttersnipe
@BT Jones
@Peter V
@Parson

But moored at @THX1138 , thinking of the dog that might once have jumped off the boat and onto the boardwalk.

Thanks for the votes @Phyrebrat @Elckerlyc and @therapist
and the listings from @Victoria Silverwolf @VRlass @AnRoinnUltra and @Hugh
Also thanks to @Christine Wheelwright who persuaded me to write something, (I wasn't going to enter), just before the deadline

 

[THX1138]

Pitchforks, get em quick and before voting closes and in good time to demand a recount and start general mob mayhem.

Pitchforks, get em before the snails go off, which may already be too late as things smell funky here.

I need shorter marketing, I'm out of breath after all my shouting.

Thx1138 uses his Freeze Ray pitchfork to remove and clear away all of the snaily bits from Bowler's 1 farm, and sends it all far downwind and away from Bowler1. Thx1138 then sits under a tree and thinks about what he did. Think, think, think.

 

[Ursa major]

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The poll has closed and we have a winner:

Congratulations, Parson!​

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[Parson]

Wow! oh Wow! It's hard to believe that my story won. I had the idea fairly early on about seeing the true value of water, especially in a space setting. It still took a long time to get it down. But the reward of winning is a true treat.

I'd like to thank those who voted for me. @VRlass @JS Wiig @AnRoinnUltra @johnnyjet @Bowler1 @Luiglin and @M. Robert Gibson

and the mentions I received from @Victoria Silverwolf @Christine Wheelwright @sule @Aknot @Hugh @farntfar @Elckerlyc @Daysman @Cat's Cradle and @Astro Pen --- My apologies if I've missed anyone here.

I'm going to have to think about what I might like to set for the next challenge.

 

[THX1138]

Congratulations @Parson !

 

[THX1138]

Thanks @Astro Pen , @TheIntelligencePolice , @Guttersnipe and @BigJ for your votes!
And a thanks to @Luiglin for the top three. @Victoria Silverwolf and @VRlass for the short lists.

Lots of great stories this month.
Thanks again to everyone else for the votes and shortlists!

 

[Elckerlyc]

Congratulations @Parson!

 

[nixie]

Congratulations @Parson.

 

[therapist]

nice work @Parson

 

[mosaix]

Congratulations @Parson.

 

[The Judge]

Congratulations, Parson! I look forward to hearing your dulcet tones on the next Chronscast!