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

[Bowler1]

Conkers are good for spiders, and not just an old wife's tail.

 

[THX1138]

So, whack and spider go splat?
Until I come across some of the bigger ones down there, then they take then from me and play 'Whack the Human'!

 

[Parson]

@JS Wiig .... Goodnight, Sweet Child .... Reminds me that little is more scary than what you are imagining.

 

[Bowler1]

So, whack and spider go splat?
Until I come across some of the bigger ones down there, then they take then from me and play 'Whack the Human'!

Spiders are good and keep pesky flies and bugs under control - hence the Conker use, as I can't stand the eight-legged blighters, regardless of how useful they are.

And you don't whack the human, not when I've given you a perfectly good pitchfork. Poke... prod... with multiple use and endless fun, instead of whacking someone out, which is a one-time deal.

 

[THX1138]

Spiders are good and keep pesky flies and bugs under control - hence the Conker use, as I can't stand the eight-legged blighters, regardless of how useful they are.

And you don't whack the human, not when I've given you a perfectly good pitchfork. Poke... prod... with multiple use and endless fun, instead of whacking someone out, which is a one-time deal.

I'll poke and prod them big mouse size spiders with my pitchfork then. Then make some spider smores...Um!

 

[Bowler1]

I'd complain, but as it's pitchfork use I can't really.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

JS Wiig sheds light on common childhood imaginings.

 

[Parson]

@johnnyjet .... Castle Lights .... Reminds me that who's coming to visit determines the necessary preparation.

@Jo Zebedee .... In The Shadows .... Reminds me of an old radio line. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"

@M. Robert Gibson .... All’s Well That Ends Well Part 2, or, It Was A Dark And Stormy Night .... Reminds me that the setting of a story is not it's destiny.

 

[BT Jones]

Do you ever have those months when you have no real idea for the challenge and doubt you are going to enter at all? Then you get a vague notion that you think you can work with, open up your word document, and it just pours out onto the page, fully realised and vividly visual. And when you read through the uploaded story on the page, you wonder if you really can take full credit for it, when it's actually the thing inside you that dictated it to your fingers over the course of ten minutes?

PS: this isn't me trumpeting my story, just underlining how happy I am with it, having doubted it's very existence this morning.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

johnnyjet sheds light on the way the past influences the present.

Jo Zebedee sheds light on protecting the innocent.

M. Robert Gibson sheds light on pursuit of one's profession.

BT Jones sheds light on how actions in one place may effect another.

 

[Dan Jones]

Do you ever have those months when you have no real idea for the challenge and doubt you are going to enter at all? Then you get a vague notion that you think you can work with, open up your word document, and it just pours out onto the page, fully realised and vividly visual. And when you read through the uploaded story on the page, you wonder if you really can take full credit for it, when it's actually the thing inside you that dictated it to your fingers over the course of ten minutes?

It's a great feeling when that happens, but it's rare! Usually it takes a bit of work and polish, but yeah, sometimes it just pours out.

Entering for the first time in a while - as this month has a nice deviation from the usual SFF genres I couldn't resist, so well done @Jo Zebedee!

 

[Parson]

@BT Jones .... The City That Vanquished Light .... Reminds me that preferences and tastes vary widely from my own.

@Dan Jones .... Last Dance Upon The Heath .... Reminds me that some people just can't let go of what's gone.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Dan Jones sheds light on obsession beyond reason.

mosaix sheds light on the fallibility of evil.

 

[Parson]

@mosaix .... Darkness. The Devil’s Friend? .... Reminds me that there is a more powerful spiritual power than the Devil.

 

[Dan Jones]

Echoes of The Seventh Seal, perchance, perhaps, @mosaix?

 

[mosaix]

Echoes of The Seventh Seal, perchance, perhaps, @mosaix?

No references to other works intended @Dan Jones.

Not heard of the Seventh Seal.

Not sure we should be discussing this.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

chrispenycate sheds light on the tricks of the trade.

Hugh sheds light on the annoyance caused by intruders.

 

[Parson]

@chrispenycate .... Removals .... Reminds me that the more something looks easy, the less the person who believes that knows of the situation.

@Hugh .... Folly .... Reminds me that entropy applies even the most cloistered and that light penetrates the darkness.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Ordinator sheds light on the way battles change quickly.

 

[Parson]

@Ordinator .... Hunter hunted .... Ordinator reminds us that there is no more dangerous hunter than the one who's just been hunted.