DISCUSSION THREAD -- JULY 2023 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[Starbeast]

The Muse struck me with an idea during a thunderstorm and tornado warning.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

I like your Muse, Starbeast!

Hope the tornado never actually troubled your area, CC

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"Despite its rollicking drollery, more proper for the music hall than the laboratory, this report from Starbeast suggests a connection with the infamous rodent of Sumatra. Is the world yet prepared to learn of it, do you suppose?"

"As a physician, dear fellow, you will be interested to hear of the medical technique mentioned by Daysman, albeit it suggests less of Lister and more of Moriarty."

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"I blush to imagine that Christine Wheelwright be not a nom de plume for a Frenchman, given the bold frankness in this work, which rivals that of Monsieur Balzac, as well as that famed author's literary quality."

 

[Phyrebrat]

How’re you getting on with Shadows Over Baker St, @Cat's Cradle ??

I’m reading a Neil Gaiman shirt at the moment called A Study in Emerald which is a Holmes vs Cthulhu mythos story

 

[Cat's Cradle]

How’re you getting on with Shadows Over Baker St, @Cat's Cradle ??

It's waiting to be picked up at our local Post office, so I should have it in my grubby hands in the next day or two. I have some eye problems, so my partner/wife and I have a reading night once a week. She will hopefully be able to start reading it before the end of the week, really looking forward to it.

If you enjoy A Study in Emerald, please note it here (or in the reading thread), and I'll get that too, thanks!

 

[Parson]

Well, my entry has now been assigned to the fates of the thread. I hope that it produces some entertainment value in some quarters of these oft trod threads.

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@Starbeast .... Fezziwig’s Mercantile - We Sell Everything Est. 1823 .... This story boggles the mind as I'm sure it was intended to. Game night will never be the same.

@Daysman .... Trade Off .... This story left me to question the wisdom of doing anything at all.

@Christine Wheelwright .... Le Club des Mille Mètres d’Altitude .... This story helps to answer the question of what that petticoat was doing on the lightening rod.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

I hope that it produces some entertainment value in some quarters of these oft trod threads.

I smiled throughout, Parson, and laughed at the ending! I think it's quite good, and hope/think most folks will appreciate it as well. Good one, IMO!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"This report of a mysterious disappearance from Parson (I wonder; could this be an alias for that clever clergyman Father Brown?) suggests a connection with the affair of the Matilda Briggs; which is, as I have noted before, an incident for which the world is not yet prepared."

 

[Parson]

@mosaix .... I Only Bet on Certainties .... This story really defines what it means to win when winning is the most important thing in your life.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"Let this incident reported by mosaix (no doubt a street urchin, much like our own Baker Street Irregulars) serve as a warning to you, old fellow; your habit of placing wagers on billiard players and racehorses will soon reduce your military pension to a trifle."

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"I have not often been accused of excessive sentimentality; however, this domestic scene from the pen of chrispenycate forces me to admit that, to some, there is music far sweeter than that produced by my treasured Stradivarius."

 

[Phyrebrat]

Had a mind-glitch (scarily more common these days). Thought I’d had no idea for this seventy five challenge. Went off into my head and realised I’d already entered.

#OAPgoals

 

[Parson]

@chrispenycate .... Interlude .... This is a story which reminds me that an interlude is often a grace period.

@Bren G .... Reckless Embrace .... This is a story which leaves me wondering about what reckless really means.

 

[THX1138]

Had a mind-glitch (scarily more common these days). Thought I’d had no idea for this seventy five challenge. Went off into my head and realised I’d already entered.

#OAPgoals

I have that problem in the 100 worder...

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"In this account from Bren G we find one who may well remark 'the game is afoot.'"

 

[The Judge]

Well, I'm in with a second idea scenario. My first thought was to riff off the character of Jack the Lamplighter in Mary Poppins Returns, but the only risk I could think of involved her parrot brolly being wielded in an unbecoming manner after he makes unwanted amorous advances, but I thought it might contravene the Chrons' Family Friendly policy...

 

[Luiglin]

You could have done it in a Carry On style

 

[The Judge]

Carry On Up The Lamplighter does have a certain je ne sais quoi about it! Perhaps with a rendition of "A spoonful of sugar helps the brolly go ... um ... somewhere..."

 

[Ursa major]

My entry may be in , but there are still 102 minutes left to get yours in if you haven't done so yet.