DISCUSSION THREAD -- 350 Word Writing Challenge #50 (July 2023)

Cat's Cradle: Compassion and righteous indignation come together to create a powerful fable of those who are often overlooked by the more fortunate. The author obviously understands the highest purpose of thoughtful science fiction; by looking into the mirror of a carefully imagined future, we see the present more clearly.
 
Mine's in. I went in a different route this time after playing around with a few different story ideas and writing styles for each.
Good luck to all!
 
@Victoria Silverwolf .... Best Friend ,,,, This is a Science Fiction story that succeeds both on the level of science and of human verse nature conflict. No matter how things change some things stay the same.

@Cat's Cradle .... Meet Whalesong, Alaska's Newest Family (A Happy Tale of a Confluence of Sad Events) .... A Science Fiction story which is so current and yet so out of step with what we know that it surely will be true on some level some day.

@Rafellin .... Layers .... This is a Post-apocalyptic story that puts the emphasis both on post and apocalyptic.

@THX1138 .... The One Called Frozen Soul .... This is a harrowing story of survival in the form of a Nordic Myth Fantasy.

@genelewis .... Frozen Time .... This is a really original time travel story with a hook that cries out for a greater exploration story of its very unnatural phenomenon.

@Aknot .... A Daughter’s Embrace .... This is a mythical story which carries the deep yearnings of the wild and windswept steppes throughout the generations.

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Okay you lot, I'd love these stories spread out over days not all piled into one, but they were good and nothing if not diverse. Well done.
 
Rafellin: With great skill, the author builds slowly from an ordinary slice-of-life to a sweeping vision of the future of humanity. Add to this a gift for characterization not limited to human beings and you have a soaring work of the imagination.

THX1138: A saga fit to compare with any from ancient times comes to life in this moody tale of darkness and survival. Despite its mythic content, it rings with the absolute authenticity of history.

genelewis: By making use of scientific fact, as it is known today, the author draws the reader into the world of this story as if it were a documentary. Much more effective, then, is its extraordinary conclusion.

Aknot: The author offers the entranced readers a completely original creation myth, so full of detail it seems as if we have always known it. By involving characters with whom we can identify, we become one with them and their remarkable world.
 
@Swank .... The Father .... This is a story filled with cold calculation and cold execution. It makes me shiver with the depth of emotion which is being held back.
 
Swank: By creating a character who exists through vast amounts of time the author allows the reader to see how both nature and humanity are subject to slow but relentless change. Against this awe-inspiring background we learn how enmity may be eternal.
 
Rjalex: The sardonic, matter-of-fact tone of this cautionary tale causes its message to sneak up on the reader unexpectedly. Once the razor-sharp blade has penetrated the consciousness, the moral is clear.
 
My first 300 worder and it just so happens to be a special anniversary edition. Of course.

While I'm grateful for the extra 50 words, I wish I wasn't making my debut in such an august event.

I didn't want to let the side down with something weakass, so I went back over the last two challenges and read through the entries---a tried and true method of developing an inferiority complex, lol.

I'd like to take even more time than I already have, but I'm going on a finance course for the next couple of weeks or so, and writing opps will likely be at a minimum. So here goes nothing...

*crosses fingers and posts*
 
@Rjalex .... Archives and Records ,,,, This is a story which seems so matter of fact that the punch of the story is effectively doubled.

@Paul J. Menzies .... A Hoary Song of Ice and Ire ---1912--- .... This is a story with one of the greatest lines ever (I so want to quoter it), and then boom! a surprise ending.
 
Thank you so much, kind sir.

I'd say more but maybe I'd better wait till all is writ and done.
 
I am in! I had to, or I would have kept tinkering and ruminating indefinitely. It doesn't always improve the whole.
Al that editing runs the risk of ruining the natural flow of your prose and narrative. We can't have that when entering a challenge, right?
 
Paul J. Menzies: The playful anthropomorphism of this sly fable conceals a serious and profound intent. By the time readers reach the conclusion, they will be forced to glance into the mirror of self-examination.

Elckerlyc: The deliberately old-fashioned language of this excursion into the fantastic fits most appropriately with its premise, resembling that of classic scientific romances. Its revelatory climax awakens the reader's sense of wonder.
 
@Elckerlyc .... The Water Merchant .... This is a story told from a unique perspective and leads us along a path which we expect to a conclusion that we do not expect and causes us to wonder what just happened.
 
Yozh: In the classic tradition of hard science fiction writers, the author makes use of plausible speculative details to make the imagined future seem as real as the present. This strengthens the irony of a conclusion that brings in the past as well.
 
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