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

[Parson]

@emrosenagel .... How to Succeed at World Domination Without Really Trying .... This story is just wild and great fun. Probably more truth than fiction at the emotional level.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Guttersnipe: There is always another level to explore.

Troyzan787: Little things can have big problems.

genelewis: There is no limit to suffering.

Bowler1: Some things are as inevitable as death and taxes.

emrosenagel: Some dangers are too subtle to notice.

 

[Parson]

@johnnyjet .... Ashcastles .... This is a story which lives up to its beautiful and evocative title.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

johnnyjet: Not all dreams come true.

 

[Parson]

@Starbeast .... Post WW3 Procedure .... This is a hilarious story of an apocalyptic bureaucracy in full display.

@Astro Pen .... The Innominate .... This story taught me a word, and is the perfect bureaucratic nightmare.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Starbeast: The Circumlocution Office is eternal.

Astro Pen: Invisibility is the best disguise.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

paranoid marvin: The boy who cries "wolf" might be right.

 

[Starbeast]

@Astro Pen "They don't fix themselves then, sir. Ha ha ha."

 

[Parson]

@paranoid marvin .... Off The Rails .... A story of how bureaucracy is not to be trusted in either direction.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

AnRoinnUltra: Few problems have simple solutions.

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

Gah ...a timely reminder to check your entries folks. In my head I included the one word that was needed to finish the story, but in reality had left it in my head. Phnap and drat and ganuncle, ah well -off to the 100 worder (maybe)

 

[Parson]

@AnRoinnUltra .... The tale of Robo Receptionist FZB3158 .... A story that proves that automation may not change anything that was bad.

 

[Parson]

@Peter V .... The Librarian .... This is a story which reminds us that even bureaucracies don't do well in a post apocalyptic world.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

My muse cut the red tape.

 

[Provincial]

My muse cut the red tape.

Did they cut the green tape first? And the yellow tape?

 

[Parson]

My muse struck early this month and I'm willing to bet in a unique direction. I liked the story a lot. Unfortunately, she seems to have forgotten that there needed to be a bureaucracy involved. So I'm going to chain her to the post and see if she can come up with something else.

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@Ian Fortytwo .... Bureaucracy gets in the way .... A story so not unusual that it seems clearly diabolic.

@M. Robert Gibson ..... Letter from the United Nations Department of Excise for Ambulatory Deceased .... A story which clearly lets us know that bureaucracy never dies.

 

[mosaix]

I'm in. I had the last line in my mind almost from day one but it took a while to come up with the remaining 70 odd.

 

[Parson]

@Luiglin .... New World, Old Order .... A story that sounds both too likely and too far out and yet very true to life.

@mosaix .... Is That You Rita? .... A story of the last gasp of humanity and a surprise.

 

[Parson]

@MetalHorse233 .... The Last Serum .... A story of desperate times, desperate measures, and desperate gambles.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

I'm in! Interesting/challenging genre-theme pairing. I haven't read the other stories yet, so I hope my idea isn't too close to anyone else's. Looking forward to reading and voting in the next few days, CC