DISCUSSION THREAD -- June 2024 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[Ursa major]

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The Challenge is now closed.

The poll is now open at the link below:

POLL -- June 2024 75-Word Challenge -- READ FIRST POST!​

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[Victoria Silverwolf]

Ursa major sheds light on the hunted becoming the hunter.

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Short list:

Cat's Cradle and mosaix for emotional power.

Vote goes to Parson for an honest-to-gosh, intelligent, imaginative science fiction story.

 

[BigJ]

You ever miss the submission deadline because you laid down for a nap to think about the two stories you wrote, and then overslept?

No? Just me?

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

the two stories you wrote

Ya have to post them now ...otherwise it sounds like it was all just a dream

 

[Provincial]

@Ursa major .... Georgie Porgie .... Justice carries a flaming torch as well as scales.

 

[Provincial]

So, no last minute rush then. Pity.

 

[Provincial]

You ever miss the submission deadline because you laid down for a nap to think about the two stories you wrote, and then overslept?

No? Just me?

I expect you are just ahead of the trend.

 

[Provincial]

I don't imagine that any Chronners are desperate to read my reviews/comments on each story; with Parson and Victoria Silverwolf fulfilling those roles admirably, we already have all the welcoming acknowledgement of our stories that we need in this challenge. I do find, however, that the time and effort one puts into reading the stories and then condensing down one's reactions and thoughts into a succinct one-liner pays off in spades when it is time to choose the one to vote for. As I go through those stories once more, today, I find that I know them all, as well as if I had written them myself. Moreover, re-reading them all in one sitting somehow gives one a widened perspective on the theme as they all bounce off each other in my skull, which then feeds back into my appreciation and enjoyment of the stories individually.

I recommend writing your own reviews, if you have the time.



And talking of time, it's now - VOTING TIME!

It's so hard!!!!!!!!!

Top in category:

@Daysman - Sunlight - most beautiful.
@Luiglin - Alone - most truthful.
@Christine Wheelwright - A Shocking Near Death Experience - funniest.
@Bren G - A Promise Made - most moving and emotionally complicated.
@Parson - The Light Dawns - Best SF story (like Victoria said, it was an excellent genre piece.)
@Phyrebrat - Hard Light - Best horror story.
@reiver33 - Kiss Me, Pandora - Best movie homage.
@Ursa major - Georgie Porgie - Gets this month's "PUNCHING THE AIR" award for the most juicy, satisfying ending.

Oh bum-ache, here comes the heartache:

In joint second place, @Parson for The Light Dawns and @Christine Wheelwright for A Shocking Near Death Experience, both of which hit the sweet spot for me.

Nevertheless, I am voting for @Daysman and Sunlight, because it was both otherworldly in its beauty and had a neatly chilling twist at the end.

 

[mosaix]

I have a stealth vote from @Far Stranger. Many thanks.

 

[Phyrebrat]

You’re right @Provincial — it does seem like a huge effort to make each month. I think I might’ve tried it one month around the time I joined but can’t be sure.

How Vicky and Parson manage it is beyond me. Esp the 300!

And so to my votes.
I had three vying for the vote but in the end I gave it to DaKrazyKat.

Cc*

Cul*

BrenG

DaKarazykat *

Yozh

Parson

 

[Parson]

Wow! a vote and a couple of early mentions. Thanks to @Victoria Silverwolf for the vote and @Provincial and @Phyrebrat for the lovely mentions!!

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We are indeed light on entries this month.

@AnRoinnUltra .... The Problem with Anarcho-capitalism .... This is a story about seeing the light, but seeing it too late.

@paranoid marvin .... Dining Out .... This is a story where rising to the light is not a good thing at all.

@Ursa major .... Georgie Porgie .... This is a story where the hunter has no idea what he's actually chasing.

 

[Christine Wheelwright]

This month I particularly enjoyed @Cat's Cradle , @Culhwch , @DaCrazyKat29 and @therapist . But @Phyrebrat got my vote with a great spooky story. Perhaps the dark is more than just the absence of light.

 

[johnnyjet]

I wanted to get my vote in as soon as I could as I have knee surgery tomorrow. Voted for Parson. Nice story! Later I'll post my honorable mentions.

 

[Luiglin]

I wanted to get my vote in as soon as I could as I have knee surgery tomorrow. Voted for Parson. Nice story! Later I'll post my honorable mentions.

Good luck with the surgery. I've had cartilage repair done on both mine years ago - football and aikido.

 

[THX1138]

I've had cartilage repair done on both mine years ago

Twice here on the same knee. Not much cartilage left!

 

[mosaix]

I have a stealth vote from @Far Stranger. Many thanks.

Ditto @Guttersnipe. Many thanks.

 

[Ursa major]

Good luck with the surgery, johnnyjet.


As that Roman saying (almost) goes: Cartilage delenda est.

 

[Parson]

Wow! Another vote? --- Thanks so much @johnnyjet and my prayers go with you into your surgery today.

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Shortlist:

A captain's sacrifice by @Cooper_HFT because I always love a story of an heroic sacrifice.

Naming Rights by @Peter V because I can feel the frustration and it's so true how we major on the minors of life.

Run towards the Darkness by @DaCrazyKat29 because it draws me into such a delightful enigma.

For Better, For Worse… by @mosaix because it brought a tear to my eye and reminded me of several couples I've known.

The Speed of the Dark ... by @chrispenycate because it gave me a different answer than what I expected about the speed of dark.

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Runner up: A captain's sacrifice by @Cooper_HFT

Voted: For Better, For Worse… by @mosaix

 

[BigJ]

It's true what I've heard then; one marker of old age is when your knees are no longer discerned by left and right, but by good and bad.

Ya have to post them now ...otherwise it sounds like it was all just a dream

Maybe after the voting. The reason I was humming and hawing is that one turned into a bit too blatant a retelling of a game I recently finished, and the other I just felt kind of meh about.

And who's to say this isn't all a dream anyways?

I expect you are just ahead of the trend.

So long as the trend is "more naps" I am all for it.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

No light bulb moment for me this month

Shortlist
A captain's sacrifice. - @Cooper_HFT
A Shocking Near Death Experience - @Christine Wheelwright

Vote
Journey to the Light - @Yozh