Discussion Thread - 300-word Writing Challenge #56 (January 2025)

[THX1138]

Just what stories will sprout from it, only time will tell...

 

[Parson]

In my case that seed may fall on rocky ground.

 

[Ursa major]

may fall on rocky ground

Rocky ground, eh? So the image could have been given the title, Eye of the Tiger?

Well, you may have something there:

 

[paranoid marvin]

Turn the picture upside down, and you've got some kind of skeletal creature (bird?) with a pincer-like jaw/beak.

But I mentioned before, the picture looks more like things caught in a web than any kind of seeds.

 

[JS Wiig]

Looks like a Tootsie Roll to me.

 

[THX1138]

Or the destroyed remains of a Romulan Bird of War.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Clearly it’s a pike and a b-wing starfighter

 

[Ursa major]

It's more like an embryonic Leviathan from Farscape.

 

[THX1138]

Clearly it’s a pike and a b-wing starfighter

I can see that!

 

[THX1138]

A dusty pair of eyeglasses...

 

[Ursa major]

The 300-word Challenge thread is now open for entries.

 

[Rafellin]

Damn but the formatting on my story isn't what I thought it was. It's a mess. Could have tidied that if I'd checked sooner. Apologies.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Rafellin: The author writes convincingly about a completely nonhuman character. This adds realism to the story's chillingly imagined premise.

THX1138: The deceptively calm tone of this story gives its surprising conclusion extra power. In addition to a compelling plot, it offers a thoughtful look at the question of consciousness.

Astro Pen: The poetic imagery found throughout this story draws the reader into its dream-like mood. The breadth of the vision it provides strikes one with awe.

AnRoinnUltra: With a razor-sharp satiric look at a familiar folk myth, this story demonstrates the power of belief. The ironic ending adds spice to the mixture.

Ian Fortytwo: This charming and colorful fable delights the reader with its gentleness and optimism. The theme of sharing the extraordinary could well apply to us all.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Well my muse granted me a story. Somehow I saw a web in the picture.

 

[Parson]

@Rafellin .... Gain in Translation .... This is a story of wonder and communication across what would seem impossible barriers.

@THX1138 .... The Question of, ‘I Am.’ .... This is a story which underlines the fact that emotions can crank up our desire to be understood and perhaps obeyed.

@Astro Pen .... Symbiosis .... This is a story which explores the connection that can be made between separate entities at the crosswords of sound and being.

@AnRoinnUltra .... Honstobock Giollavurra and the failed Invasion of Earth .... This is story which seems so weird and yet so weirdly believable that I have an urge to clamp down on my sphincter.

@Victoria Silverwolf .... Amanda .... This is a story that made me think of John Denver and rethink what one of his songs, one of my favorites, might actually be pointing toward.

@Ian Fortytwo .... The Enchanted Threads of Silas's. .... This is a story which is wonderful fantasy of peace and love and harmony in a place and a way heretofore unimagined.

 

[Starbeast]

Fortunately, an idea bubbled to the top of my mind a week ago. The Muse was on vacation.

I just finished my entry and posted. I'm looking forward to read all of the other tales that came before mine.

 

[Parson]

@Starbeast .... Fiend From Another World .... This is a story that takes a page out of the "You know you are doomed, but you're not sure why you're doomed, and what are you going to do since you are doomed" playbook.


***@starbeast --- your avatar has gown a handsome hat and that rugged three day old beard looks good on you.