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Libby replied to the topic Monthly Competition – August 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 9 months ago
Two Routes (395 words including title)
Autumn brought knowledge, and he liked that, the gladness that the year had turned up nothing untoward. Evenings with mild friends, some cricket watched and books read. At work, where he crunched data for the health service, an easy retirement waited a few months ahead.
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Libby replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 9 months agocar
vegetable
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Sandra replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 9 months agoboat
cheese
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 9 months agoBicycle
Fruit
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Barny replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 9 months agoBus
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Athelstone posted an update in the group
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoRe Choices, and especially @seagreen and @knickylaurelle who have posted choices. Sorry, I inadvertently put up an old version of the lists which omitted “animal” from choice 1.
A reminder that everybody is free to change choices until the group closes.
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It’s all good for me. Doesn’t change my choice any 😊
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Libby replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months ago@seagreen I’m hooked straightaway by a character called Piety.
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Seagreen replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoSpacecraft
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Athelstone replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoAwards to Knicky and to Seagreen (who joined even before I’d finished setting up).
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Libby replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoThanks, Ath. A brilliant challenge to get our teeth into.
The first winner is Knicky for being so fast off the mark 🙂
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Athelstone started the topic Rules in the forum Coming Home 4 years, 10 months ago
Some Basic Story Rules and Guidelines
The challenge is to produce a short story, so in the way that the term is usually understood, what is needed is a work of fiction. By all means stretch this definition as you like, to include, for example, an imaginative account of true events, but please avoid essays, reportage, political polemic,…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 4 years, 10 months ago
It’s that time again. There’s a new group in town. Head on over to “Coming Home” for details of the new Short Story Challenge.
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Athelstone started the topic Voting in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoOn the face of it, what you have to do is quite simple. However, those of you have been through this before in previous challenges will know that in fact it is extraordinarily tough.
When the writing stage of the challenge closes on 7 February 2022 at 22:00 UK time, the voting stage begins. No doubt most of you will have read many of the entries…[Read more] -
Athelstone started the topic Choices in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoWelcome all.
<e>Home is where the heart is</e> according to Pliny the Elder and a thousand sentimental songs since his time. Pliny clearly had in mind a place where we love to be: where we were shaped. But maybe that doesn’t appeal to our writing souls. Perhaps it’s a place of dread, or contempt, or it’s so unfamiliar as to be unrec…[Read more]
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Athelstone started the topic Welcome PLEASE READ THIS FIRST in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoWelcome all.
Home is where the heart is according to Pliny the Elder and a thousand sentimental songs since his time. Pliny clearly had in mind a place where we love to be: where we were shaped. But maybe that doesn’t appeal to our writing souls. Perhaps it’s a place of dread, or contempt, or it’s so unfamiliar as to be unrecognised. We may n…[Read more]
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