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Seagreen started the topic Monthly comp – October 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
If you don’t mind, I’m going to steer away from the typical Halloween-type thing. Instead, I’d like you to get in touch with your negative emotions – hate, fear, despair – whatever you like and however you like.
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
Eek! Sorry about this, but I’ve been caught on the hop. Loved ALL of your stories and wasn’t expecting to be anywhere near the podium this month.
Thanks to Janette for hauling me out of a particularly deep rut with the theme for this comp, and thanks to all of you for challenging me to be better.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
Well done, @seagreen, excellent story.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
Great stuff @seagreen. Super story.
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Janette replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
Results
Six entries this month, each a real pleasure to read, but the strength of writing has made judging a tough order.John S Alty – Sunset
I thoroughly enjoyed this story of Frank and Sarah shipwrecked and stranded on an island. Loved the ‘knob of butter’ image of a sun setting, though felt the expression could have been strengthened if it…[Read more] -
Athelstone replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
Red Sun
Sunsets are very different here. Everything is different, but it was the sunset that I was staring at last night. Or rather, the absence of a sunset.
OK. No sunset. Tell you what, there aren’t any asthmatics here on Grissom’s planet either. I’m not blaming anybody; when a 300-mile-wide asteroid drew a bead on Earth at twenty-five miles…[Read more]
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Janette replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
Only 5 days to go for the September comp – and only 3 entries!
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*just* snuck an entry in. Yay me!
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Yay! I’m looking forward to reading them over.
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Barny replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 11 months agoOh ok then Believer. Justin time 😉
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Clebs replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 11 months agoHome
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Barny replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 11 months agoHome, Belieber, Spoon
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
OK – at the risk of badgering people, three and a bit days left to enter “Things that go bump”. Also – 18 members at present, but only 16 sets of choices. If you’re intending to take part, don’t forget!
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Janette replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
How would you describe a breathtaking sunset? Why no come along to the monthly comp and put it into a short story? It’s already half way through the month, it would be great to get a few more entries.
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
The marking of a life, or two.
This the second funeral in six days and the mourning very different.
Last week’s was of a mother. Not his, not biologically, but one who had nevertheless mothered him. Had generously included him, enabled him to share in the love she gave her natural sons. Much needed when his own family had been hard and spiky, s…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
“I don’t care where you’ve been, You ain’t been nowhere till you’ve been in – the Things that go Bump writing challenge.”
Find the group. Join. Enjoy.
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Now there’s a coincidence. Neither am I.
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Nor me! Although I am not good with those pictures!
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I sometimes think a robot would be better at identifying the traffic lights than I am. Hang on, maybe that’s the point…
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Those blasted traffic lights. I’m always relieved to get the fire hydrants. I think I’m becoming a fire hydrant fan.
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Good to mix things up with the occasional bit of fire hydrant. But where’s the other street furniture? Why can’t we identify some litter bins for a change, or bike stands or something?
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Dogs. I want to identify all the dalmatians in a field full of friesan cows.
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I once saw a dalmatian in a field full of daisies.
Re street furniture, it could be the tables and chairs a coffee shop blocks the pavement with in a town near me.
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Janette replied to the topic Cloudie short story challenge publication in the forum Podium 5 years, 11 months ago
Ooh, I remember Bathymetry well. Therefore not at all surprised at its success, but delighted nevertheless at your news Raine! You’re on a well-deserved roll.
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Sandra replied to the topic Cloudie short story challenge publication in the forum Podium 5 years, 11 months ago
You’re really on a roll, Raine … proving it’s not just buses. Brilliant news.
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
390 words.
Prison? Or exile?
My senses woke – to unfamiliar birdsong and the whisper of wind through long grasses; to the brush of warm air across my skin and the scent of lemon lavender and rose petals spiced with cinnamon; to the taste of salt-tinged air on honeyed lips. I stretched, easing joints taut with inactivity, then opened my mind t…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 11 months ago
Excuse the bizarre formatting, this had indents when I wrote it.
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