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Libby started the topic Short story published in the forum Podium 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The story I wrote for the November comp. ‘I Lied When I Said My Daughter Lived Abroad’ has been published today:
https://www.cafelitmagazine.uk/
Thank you, Terrie @purplewitch for the prompt!
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition October 2025 in the forum Monthly Competition 8 months ago
What fabulous entries, all of them fantastical, brilliant and captivating. Halloween has prompted very good stories.
@jillsted – here was an enticing mystery with a comic touch. Told with great pacing and a strong atmosphere of folk tale, it hooked me from start to finish.
@purplewitch (Terrie) – what wonderful creepiness. I loved the rich lan…[Read more]
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Knicks replied to the topic Monthly Comp – October 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition 1 year, 8 months ago
Heya lovelies,
Apologies for the day-late decision making. I’ve been oout and aboout with my egg, enjoying our midterm break from work and school, and foolishly saved the reading until the final day of the month because I wanted to take in each piece at the same time, rather than read as submitted, and also to give everyone who could, a chance to…[Read more]
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – June 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years ago
<p style=”background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 21.0pt 0cm;”>These three pieces are all so interesting and satisfying, and such good uses of ‘electricity’ that, as usual, I’ve struggled to decide on a winner because the standard is so high. I’m intrigued by how something as impersonal and powerful as electricity has resulted in intimate pieces,…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted a new activity comment 2 years, 2 months ago
@purplewitch absolutely. I don’t think it will be an issue because the writer in question is quite sharp. Anyway, if it gets to the point where a 3rd party is giving it a professional read, it isn’t going to last.
@richardb yep, that analogy is about right. In this instance I wouldn’t say the author has cloth ears (although the others might, I…[Read more]
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Adding a bit of nonsense to the conversation –
To write a pithy sentence and not use well-worn phrases
Comes with all the thinking and headache that it raises.
So, me, I play with words and, using inconsistent skill,
I hammer, pull, and twist them and bend them to my will.
I make them mine – reformed, unique, and, sometimes packed with w…[Read more]-
Very nice too.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Competition – February 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 4 months ago
Well done, @purplewitch. That was an excellent return to the monthly competition 🙂
Liked that prompt @pinkbelt. Super bunch of entries this month.
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Well done, Libby. A really fine story and definitely worth another read.
Thank you, Ath.
And Bella.
Congratulations, Libby.