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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
A bump never hurt anyone – well, unless it did. Anyway, BUMP. Don’t forget the short story writing challenge! If that means little, hurry over to the group “Things that go bump!” and be enlightened (You’ll have to join to read the forum). Preferably make a choice and take part.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 10 months agoPerhaps ghosts are rewriting our stories…
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Athelstone replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 10 months agoIt certainly was memorable. A superb short story with two perfectly-flawed protagonists. The first challenge on the new site – started on the Cloud and rebooted here.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 10 months ago…Although I’ve just remembered my ‘Room with a View’ story wasn’t supernatural. You know, the one where I came top? Memorable, clearly
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Daedalus replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 10 months agoAs do I, although I just have this feeling that the fact I’ve essentially written ghost stories, broadly defined, for the last four challenges straight is not going to help me in the slightest
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Athelstone replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 10 months agoHah! Completely unintentional but the choices are taking on something of the evangelical hymn titles I remember from my Methodist upbringing.
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“Onward Denion soldiers” you mean?
Yeah, and for the first time in these challenges, my mind keeps trying to force a story in advance of the theme.
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Away, unbeliever. Watch!
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Lol
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Daedalus replied to the topic Susie in the forum Blogs 5 years, 10 months ago
Wow Richard, what a story. I really wasn’t expecting that ending. It’s funny when you meet people who just have this sort of energy about them, who you know in your bones are remarkable. Lovely bit of real life at a deep emotional level, beautifully told
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Daedalus replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 10 months agoAway, believer, ring
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Athelstone replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 10 months agoMy selections, chosen for me by our wonderful administrator, Jules, are:
Away, Believer, Watch
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Jules replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 10 months agoHome, unbeliever, vase
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Jules replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 10 months agoThis is great. It’s so far up my street it should be called Jules-ville. Thanks, Ath 😁
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I noticed that too 😉
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😁
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Athelstone started the topic Things that go bump in the forum Blogs 5 years, 10 months ago
Well, I’ve gone and done it again. Time for a short story challenge I believe. This one has a ghostly and supernatural theme. If you’d like to find out more then hurry over to the group Things that go bump. Once you have joined, you can read all about it in the forum.
You know you want to.
You’ll be sorry if you don’t.
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Phew – it’s been on mind for the past week or two … on my way.
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That time of year already. Hooray.
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Athelstone replied to the topic A Want of Discipline: Abergele, 1868 in the forum Blogs 5 years, 10 months ago
Fascinating, Richard. Rich’s words may have been ahead of their time, but that serves to emphasise how persistent the root causes of these disasters are. We still do it, even with our modern safety culture. Sadly, there are forces working to erode what gains have been made. The “Health & Safety Gone Mad” slogan may not belong to a formal campaign;…[Read more]
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Jules replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum
CoronaMo 5 years, 11 months agoWell done on the short story acceptance, Doug.
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Jules replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 5 years, 11 months ago
Pretty sure Stephen King now has a team of fact checkers. But yes I imagine the tone of those letters is gleeful. What I’ll say for King is that even though he’s writing speculative fiction, he portrays characters who’ve had life experiences he has not respectfully. The same cannot be said for Boyne! One of the big problems with The Boy in the…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 5 years, 11 months ago
There are degrees to this and a dependency on the type of book being written. I am not searching for an artificial precision in moral culpability. I am not saying that there are some absolute rules at play. I am saying that if you bend the truth to suit your story, while at the same time maintaining that what you write is authentic, then there are…[Read more]
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