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Okay, here’s my competition.
I’ve decided your stories should be based around/feature this item: the Mask of Markopan. Now I don’t know what that conjures in your minds – perhaps something creepy or classical, something comical, gothic or bizarre (I like bizarre)… I don’t know, but that’s what I’ve come up with.
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The Rules.
One entry per person. I want to read the best that you can do. So take your time. Paradox, take note.
No word limit, but try to make it short-ish. You can name your story The Mask of Markopan if you wish. I don’t mind.
Put SSC5 in the title, and I’ll pick the top 3 – when? – on the 14th of June. That’s two weeks.
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I might adopt the Meka Dragon way of judging – i.e. cut and paste each entry and then read them all in one go when I’ve long forgotten who wrote what, but if that's not possible I'll comment when I see/read them.
So there you go. An invisible trophy brimming with invisible tenners will be awarded to the winner.
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Result
There were many entries - some good, others very good - and it was genuinely tricky for me to pick a top trio. Several stories were on the fringe of making it in – so merit to all who took the time to write.
But choose a Top 3 I must, and here is my final judgment, in reverse order:
Third
One Hell of a Battenberg (Meka Dragon): A humorous tale – entertaining and nicely constructed.
Second
Herbidie’s True Love (Grix Thraves): A wonderful fairytalesque yarn.
The Winner
Eyes That See (FinalFantasyFanatic): I really like FFF’s stuff. Reading his abstract weavings is like accessing the mildly unhinged machinations of a peculiar webspinner - you can quote that on the back cover of your forthcoming book ;-) - and his entry is a prime example of this poetic-prose goodness. Well done, squire. Keep it going.
I’ve decided your stories should be based around/feature this item: the Mask of Markopan. Now I don’t know what that conjures in your minds – perhaps something creepy or classical, something comical, gothic or bizarre (I like bizarre)… I don’t know, but that’s what I’ve come up with.
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The Rules.
One entry per person. I want to read the best that you can do. So take your time. Paradox, take note.
No word limit, but try to make it short-ish. You can name your story The Mask of Markopan if you wish. I don’t mind.
Put SSC5 in the title, and I’ll pick the top 3 – when? – on the 14th of June. That’s two weeks.
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I might adopt the Meka Dragon way of judging – i.e. cut and paste each entry and then read them all in one go when I’ve long forgotten who wrote what, but if that's not possible I'll comment when I see/read them.
So there you go. An invisible trophy brimming with invisible tenners will be awarded to the winner.
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Result
There were many entries - some good, others very good - and it was genuinely tricky for me to pick a top trio. Several stories were on the fringe of making it in – so merit to all who took the time to write.
But choose a Top 3 I must, and here is my final judgment, in reverse order:
Third
One Hell of a Battenberg (Meka Dragon): A humorous tale – entertaining and nicely constructed.
Second
Herbidie’s True Love (Grix Thraves): A wonderful fairytalesque yarn.
The Winner
Eyes That See (FinalFantasyFanatic): I really like FFF’s stuff. Reading his abstract weavings is like accessing the mildly unhinged machinations of a peculiar webspinner - you can quote that on the back cover of your forthcoming book ;-) - and his entry is a prime example of this poetic-prose goodness. Well done, squire. Keep it going.
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I'm scheming a rubbish load of words in my head now.
<< <<©H®I§>> >> wrote:
> Finished my story and it is now up for people to read.
Yeah, mine too if anyone's interested.
> Finished my story and it is now up for people to read.
Yeah, mine too if anyone's interested.
Feedback left, my pet. I really need to get into a rhythem of writing my entry. Just isn't coming as I want it to.
Finished my story and it is now up for people to read.
Heh, still haven't got far into my piece yet though. It'll probably suck but at least its something different to most of the standard entries.
That was perhaps the greatest sentence I have ever read.
It's funktabular!
It's funktabular!
Present tense will be gone, past going catched but future won't be happened anyway
Black Glove will forgot about the deadline; im assured.
heh . . . I don't get it.
I have almost finished my story now so it might not be up today but probably Thursday, ain't making no promises though.
I have almost finished my story now so it might not be up today but probably Thursday, ain't making no promises though.
death to coffee shop intellectuals.
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