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"Short Story Competition 6"

... about time ...

Anywho, with much apologies, the next topic title shall be:

Dust and Flame

Okay? Not too restictive, I hope.
I feel like a really crap teacher up here - but you must obey!

yeah

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Rules:

1) Put SSC6 in front of your entry, followed by the punctuation of your choice (a dash? or will it be .... a colon? the semi? who knows ... ) then your title. Call it what you will.

2) No word limit. Chances are that if I don't finish reading something, it wouldn't win anyway. Ahar

3) The closing date is Friday the 2nd of July - that's almost almost 3 weeks.

[and max. 2 entries per person]

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*drum roll*

WINNURZ!

3rd Place

Grix [URL]http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/display_messages.php?threadid=104374&forumid=423[/URL]

Wonderfully innocent but haunting piece, simple style hiding something more complex. A great read.

2nd Place

Rickoss [URL]http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/display_messages.php?threadid=104459&forumid=423¤tsort=desc[/URL]

Fantastic atmosphere and descriptions, stuck in the mind, tugged at the soul.

1st Place

Cyclone [URL]http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/display_messages.php?threadid=103955&forumid=423[/URL]

Bloody fantastic descriptions (some of the best) at start and end. Slightly lagging in the middle, but a well-deserved win for an epic story.

Special Mentions:

Every single other person who entered..
I was very impressed at the quality of entires (*snigger*) - there's not a single story I wouldn't read again. Tough judging.

Blargh, I will do an update and sort out any quibbles at the weekend, my children. Nice to see the site is getting some use.

Oh, and sorry Grix, I think I ended up guessing because I appear to have left out your entry. Fear not, it will be sorted.

Mav wrote:
> It's just getting so samey having a dark story with a murder or worse.
> I'm not saying I'm not guilty of it (though I've only entered once),
> but I'd commend anyone that dares to be a little different.

There's always something different.
[URL]http://planetnintendo.co.uk/ssc/stories.htm[/URL] for some good examples.

Meka's "One Hell of a Battenburg" was clever, without being too dark.
Ineedsleep's "Dear Diary" was brilliant.

The best one by far though, still, is Black Glove's "Zora's Wish".
Different in the most beautifully sculptured way.

And Grix's LSD trip beat it! ;-D

Colourless wrote:
> I really suck at writing.
>
> So I think I wont embarass myself by entering.


Nooooo you muppet!
That way you'll NEVER improve.

Anyway, what's there to be embarrased about?
We don't really have standards as such, just enjoy something or not.
The chances are that if you're inexperienced then you won't stand a chance in hell of winning, but no one writes to win...



... not even to win the chance to CHOOSE THE NEXT TOPIC AND WINNER!!! :-O

Just have fun! ;-)

You make me laugh Strafio :D

Ever since I impostered "Dan"...

;-D

Update on its way up now folks, because I'm nice, like that.

I can hardly remember that... that other Dan's insane though, in a scary way. You're insane in a nice, loveable way, so that's good.

Need to enter this competition. I've not really wrote anything disturbingly dark in a long while, I might even go for it. I've got a sweet story otherwise, but no idea. Oh, I can do both... well, righto.

Grix! Please read and reply to mine.

People have viewed it, but not seen fit to respond.

I need ego-massage.

i.e Post a nice response

<:)

Meh, I've been promising myself to start writing again, but I dunno. I just totally lack any hint of motivation at all.
I'm odd like that - I lack any sense of motivation, yet when I start, I can't stop. And that's with pretty much everything.
Hmm.