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"Short Story Competition 30"

If you're confused - FFF set SSC29 but then forget to judge it, so I asked Ant to judge it and make sure that I won, and he fufilled both duties with aplomb. So a big hand all round to Ant. That's right.

OK, rules, but I'm sure you all already know them:

-One entry per person

-As long as you like, I'm not fussed. Bend that 'short' definition all y'like.

-The closing date shall be 26nd August. At midnight. Although, again, I don't really care if it's posted at 12:34 or something. I'll still consider it if it's posted before I wake up the next day. Deal? Good stuff.

-The topic shall be Marine, and all things related. Y'know, like the ocean, shells, anchors, Popeye, stuff like that.

Go to it, people.

Edit: Closing date extended to 26th from 22nd

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Huzzah, it's the 26nd!.First one of these I've judged, so I hope I don't muck up too badly. Started off slowly, but then we got the big-hitters bringing their stuff into play, which was good. There was a group of 5 I was considering for the top 3, which kept on switching as I watched the stories from afar. But I must decide, and I have. Think I've made the right decision, though. Here we go:

3rd: Rickoss - Another Tide Drowns Us

Really atmospheric, drew me into the story and left me feeling regretful for the character. I love any story that is involving like that.

2nd: Ant - Dolphinia

Made me feel nostalgic for books I haven't read in years. I thought it was really high-quality writing to create a story like that.

1st: Meka Dragon - Keep Taking Those Pills

A great idea, brilliant imagination, great little cast of pseudo-pirate villains and heart-warming at the end. Really enjoyed it, and I've been coming back quite a few times to read it again. So yeah, one of the best stories I've ever read in here.


So, er, there we go. Congratulations to Meka are in order, I believe.

Suck it up and stop being such a girl, yeah?

"From an early age I’d loved the water. It felt like a second home to me. So much so that I’d often jest to myself that the little bits of flappy webbing between my toes were just where my fins had mutated as a youngster by sprouting toes.
I had a constant pull on my soul drawing me to the rhythmic noises of the ocean. Each and every wave that built with the same steady grace to then brake and crash with such power a beauty filled me with an awe and respect that no man could rival.

I’d always been a bit of a loner, following in much the same vain as my father. I, like he, preferred the gentle noises of the wind and relaxed shuffle of pebbles rolling over one another to the shrill disturbance of a human voice."

That was what I had, but I saw it going nowhere and was starting to dislike the bloke in it. My original plan was to drown the bast....Wish I had now.

Sorry, the extra time didn't help my brain at all.
It's mocking me.

AHH!
This is doing my head in.

I actually, for some stupid reason, decided to try and enter this. Now I'm spewing some rambled nothingness onto the screen. It's going nowhere!

Right my terrible entry is almost in. Its dull, life less and generally terrible. You can probably read it tommorrow.

Im doing mine tommorrow.

I've done one.

Yeah with no singing just a instrumental one.

C®ø§$ Bób wrote:
> Im doing another Vitypo one where the virus spreads to sea.

I love those ones. Maybe you should record a soundtrack to it.

Im doing another Vitypo one where the virus spreads to sea.