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Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :

Not really a proper competition...but feel free to post entries to a rolling competition based on a 'tweet'--140 characters including spaces (Word is your friend!). PLEASE CHECK YOUR STORY IS EXACTLY 140 CHARACTERS LONG--NO MORE, NO LESS. Your title is not included in the 140 characters, but needs to be 4 words or less.

Your story--glimpse really--can be about anything, so post away. You can enter as many times as you wish, just leave a 10 entry gap so you aren't forced to vote for yourself! Follow the voting rules...

Prior to posting your story you must read the last 10 entries (only) and vote on your first second and third place entries out of these 10 ONLY. Crits are not required (really) but if you want to comment on the three you voted for you may do so very briefly.

I realise the first few people who post will not have 10 entries prior to theirs to votes on, however PLEASE STILL VOTE ON THOSE THAT WERE POSTED PRIOR--EVEN IF THAT MEANS YOU HAVE THREE OR FOUR TO CHOOSE FROM. It is important to keep the voting process simple. YOU VOTE FOR THE STORIES (MAX 10) that were posted before!

Entries should be formatted such:

Entry Number: 1

[My story Title]

[My story]
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My Votes:

1. Story Title and number --great, evocative.

2. Story Title and number -- funny!

3. Story Title and number -- nice prose.

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Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :

Entry: 1

Title: The End is Nigh

Lurking brightly. A friend? I'm not fooled--a future killer. I shake a claw at the sun. Five billion years ain't that long. I burrow deeper.

My Votes:

1. -

2. -

3. -

Posted by Rhaythe (Member # 7857) on :

Entry: 2
Title: In Passing

It has been a few years now. The smell still hangs in the air when I walk by... people still stare. I am still looking for someone to blame.

My Votes:

1. - The End is Nigh, 1
2. -
3. -

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Posted by snapper (Member # 7299) on :

Title: Sing sing

Supercalifragilistic… The singing and dancing, on the roof and at all hours, I couldn’t take it. Buckshot in the moonlight. Silence at last.

First: Entry # 1 End is Nigh (made the most sense of the two)

Second: Entry # 2 In Passing

Third: Entry #

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Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :

Night Thief

The jewel glows in my hand. The King didn't deserve it– indeed he didn't deserve his life. The people will be very happy and I'll be rich.

My Votes:
1. The End is Nigh - way out of the box
2. Sing Sing - can't ignore supercalifragilistic
3. In Passing - a bit haunting, a little too much unsaid

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Posted by Gan (Member # 8405) on :

Entry Number: 5

The Lovable Son

They named him Miles, thinking he too would never see. The eighth birthday: The Bionic Eyes. He knew their cost. “No Daddy. You keep them.”

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My Votes:

1. Sing Sing -- Entry #3 -- This fellow act's so appropriately inappropriate. I love it.

2. In Passing -- Entry #2 -- Disturbing/fun images come to mind.

3. The End is Nigh -- Entry #1 -- Confusing, but fun imagery.

Posted by shimiqua (Member # 7760) on :

Entry 6

Late

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who tasted like chicken. Now I've told you a story, so go to sleep, Snortblaster. I mean it.

___Voting______

Title: Sing sing , too Funny.
Title: The End is Nigh, took me a minute to get it, but liked it once I did.
Entry Number 5, this too took me a while to understand, but there is a interesting story idea embedded in this one, so for that alone it gets my vote.

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Posted by MrsBrown (Member # 5195) on :

Entry: 7
Title: My Lively Daughter

I fled when the world stopped shaking, but returned to find her--too late; she couldn’t breathe under that cement weight. I live in rubble.

My Votes:
1. - Late, 6 – very funny, and I can relate.
2. – The End is Nigh, 1 – large scope, evocative.
3. – Sing Sing, 3 – good voice, funny.

Honorable mention – Night Thief, 4 – complete story in 140 words.

Posted by Utahute72 (Member # 9057) on :

Entry 8

TATTOO

Ink and lines come to life on my arm, pictures filled with hate directed my hand. As the life bled from my beloved, my madness lived still.

My Votes

1: My Lively Daughter: Liked the imagry.
2: Late: Anything with Snortblaster has to get a vote.
3: Sing, Sing: Very funny, plus I hate cats.

Posted by Brendan (Member # 6044) on :

Entry 9:

Decision Pending

I perused what was on offer. Amused, enlightened, heartened, left to yearn and to wonder. I even imbibed nostalgia. I reflected - and voted.

Votes:

1. The Lovable Son - Entry 5 - That really is touching.

2. Late - Entry 6 - For those that have kids, very funny.

3. Sing Sing - Entry 3 - Also very funny

Posted by axeminister (Member # 8991) on :

Ent tree #10

Title: I'll never smell again

Covered head to toe in antiperspirant, drained two sticks; Axe, smelled great; I ran outside into the bright sunshine, overheated, and died.

Voting:
1. The End is Nigh #1 - huge
2. Lovable Son #5 - melancholy
3. Decision Pending #9 - clever

Axe

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