Caldwell

:grin: Comedy is hard.

Everyone, We are going to close the first half of the micro story submission on the 15th, and the writers will have a chance to discuss their stories ...

:grin: This writer can write!

You can comment in the thread -- which you've already been doing. The voting system works fine because everybody has a chance to comment and say a lot...

A beautifully written time-travel.

Thanks for holding down the fort. :smile: Yes, I feel better -- thank you. This thought that it is not a short story fiction never crossed my mind whi...

I gave it a thumbs up, like Mikie and Shawn. *I'm supposed to be in bed, but I couldn't let this one go tonight without saying anything -- hence, a he...

Someone took up the challenge about Ukraine. :grin:

Yes to both you and Jamal's comments. I have a sort of happy realization which I will post when the exhibition ends. The commenters are detectives wit...

To me that's what makes it a story. Our hero had some important business to do -- leaving the country. Surely this is about his life. But he changed h...

I give up. You're smart. :cool:

That's fine.

That's a display of arrogance -- in this story, I actually liked the anti-hero's defiance till the bitter end. :grin:

Thank you. So long as you're enjoying it -- that matters.

It's a good story. Very grim at the beginning, but there's something hopeful happening at the end. There's a change in our hero that tells us she's go...

Yes, I was wondering about that too. Two sharp objects potentially fatal -- after all, he jumped and got tackled. Woooo! :worry:

Your compliment is well received by me. :halo:

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You two commenters are astute! Something is off with this.

I only revealed who contributed. We already lost one -- Varde. Too bad. But it's good to applaud those who took the time to write -- sooner rather tha...

Thanks!

Everyone, Below is a list of all who contributed so far. Feel free to play the guessing game: Andrew4Handel Baden Benj96 Benkei Bitter Crank Daniel go...

Please pin. Thanks!

I second that. The participation is going well. :up: :cool: I love attention-grabbing writers. Thanks to those who feed their egos. Very much apprecia...

The impression I get is that the father only meant to "escape" during the time the baby was being delivered -- the time when he was needed the most: p...

A promising story. I like the suspenseful progression -- going back to the memory of that chocolate sensation.

Hahaha! :sweat: Don't worry. We're getting there. The muscles of the brains are done warming up by now and soon we shall see tightening and shaping up...

I was supposed to hate the anti-hero in this story. But the ending kicks-ass. "Hell pig" -- no need to look deep into the thesaurus.

You're good. :up:

Jack, you can ignore the Dec 15th deadline. It still stands that the activity is open till end of December.

As I read it, I got the fuzzy feeling, too. 'love the ending -- I'm gone once again.

:sweat: Thank you.

Fixed.

Only two submissions. So, if you've already submitted two before the Dec 15th, the next round (with a deadline of Dec 31th) you don't have any tries l...

Everyone, We have a new deadline -- December 15th. You'll have a second chance again at the end of December.

Okay, we could have a deadline by the 15th and 31st so we could just show who wrote what? Okay you got it.

I enjoyed reading your comments. Hopefully, you'd continue to do so. Très bonnes analyses.

haha. Our participants are very competitive. :sweat: I prefer to have a clean slate for everyone, so I opted not to give any hint that entries are con...

Everyone, Please, before submission, inspect the spelling and formatting (where you want the break of the line) of your stories as we don't correct th...

No, it doesn't.

Think innocence/tranquility and then macabre.

Go to bed.

This is not a competition. There will be a poll. So, someone's work will still get the most "liked".

Hint: Chomsky is anti-capitalism. :wink:

Hi Proof, the subforum for the stories has its own place if you go to Symposium and click on the fourth one. I just let the Baden know about the poll....

Writing it at 200 words is the same as a full short story feature. You will have a plot and all the elements found in a structured short story. I said...

:up: :wink: The Baden provided a good example. Yes. Although each entry will have a poll so readers can express their likes or dislikes.

Nice one!

:ok:

Yes, this is a good skill to practice -- that's the point of writing in a very limited medium, you start thinking of using this word, not that. You wi...