Noble Dust

I'm telepathically telling you which story is mine right now. Hopefully the brain waves can catch the Heaviside layer and make it from America to Hung...

I do have faith in science; I think one problem is that a lot of folk are unwilling to admit that it IS a type of faith. This can compound into an alm...

In defense of the mods, they’ve made some tough decisions over the years, before your time, including banning regulars and former mods. The amount of ...

How about I just tell you which story to vote for? :razz:

Pro tip: you don’t have to do it manually.

Welcome to the Creative Life. :razz:

Pretty sure I know yours and pretty sure you know mine. :sweat: I think it's just the natural course of conducting an anonymous story contest amongst ...

Fascinating to read about your experience. It sounds like it was very visceral. I was quite a sleepwalker as a child, but only have vague memories of ...

My New Year's resolution is to stop making jokes about New Year's resolutions. Oh wait, I already fulfilled that resolution years ago.

Made it through all of the stories! Really great showing this time around. I definitely have some guesses on authors, but am also totally at a loss in...

If I'm being honest, I can relate to this one pretty well. Not really much of a story (almost feels like non-fiction?) but I'm glad to have read it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80OG2BGrmyA

For what it's worth, your comments on my story have already shown me things I didn't even notice about it. We writers really appreciate your comments.

Be sure to count those digital sheep. :chin:

:up: He's not for everyone, but I'm a big fan. I think the best intro novel is The Man In the High Castle. If you enjoy that, you can graduate to Do A...

Also, this bit reminds me heavily of the prose of Philip K. Dick, one of my favorite authors. Just another quick note, as I feel I'm not great at givi...

Ugliness leads to beauty; beauty leads to ugliness. Too much beauty is like consuming too much sugar; too much ugliness is like consuming too much vin...

It's interesting. The dialogue was pretty strong for the majority of it; it flowed smoothly and took us along very quickly. The "Prologue" could be to...

I missed that one. :ok:

Can't beauty be considered an "extreme"? You see an extremely beautiful face, but the more you regard it, the plainer it gets. Why not regard an "extr...

A fun, wacky tale that reminded me a bit of Bulgakov. I think there were some mechanical issues throughout in terms of storytelling and economy of lan...

Exactly.

I would add that if you're going to vote, you need to read all of them. Seems obvious, but...

Have you spent extended time looking at a face you deemed to be ugly?

Some fun stories so far; only a few left to go for me. Lots of great humor this time around.

I'm not sure if it was intentional, but I liked the surreal transition from what sounds like a Gen Z twenty-something doing tiktoks to it being someon...

I really enjoyed it. I think it's just a formatting issue with copy/pasting to the forum, but this transition was a bit vague:

I enjoyed it. It felt a little one dimensional for me, but I guess it’s a sort of cautionary tale. The writing was great and kept a good pace.

I have that edition. I’m no expert but I enjoy it.

Really enjoyed this as well; the plot and story arc were really great. It just needs some work on grammar, and general tidiness of writing, etc. A com...

Merry Christmas y’all. Had the traditional Finnish Kropsua for breakfast with preserved lingonberries. I wonder if @"Bitter Crank" is familiar.

Done. Can’t wait to have that brand new door installed.

How many entries so far? Mine will be in tomorrow after some editing.

Are you writing a story this *time around? I never told you that I almost voted for yours, because it made me laugh out loud, which takes a lot.

Love Robin Trower! Always thought Hannah was overlooked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjNbqp5ias

Don't say arachnophobia Unless Barack is phonin' ya He'll spider away Those curddles and whey Until he's got his bone in ya (I do not support this pol...

Did they ban you?

Me reading half the threads on TPF these days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW2LvQUcwqc

Just let it percolate in your unconscious.

Nice bossa nova on Imaginary Voices btw.

Hell yeah.

Thanks. The rocks bouncing around in my brain are even weirder this time around. We'll see. Are you entering?

Ha! Same here. But I did write a story last time, and I'm trying to write another.

Oh I also nominate @"Wayfarer". Really looking forward to winning that big new door.

I hereby nominate @"Wosret", , and @"Bitter Crank". Btw , you're impossible to tag because of the space in your name and the generic nature of "the" a...

I could use a new front door to my apartment because my un-conscientious roommates violently slam it shut to the point where it sometimes won't unlock...

I award best thumbnail to @"Wosret" because it constantly changes, despite their never posting.

Some buns are in the oven.

Supply me with an address to write a perturbed but detailed letter, and I'm on it. Those look fire.

I only tried one once. The flesh was fairly soft but I was shocked by how tannic the skin was. I didn't dislike it, but didn't love it either. It prob...