Contest October-November 2020 Reading Thread

[Paul1748]

Welp. I thought my story was anonymous enough. How'd you guess correctly?

Your stories usually contain lots of dialogue and philosophical debates/questions.

 

[Lizards of Renown]

Did anyone not guess I was the one who wrote Story Eight? As the inventor of huagerdons I was the obvious suspect, but I put in a happy cute ending to disguise my trail.

Did not get that at all. But have never seen a mention of them before which is probably why.

 

[Scalenex]

Your stories usually contain lots of dialogue and philosophical debates/questions.

But it is something you are good at, so you probably shouldn't stop doing it.

Did not get that at all. But have never seen a mention of them before which is probably why.

Based on your like bombings, I thought you read most of the back catalog of past short story contests. I wrote The Huagerdon in April-May 2018.

 

[Killer Angel]

(dance of victory)

First of all, thanks to everyone that joned the comp, in one way or another.
Second... well, thanks to everyone that game me a vote. This is the third time i win the comp, and everytime it becomes harder.

I will answer to the various reviews of my story... for now i can only say that, while i was writing and polishing it, i knew it was a good piece.... but of course it was a matter of how much good were the other stories.
And reading pieces as "Letters of the sea" and "The savage beast", i was doing a mental comparison with mine and i was like "ouch, that will be hard".

You guys are great. I really need to find a theme that will honor your skills and will carry the level of this comp to further heights.

 

[Lizards of Renown]

LofR, your writing style is pretty distinct. I bet I'd be able to sniff it out pretty easily. Maybe not this contest. A lot of people wrote out of their comfort zone this contest.

I thought it was funny you said this, as it was accurate since the two people who guessed thought I'd written other stories.

EDIT: of course, given that i'm willing to bet that the 4th story was written by @Lizards of Renown, he could bypass that review and continue with the rest

I thought more like the third story has the @Lizards of Renown's feel to it Grrr, Imrahil

 

[Killer Angel]

...and of course, a special thanks goes to @Paul1748 for the amazing art inspired by my story. I will treasure it, many thanks.

 

[Lizards of Renown]

...and of course, a special thanks goes to @Paul1748 for the amazing art inspired by my story. I will treasure it, many thanks.

@Paul1748 your picture for Killer Angel's story was totally EPIC!!! I appreciated your one for mine as well, but mid the contest I couldn't say anything as it would have given it away.

Did you guess that it was my story? As in response to my comments on the photo, you chose story 9 to do the image...

 

[Paul1748]

...and of course, a special thanks goes to @Paul1748 for the amazing art inspired by my story. I will treasure it, many thanks.

@Paul1748 your picture for Killer Angel's story was totally EPIC!!! I appreciated your one for mine as well, but mid the contest I couldn't say anything as it would have given it away.

Thank you. Your appreciation means a lot to me.

Did you guess that it was my story? As in response to my comments on the photo, you chose story 9 to do the image...

I couldn't tell it is your story. I just like it a lot.

 

[Killer Angel]

I couldn't tell it is your story. I just like it a lot.

And with reason!

 

[King Dust]

Humbled to receive the Scalenex Cup. Congrats to @Killer Angel for a deserved win and thanks to everyone who participated, reviewed, or voted!

Excellent competition as usual!