Wow. A tie?? What happens now?
Wow. A tie?? What happens now?
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...
I suggest putting the top two in a football field. Give each one a helmet, spear and shield. Let them duel until there's only one alive, and that will be announced as the winner.Originally Posted by DocHeart
p.s. Throw in some lions for more excitment.
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
You are probably right. Even if I had looked at the poll results I probably would have voted my way, I hope. Something to think about though. Do we subconsciously vote the way our peers do? That's another thread. I am excited to find out who wrote what story.
Congratulations to the writer of "Forever Young", MarkBastable, the winner of 2011 Short Story Competition.
I would like to thank everyone who took part in the competition as well as those who have been reading and voting throughout the year.
Looking forward to reading more stories in 2012!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Congratulations Mark.
Mark is a good writer (whatever that means) and hits the targets he aims for. His story was a good read. Even though he didn't vote for it, it's easy to understand how it could win.
The other stories were good too.
J
Great Job Mark, wow, who would have ever guessed that the professional writer would have won two years in a row....
Scher, are we going to have a competition next year, or just give Mark the prize at the onset.
No, we would like to pretend that there is a fair competition open to all so we will wait until the end of the year... As usual.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Well the professional writer barely eeked it out, so competitive 'twas.
J
Nice story, Mark.
Two years in a row I've voted for your story in the quarter-finals, and then for someone else in the play-off game. (Uh, sorry)
Rock on, Mah brothah, and
¡Muy Feliz Año Nuevo!
Uhhhh...
@Mark--Congrats, Mark! If one has to lose, at least it doesn't burn so much when the winner's entry truly was an excellent piece of work like Forever Young.
Now, you see, if I had said something like the above, people would accuse me of sour grapes...but mom gets away with it.
I don't care if the glass is half full or half empty, I'm just glad to have a glass.
Congrats, Mark!
Can we have the names of the writers of the other stories?
Exit, pursued by a bear.
Ah yes, well after years of being assigned "Jonathan Livingstone Segal" and
"Atlas Shrugged", I have given up the idea that all writers are created equal...I still think, though, that we should have a roasting or something for Mark so he quite feels like one of us
I don't know Sancho, if we had published our girl scout cookie caper last year, I think we might have given Mark a run for his money...who can resist a chocolate chip story with a sexy ingenue?
That's because no one takes me seriously; there are advantages to being the court jester!
Yes, I do want to know who wrote Kim and Me (then I want to know who the slutty sister is and if she is on litnet
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Really though, Mark, it was incredibly well written...totally sick of course, scarier than the bible, bloodier than any of the Saw movies...Thank God you are a sane man; I'd hate to think what you could do as a serial killer...
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Congratulations, Mark, and felicitations to all who wrote and entered! Well done, my friends, well done!
Actually, I kind of thought Forever Young was Mark's as it was another take on yet another myth, but he certainly did an outstanding job with it.
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka
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