My only friend, the end...that dude in the picture is creepy as hell!
Very cool entry, I was just staring at that picture earlier thinking about doing it. The competition keeps getting steeper! You should read @sazbird's entry which was also dark, you'd like it :)
I haven't looked at any other entries. Hopefully this was unique in some way shape or form. The only downside was having to use the tags in a certain order. I would have preferred to use life as the first tag so I could give the reader the element of surprise. Trying to combine fiction and also finding ways to draw readers in suspecting this was a blog post was part of my intention here.
Any time I enter these contests, I tend to avoid reading other entries or looking at the art if it's an art competition. I don't want to be influenced somehow because I feel that takes something away from what I'm able to offer. Also, the mind has a funny way of playing tricks on us. If I saw something I thought was awesome, I might not want to enter if my mind has already picked a winner.
I hear you. I've only read a couple, when I thought I might enter I decided to wait before reading more. But now that you've made your entry you can read others ;)
I have a lot of catching up to do in the reading department.
Oh? merej99 said that too...then I was receiving LOVE and MORE REBORN on one chapter after another last night, she rocks ;)