SFinish the Story Contest - WINNERS + WEEK #33!
A contest with a pot of 3 STEEM + 5 @steembasicincome shares? You're in the right place!
150 @steembasicincome shares awarded till now (plus 22.558 SBD and 25 STEEM) through the contest in 33 weeks!
As promised, for this Halloween edition we'll enjoy the following spine-chilling prize categories:
1st place : n. 3 STEEM + 2 steembasicincome shares
2nd place : n. 3 steembasicincome shares
3rd place: n. 2 steembasicincome shares
popular vote: n. 2 steembasicincome shares (remember to vote your favourite!)
Best comment to the stories: n. 1 steembasicincome shares
@f3nix here. This edition will be all action and no talk. In my mind, the last edition n° 32 had to be a sort of transition to this one, where we+ have both the honor of finishing a horror story by @dirge, the obscure master of this genre, and to enjoy a particularly abundant prize pool. Instead, you've amazed me with a series of twists and true innovations as never before. It's enough to mention the insertion of poetic forms entwined with the prose by @erh.germany and @sarez or @agmoore's disruptive idea of turning upside down the story parts.
The Winners of Edition # 32!
- FIRST PRIZE: @erh.germany is awarded with 3 STEEM! There was magic in the scene of the boy and the sprout, counterposed to that of the brave raiders. A suave, simple yet deep halo of fable permeates the story. The boy reminded me of the Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, with his precious rose to protect and his fox. True poetry.
- SECOND PRIZE: @sarez wins 2 @steembasicincome shares! "It's solid and I like the fact that I'm starting to recognise the unique style of each one of you, one edition after the other. You're detailed and sharp both in the descriptions and in the plot. This is a perfect example of how 500 words are not a limit, when you know how to dose the content and create the right alchemy."
- POPULAR VOTE: @dirge wins 2 @steembasicincome shares! I will borrow agmoore's words here: "I think this is brilliant. I love the way you turn the cute sprout into a mythic monster. Worthy of every dark fairy tale ever told. Jonah, Pinocchio--the pedigree is long. Your writing is fluid and vivid. And grotesque as his fate seems to be... in the end, there's still hope."
- BEST COMMENT: @calluna in @tristancarax's story (who also contains the best quote of the contest: "They're planted in the minds of the people."). There it is: "I love the unexpected way this goes, yet still tying back to the first half so well. Moloch being slang for a tyrant, who resents being seen that way, is a brilliant touch. And the seeds, and the parallels between the plant in the desert, and the spread of ideas, the rise of resistance. Beautifully woven. it works like a well encapsulated snapshot, that does leave me wondering what happens next, more about the world this is set in, but has the same feeling as a photo, complete in what it is, although you may not know the whole story."
.. you know what to do in the Realms to please the potassium deity, don't you? So let me go straight to @dirge's obscure prompt!
Obstinancy
“I’m not going in there.” Imani took a drag from her cigarette and put her muddy boots up on the dashboard. “I’m going to sit here until the sun comes up. I don’t want to live anymore.”
Isaac groaned. He glanced at his watch. They had twenty minutes till sun up. “Hiraam and Kat are inside waiting on us.” He turned off the car.
“I hated Hiraam a hundred years ago and I hate him today. You know that.”
“I know, Imani. But it’s not like we have a whole lot of fucking options.”
She scoffed. “Here you go. Angry as always. You know, you’d think that someone could handle their fucking anger issues after a few hundred years but. Well. You’re kind of a living betrayal of that idea.”
“Eloquently spoken from a drama queen,” he murmured. Isaac rummaged through his coat pocket for a blunt. “What’s it this time? General depression? PTSD from the bloodshed? Bored with the general state of things? Let me guess. It’s just too hard now, right? Now that they’ve all gone and dropped the bioweapons on each other? Now that they’re too sick for us? Just too much work for little Miss coffeeshop revolutionary. Little Miss Make A Revolution For Fun.”
“Far more interesting to participate in their history then sit around painting all day.” Imani tossed her cigarette out of the window and lit another. Isaac lit his blunt and stared at her smoking. So beautiful in the moonlight, her black skin was smooth and supple after their recent kill. It was this time that they’d usually go back and enjoy themselves, let out whatever violent energy that had on each other before blacking out.
“You’re not serious,” he said. “This is just-“
“You’re right.” She turned to him and he saw between the growing high that she was serious. “You’re right. I don’t want to bother. There’s hardly any of them left anymore, and the ones that are still alive are all armed and fighting. It’s too much work, Isaac.”
Isaac hit his blunt and thought it over. She was right. It was different now. He glanced up at the sinking moon. The sky had shifted from the starry blackness to a deep bruised purple. Isaac was ready to speak again, to try and change her mind, when the door to the warehouse opened. Hiraam stepped out, his hands up in that universal sign of surrender. Behind him stepped three men in camo. One held a shotgun to Hiraam’s back.
“Shit!” Isaac ducked and pulled Imani down.
“How many?” she asked.
“Three.”
“Human?”
“Didn’t see.”
Isaac opened the car door. Imani hesitated. He pulled her out of the car. They ran behind trees.
Imani sat as he scouted. His eyesight shifted to inferred. The man with the gun and his buddy flared hot red. But the third one was ice blue. “Two humans,” he said, creeping back down. “The big one with a beard is vamp.”
“Smell pot?” the vamp asked
Let’s grow together!
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This is a promising model, which rewards quality based on a decentralised consensus protocol… what does it mean? You can submit worthy posts to the @co-in platform and hopefully this will result in some interesting upvotes for the author. Many submission to Mizu No Oto and Finish the Story contests have already received upvotes from Co-In.
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Join the fun! Here is how this contest works:
An unfinished fiction story or a script is posted.
You finish it with your own post or a comment in the comment section. A limit of 500 words is recommended.
WIN 3 STEEM + 10 @steembasicincome shares to the writers with the best endings and comments.
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@calluna - congrats. I've liked reading your comments on my post. Usually will bring a smile to my face.
Congrats to the winners. Your tough. Thanks for the awesome stories to learn from.
They're tough, true, but we're all improving! Soon we can create a book of short stories "the best of FtS" 😉
I hope I’ll make in one of those. That would be awesome!
I think that we can do a lot of awesome stuff if we keep writing together!
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Thank you, dear @bananafish, this is much appreciated!
I was happy about the engagement in the comment section and had fun to comment the other pieces, as well. It really is interesting how the styles do differ and what each and every one makes out of the given story. As you said, one can notice the personal touches.
Now I am going to read what this weeks offer is.
P.S. got to thank @dirge as well as he was the inspiration giver for me - is that cheating? ;-)
Inspiration is a concept with many shades hehe. I wouldn't be worried, I didn't notice any resemblance.
Thanks for being part of this. It's important to have people like you that create, through their care, a real friendly environment. I met people that in discord are just plain and cold ( maybe because there's no upvote?) or others that believe that this is a sort of service more or less like a free subscription to Netflix.. lol. You're an authentic and sincere person, cheers to that!
Ugh... puts pressure on me :-) But I am thanking you.
Also announce that I must take another little break from commenting and also from taking on this round. I tired myself a little in wanting to hold my standard.
Instead I was sassy and made my own "contest". Though it's not to be taken very seriously.
Breaks are needed Erika np 😉 I posted yesterday in my personal account after 9 days hehe.. sorry but "sometimes" I feel like just writing what I think.
Thank You @bananafish and Congrats to all winners.
I cherish your appreciation!
Steem On!
You're welcome! See you in Dirge's horror world.
My Entry:
https://steemit.com/finishthestory/@sarez/obstinancy-a-short-story-for-finishthestory
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This is an amazing start to the story! It feels like something I'd see in a movie or True Blood or something. Good luck to all the entrants!
Good to see you @ntowl! yes when I ask to Dirge a help with the prompt I never go wrong.
My Entry: https://steemit.com/finishthestory/@gaby-crb/obstinancy-finish-the-story-33
Yo Gaby!
I've finally put something together. Not so much an entry into the contest as a creative exercise for me. This is a finish, a complete and total finish, to the scene @dirge started :)
Armageddon--An Absolute Finish to the Story
Hurray! Creative exercises forever ✌️
@gwilberiol, gets my vote this round. A completely engage story I was not even prepared for. The flow of the story is real nice.
I have collected several recipes for cooking vampires.
Here's one!
Always abundant with garlic in the recipe!