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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Oct 2, 2022 13:30:10 GMT -6
This Week's Prompt: Chill
Length: Entries must be 100 words, no more, no less. Where: Post your entry below. Deadline: October 8th by midnight CST. Participant's Badges: HERE Weekly Challenge Rules:- No critiquing. Please refrain from giving feedback, as these challenges are to inspire creativity.
- Positive Enthusiasm is welcome! But save it for when Voting has started.
- CAN NOT vote for your own entry, and doing so will disqualify your submission.
- HAVE FUN!
Did you post an entry? Don't forget your Easy 10 Points!
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Post by pelwrath on Oct 4, 2022 19:50:14 GMT -6
A Halloween Poem
Beneath my home its melody sings to you,
A dampened stairway, under a trap door.
Cobwebs and roots adorn the walls, no railing for you to cling.
With steps of packed dirt and red clay.
At stairs end, a dark hallway awaits.
Cold puddles under your feet, a chilled breeze in your face.
Thigh bone handles decorate wooden doors.
Resting places for housing’s stowaways.
It might be creepy, but for me it’s home.
Awe, come on please say you’ll stay?
Coffee and sweet biscuits are on the way.
No choice you’ll have if to my home you happen to roam.
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Post by FoxxGlove on Oct 5, 2022 14:09:29 GMT -6
Picture This
The horror genre of the cinema -- be it slasher, zombie or whatever -- has a most enthusiastic following. Avid fans who delight in spine-chilling, hair-raising and blood-curdling scenarios. The gorier the better. Not to mention heightened suspense, like the deliberate rhythm of a metronome, culminating in the inevitable climax of murder and mayhem.
Plot lines prod and poke at apprehensive consciousness and nudge inner fears with a delicious sense of upcoming pandemonium.
Ah...how easy it is to get completely lost in the moment.
And in the enveloping darkness of the theater, terrified screams of innocent victims...not necessarily emanating from the screen.
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Post by RAVENEYE on Oct 6, 2022 15:09:30 GMT -6
Chilblains
The chill rose from the basement. Its long frosted fingers spread through the kitchen, down the hall, and up the stairs. The forced heat couldn't melt it; the area heaters couldn't budge it. That's what Anna, my little sister, told me. She cried, saying she couldn't get warm. Mom checked her for fever. She didn't have one. The house felt toasty to me.
Anna started complaining about the cold after grandma died. That was two months ago. I started to think she just craved attention.
Then one morning, Anna disappeared. All we found was the basement door hanging wide open.
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Post by Mazulla on Oct 8, 2022 15:53:11 GMT -6
Awakening
Exhilarated after a long slumber, she danced down the mountainside amidst the great pines at her feet. A northerly wind followed in her wake, bringing a chill to the surrounding villages. The moonless sky, brimming with tiny stars, responded to Winter's arrival with a brilliant display of shimmering green and purple. A reminder to the village folk: Winter was as beautiful and captivating as she was harsh and unforgiving. Tonight, she'd allow them to enjoy a cold, firelit night under a dancing aurora. Tomorrow, the reality of their endless preparations would set in with the first snow. Winter had returned.
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Oct 9, 2022 15:40:59 GMT -6
Poll added! Best wishes!
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Post by jlthoreau on Oct 9, 2022 18:35:34 GMT -6
I meant to get one in here myself, unfortunately I got caught up in something at the end of last week. So unfortunately I didn't get it done in time.
But this weeks entries once again are very good.
A Halloween Poem - This one was enjoyable to read, it kind of had a Tim Burton feel, dark but comedic.
Picture This - I enjoyed the imagery of this one, it certainly invokes a sense of nostalgia.
Chalblains - More interesting imagery in this one, the suspense is well done especially given the shortness of it.
Awakening - I like how you turn winter into a character in itself, once more there is interesting imagery as well.
Once more this is a very difficult selection to pick a winner. There are two standouts for me so it will be a toss of the coin on a winner, though all entries are clearly of a very good standard.
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Post by RAVENEYE on Oct 10, 2022 9:27:09 GMT -6
Bahahaha! Wow, we need a tie breaker.
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Post by FoxxGlove on Oct 10, 2022 15:30:40 GMT -6
Bahahaha! Wow, we need a tie breaker. Not any more. |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Oct 10, 2022 16:34:40 GMT -6
Bahahaha! Wow, we need a tie breaker. Not any more. Whoa, what? Wow! |
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Oct 10, 2022 16:43:40 GMT -6
Dang, who called in the cavalry? LOL that tie got shattered, fast
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Oct 16, 2022 9:19:28 GMT -6
Congrats RAVENEYE! You pulled ahead of the pack, so have an extra 15 easy points!  |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Oct 16, 2022 11:38:14 GMT -6
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You add them to your profile as you do them around the forum.
