Lovely! Another week of making the judge's life extremely difficult: accomplished! If you missed any of the entries, check them out here. Otherwise, let's read what our judge finally decided:
Firstly, thank you so
much, Alissa, for the space you give us to create and share every week. I’m new
to #FinishThatThought and have already enjoyed, learned, and grown my fair
share. It’s a humbling experience judging when the submissions are leagues
deeper than a story you might have spun from your own prompt. Well done
everyone.
@DoctorMikeReddy
Wow, special challenges
accepted indeed! And Welsh, nonetheless, gorgeous in script and curious on the
ears. I love that you used the mechanic use of AC/DC, rather than the artistic.
p.s. Now I want stew!
@zeeyone
Such an original take
on the prompt! Confession: I’ve never been to a concert but if the world ending
is a good parallel to what it feels like, I’m scouring the internet for tickets
right this second. The mother-daughter interactions could melt the heart of the
Abominable Snow Man. Simply lovely.
@laurenegreene
You’ve captured the
odd moments-“the dirty dishes in my sink”- of a brain in trauma well. Such a
horrific event. As writers, artists, fellow mortals we are bound to take note
and mourn with their loved ones. Well done.
@geofflepard
Dark and soaring. Just
the style I love. Countless times I read and caught my breath over the words
you wove together: “The voice intones, priest-like, calling the worshipful to
prayer,” “Faith alone tells me the rock roof is a kilometre away,” “all the
other dimensions known, unknown and unknowable.” And the last line? Brilliance.
@clivetern
Flash Fiction at its
best. You’ve packed so much into so few words. Some relationships, when they
end, feel like our “own personal Pralaya, Ragnarok, Armageddon” and you’ve
created just that sense of closing. Spectacular.
@annae394
Everything from the
title to the tone of this piece matches the theme. The beginning coasts to a
start, smooth, almost as if Ong Namo is playing in the background and
then-*records being scrubbed* “AC/DC's Highway to Hell.” Delicious contrast
throughout!
This. When I wrote
this prompt this was the story dancing in the corners of my mind only you’ve
spun imagery (“Stars blink out like old Christmas lights and the entire fabric
of time is obliterated around me like a crayon left out in the sun”) and
conjured phrases (“suffocating darkness and casts it asunder”) far more
eloquently than I could. Never stop writing.
@postupak
This piece still has
me laughing! Every word carries its weight (choosing “virile” as the rhyming
word for “mobile” - perfect). The Dragon Mistress has breathed fiery life into
this story and we should fear for our lives. Benedict Cumberbatch would be
proud.
Special Challenge
Champion: Doctor Mike Reddy
For rising to the
occasion and incorporating not three but all of the special challenge words. So
ambitious!
Grand Champion: Rebekah Postupak
Honestly, this choice
surprised me. Not because it isn’t well written- my goodness it’s incredible-
but because I’m usually a sucker for the dark and soaring. And it isn’t at all
what I pictured stemming from the prompt. However, when I am drawn into the
mind and body of a character, when I feel like their words are tickling the
tiny hairs in my ears, or I could glance over their shoulder and help them
solve a Four Pictures One Word puzzle, that is when I know I’m in the presence
of genius. I want to be you when I grow up.
(Me, too!)
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