Greetings to all Steemians and Writers!
Welcome to the 2nd week of the 3rd Fiction writing competition.
Our 3rd fiction writing competition started off with a horror theme for the month of November. To be honest I was feeling a bit nervous because not many people prefer to work with horror. It requires a lot of details in order to scare the readers and sometimes superstitions also play a part. After all the writer doesn't want to be scared too. I have been experimenting and I am thinking of making it a recurring thing of choosing a theme for each month in order to help the writers draw out their potentials using different types of genres.
What saddens me the most is that our pot didn't grow by a lot this month...it is currently at 1.420 SBD for the winner. :-( I hope the second week will help the pot grow by a lot.
The introduction post for Fiction Comp can be found here. If you are new to this competition, it will help you get up to speed with the rules and how the competition is run.
A tourist decides to go for a walk alone in the middle of the night. He nonchalantly walks for a few blocks before realizing the streets are deserted, not a soul or machine in sight. Suddenly people carrying torches pour out from the streets behind in droves and start chasing him. Unable to grasp the situation, he makes a run for it and in the confusion goes down a dark alley with a dead end. With nowhere to turn, he is soon captured by the mob. He notices that every single one of them is wearing a white mask but the thing that filled him with dread is the fact that gazing back at him were not eyes but hollow sockets.
Three awesome authors brought us quite the scary stories for this month's writing prompt. Believe it or not, these three short stories gave me quite the scare after I read them. Each and every story was well thought off and well paced to keep the readers grasping for more. I will not take up too much of your time, the stories submitted for this round are:
What Mr. Mendes Saw a short story by @tanglebranch takes us on quite the ride. At first glance, it seems like just an ordinary conversation between a psychologist and her patient. Will we find out what transpired?
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A Midnight Chase by @lyxng. A couple goes on a vacation to Genoa only to end up arguing. Before things could escalate any further Aaron decides to leave the room to go for a walk. Will this be the last walk he takes as a married man? Or Will some alone time help him to come to a better decision? What awaits him in the streets of Genoa?
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Saipan Sucks! by @rodeo670. Danny convinces him to visit Saipan for vacation, he wouldn't shut up about it. He showed him pictures, videos and even told him stories about the place. Will this trip give him the same experience his friend had? Is the hostel he is staying in hiding dark secrets?
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To be honest if I could I would give all three of you a reward but sadly I can't. :( I don't have enough funds for that but as this competition grows and the new plan for it that I am currently working on comes to fruition, I am sure a lot of people will come out happy in the end. I really enjoyed reading all the stories and they did give me quite the scare so to me they are all winner in my eyes.
Please give the wonderful writers listed here your awesome upgoat to support their work. :) They have done an awesome job to bring some amazing stories to keep us entertained and scared. After all there can never be enough upgoats to give around.
All the entries listed in this post are open for judging. Please take some time to read them and do vote on the one you think deserves it the most. I will see you all at the end of the week with the news of our winner for this round. Thank you for reading and have a wonderful time everyone. :)
Good luck to all the contestants and cheers! Keep up the great work! Keep writing and much love <3
Much love to all the readers who are following me and keeping an eye on this competition and others who just happen to drop by and read. <3
Kyrios
For Saipan Sucks! by @rodeo670 please reply to this comment with "vote".
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Thank you so much, @simgirl!! :D
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Thank you so much for your support, @precise! I really appreciate it! :)
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Thank you so much, @dinglehopper!!!! :D I really appreciate it!
you're welcome
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Thank you so much for your support, @rougebot!! I appreciate it so much! :D
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I really appreciate the support, thank you so much, @allstarrunner! :)
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Thank you so much, @dreamiely!!! I appreciate the support so much! :D
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Thank you po for the support, @bearone! :D I really appreciate it!!!
For A Midnight Chase by @lyxng please reply to this comment with "vote".
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thank you so much @jznsamuel!
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hihihi salamat @johnalexius
For What Mr. Mendes Saw by @Tanglebranch please reply to this comment with "vote".
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Thanks :)
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Aw shucks, thank you :)
Welcome!
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tips hat thankee kindly
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Thank you Tiny! :D
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Thank you very much. It would be great to have more writers take part so that we will have more content to read and share with the world. It will also benefit them because they will be able to come up with great ideas while writing and hopefully get out of a writers block if they have one.
horror is not something everything can or wants to write about. hopefully you will get more input the next submission
Lol.. Well, it kinda is in a way.. Growing up, we must have had something we were deeply afraid of.. Using that as a basis could serve. I think.. I don't enjoy horror stories, but I'm sure I'm quite capable of writing one if I explore those fears.
How is your day going? 😃
my day is fine. however i dont see any sense into putting time into dwelling on fear.
Nah, those fears are gone... I was trying to butress my opinion that people could write on horror if they want to...
Are you on discord? I could chat you up 😃
well yes anyone CAN write on it. i just dont see any need to personally. there are so many other things that i would rather write about. i can be found on the PAL network discord
https://discordapp.com/invite/pJtWp57
Cool... We'll chat then.. 😃
I understand, horror is a theme a lot of people tend to avoid but then again we also have some who enjoy working with it or want to use a prompt to better themselves. I am still thinking of the theme for next month and hopefully it will draw a lot more peoples attention. :) Thank you for your support @torico. When you taking part?
Kyrios
depends .. i gotta see a topic i like ;)
Thanks Kyrios for this great creative post and your work to focus on creative writing on Steemit! Much appreciated. upvoted, following. @originalworks
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Thank you mate. Hopefully we will be able to see you in the next round? With a story?
OK!! Now that I am following you, I will look out for the start of the contest! Thanks for the motivation!
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Really good
Followed you from the forumcoin thread. Nice meeting you here. I'll go through your fiction writing now :)
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