Contest January-February Short Story Contest Voting and Reading Thread (Now in Runoff Election))

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Which story did you like best? (you only get ONE vote!)

Poll closed Mar 15, 2025.

  1. Story One: "A Journey Beyond"

    2 vote(s)
    25.0%

  2. Story Two: "On a Rail"

    2 vote(s)
    25.0%

  3. Story Three: "Longer Than Expected"

    2 vote(s)
    25.0%

  4. Story Four: "What Happens"

    1 vote(s)
    12.5%

  5. Story Five: "Don't Miss the Boat"

    1 vote(s)
    12.5%
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  1. Killer Angel
    Slann

    Killer Angel Prophet of the Stars Staff Member

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    The irony... :D
     
    Killer Angel, Mar 14, 2025
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    At least they all have at least one vote now though
     
    pyro-dragon, Mar 15, 2025
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    I am happy with that... imo each one of the five stories deserved a recognition.
     
    Killer Angel, Mar 15, 2025
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    So... poll closed on a three-way tie... what's the protocol here, boss? Have the authors meet up for a deathmatch? Roll a three-sided dice? Or go to the Winchester, have a pint, and wait for this whole thing to blow over?

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    J.Logan, Mar 15, 2025
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    It would require another round of votings, restricted to those 3 stories.
     
    Killer Angel, Mar 16, 2025
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    Slann

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    This might break a tie or at least bring it down to a two-way tie :p

    Grrr, !mrahil
     
    Imrahil, Mar 17, 2025
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    I prefer a fight to the death in an arena. I would accept a nonlethal fight as long as the losers are beaten unconscious.

    But I believe Scalenex is going to set up a run-off election...
     
    Scolenex, Mar 17, 2025
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    Here it is.
     
    Scalenex, Mar 18, 2025
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    Scalenex, Mar 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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    Congrats to @Killer Angel and @Imrahil !!!
    Also @J.Logan that was a really good tale. I very much enjoyed it. I hope you plan on expanding it now XD

    I think I might expand mine before publishing it. I was really struggling with keeping the world count down.
     
    pyro-dragon, Mar 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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    Eventually there shall be more. It kind of doubled as a sneak peak of future plans, as well as the slice of the Realms that I'm working on as my local group's personal stomping grounds.

    Skritch will defintely make a return. I can envision some fun shenanigans with a skaven styling himself as a Victorian gentlemen-professor as a villain.
     
    J.Logan, Mar 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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    Thanks guys! :)
    And Congratulations to my co-winner @Killer Angel with a great story. Which had my vote from the beginning.

    This is only my second first place and both of them are joined first places.

    Grrr, !mrahil
     
    Imrahil, Mar 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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    J.Logan, Mar 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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    Just some clarifications about my story


    Alas, the mission of the assassin (which logically should be Eshin, but who cares?) will fail.
    He's stuck in a section of the space ship which has been closed ermetically, and his efforts to break through already failed.
    There is no way out, and while the lizardmen will go into stasis for the travel across star systems, that will lasts hundreds of years, he'll be awake and alone in a place with oxygen, food and water... for the rest of his life. With a slow realization (as the days become weeks, and weeks become months) that the door will never open
    @J.Logan guessed it right: it's a funny cosmic horror story. ;)
     
    Killer Angel, Mar 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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