Discussion Thread - 100 Word Anonymous Writing Challenge Feb 2015

I came down to three on my shortlist, Precipitate, Cloud Psychiatry, and Done By The Book. Any of them could have received my vote, but since we have to cast only one, I choose Done By The Book.
Hopefully I will find time to try to guess authorship sometime this week, it's so hard to try to match up one story to the writer, let alone all the entries
 
I haven't managed to put a name to every story. Here are my feral guesses:

The Cloud (Starring Montgomery Forke) - Cat's Cradle
Directive 51 – kerrybucannon
Dissolution – Juliana
A View from the Clouds - Crystal Havan
Reporting on Case 572/B-7. - farntfar
Precipitate - johnnyjet
Imagine My Surprise When: - chrispenycate
Today Jeopardy! Tomorrow The World. - telford
Keeping Them Happy – Victoria
The Cloud (with tractor) - Hex
Cloud Psychiatry – Remedy
Done By The Book – mosaix


My runner up is: Dissolution

My vote goes to: Silver Lining
 
And my vote went to Done By The Book, I've just realised I haven't said.
I'm really enjoying reading all these different guesses.
 
"It's Still Day 1" -- The author creates an eerie mood of paranoia in this haunting tale of lost memory.

"Invasion" -- This horror story explores the disturbing boundary between reality and imagination.

"Done by the Book" -- With wit and intelligence the author creates a clever new twist on the "weird little shop" theme.

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Very tough choice, but my vote goes to "Silver Lining" because of its delicate touch.
 
Howdy folks, nice thread here.

I've read the entries (hours ealier), and I'm here to present my list of Finalists for the 100 Word stories.



HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

FALLEN CLOUD

THE CLOUD (Starring Montgomery Forke)

YOU HAVE SIGNED OUT OF CHAT

IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN:

UNIDENTIFIED FLOATING OBJECTS

CLOUD PSYCHIATRY

SILVER LINING

IT'S STILL DAY 1

DONE BY THE BOOK
 
I am not even close to being sure on any of them, so this will be utterly hopeless but here goes...

List & Guesses, Shortlist & ***Vote***

Head in the Clouds - crystal haven
Directive 51 - Cat's Cradle
Fallen Cloud - ddawson
Dissolution - Ashleyne B. Watts
Unaware - Locksmith
The Cloud - telford
A View from the Clouds - willwallace
You Have Signed Out of Chat - farntfar
Reporting on Case 572/B-7. - Reiver33
Precipitate - Pwaa
Imagine My Surprise When: - Darkchrome
Today Jeopardy! Tomorrow the World. - Cascade
Clouded Judgments in the Dark Skies of War - Ratsy
Keeping Them Happy - Victoria Silverwolf
Unidentified Floating Objects - Johnnyjet
***Cloud Psychiatry*** - Hex
The Cloud - Robert Mackay
Black Hoylian - chrispenycate
A Dutchman, Updated - Tywin
Silver Lining - Juliana
It's still day 1 - J.L. Borstlap
Invasion - Kerrybuchanan
Done By The Book - mosaix
 
I filled out the list but ran out of names to match it felt like and the last few were really just the names I had left...for example I am sure I have Victoria wrong, because it was just the last story! Any ways, here are my poor guesses

Pardon the poor formating. its a copy and paste from word

Mosaix -Imagine my Surprise When
telford -The Cloud (Starring Montgomery Forke)
Locksmith -Head in the Clouds
Crystal Haven -Precipitate
riever33 -A Dutchman, Updated
chrispenycate -Black Hoylian
Cascade -Keeping Them Happy
Cat's Cradle -You Have Signed out of Chat
Hex -Cloud Psychiatry
Tywin -Today Jeopardy! Tomorrow The World
J.L. Borstlap -The Cloud
Krrybuchanan -Dissolution
Pwaa -It's still day 1
ddawson -Unaware
Darkchrome -Directive 51
Ashleyne -Invasion
Juliana -Silver Lining
Victoria Silverwolf -Done By The Book
willwallace -Unidentified Floating Objects
Rober Mackay -Clouded Judgments in the Dark Skies of War
Remedy -A View from the Clouds
farntfar -Fallen Cloud
johnnyjet -Reporting on Case 572/B-7.

Silver Lining gets my vote! So congrats mystery writer :)
 
As usual, I am trotting along at the back trying hard to keep up and have just woken up to the fact that February is almost gone and voting ends for this tomorrow. That precludes the weekend which, to paraphrase B5, is generally my last best hope for catching up.
I really wanted to have a proper go at guessing this time around, but the clock has conspired against me and it would just be a random list which probably misses the point a bit so...out of the usual crop of great stories, my Shortlist/Votey bit:

Precipitate
The Cloud (scary Tractor one)
Silver Lining
It's Still Day 1
Done By The Book
 
I liked all the stories..
Third place
Reporting on case 572/B-7 .. Directive 51 .. Dissolution .. A Dutchman

Second place
Head in the clouds .. The cloud .. Keeping them happy .. Cloud Psychiatry

First place
Its still day 1 .. Done by the book .. Silver Linings

Vote
Fallen Cloud
 
My vote went to A Dutchman, Updated - a very atmospheric piece. Well done.

My guesses:

telford – A view From The Clouds
Locksmith - Done By The Book
Crystal Haven - Dissolution
riever33 - A Dutchman, Updated
chrispenycate - Imagine My Surprise When:
Cascade - The Cloud
Cat's Cradle – The Cloud (Starring Montgomery Forke)
Hex – Fallen Cloud
Tywin - It's still day 1
J.L. Borstlap - Black Hoylian
Kerybuchanan – Directive 51
Pwaa - Keeping Them Happy
ddawson - Unaware
Darkchrome - Invasion
Ashleyne - Head in the Clouds
Juliana - Unidentified Floating Objects
Ratsy - Silver Lining
Victoria Silverwolf - Precipitate
willwallace - Reporting on Case 572/B-7.
Rober Mackay - Today Jeopardy! Tomorrow The World.
Remedy - Cloud Psychiatry
farntfar – You Have Signed Out Of Chat
johnnyjet - Clouded Judgments in the Dark Skies of War
 
Hello everyone! :) I'm not sure, but I think the poll should be closed...if so, it looks as though we have a winner in 'Done By the Book'! Congratulations, anonymous author, on a fine story! J.L., if you see this, could you please confirm though? Forgive the post, all--I just wanted to place a note to make sure no more votes came in, if the voting should be over.

ps--thank you, Starbeast, for participating in the voting! :)
 
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