DISCUSSION THREAD, September 2019 75-Word Writing Challenge

[Jo Zebedee]

@Jo Zebedee I'm sure you could come up with a sexy space pilot tale for this month's challenge.

It looks like a fun one and I have a 1/2 hour train journey later...

 

[Parson]

@nixie .... The Problem with Space Travel .... Nixie gives us a story where the first contact is a crushing one.

 

[Pedro Del Mar]

@Pedro Del Mar ....
**** I was amazed that I, who only watch 2 or 3 movies a year, actually got this story ****

Thanks for the review @Parson and for the small amount of movies you watch you have fabulous taste

 

[Parson]

@Jo Zebedee .... REGARDING EARTH .... Jo channels another famous Irish author, Jonathan Swift, as she tells a worrying tale.

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I'm in. I don't find Dark Humor funny, even my own. Perhaps some people will.

 

[SPoots]

@Jo Zebedee A modest proposal? Nice.

 

[Cathbad]

I don't think I'd ever cross Jo... not with that imagination!!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

@Parson, the humour here is so dark if I used what I consider black humour no one (except the likes of @SPoots and @Kerrybuchanan who live in this crazy wee part of the world) would know I was having a laugh....

 

[Culhwch]

It looks like a fun one and I have a 1/2 hour train journey later...

Half an hour, hey? Show off...

 

[Danny McG]

For future reference I don't think black comedy/dark humour should be in any more contests, it's done my nut in trying to think of sumfin'

 

[Parson]

@chrispenycate .... Automated Long Distance Independent Analytic SETI Scanner .... Chris makes us consider what the proper First Contact protocol should be, and perhaps, should not be.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Margaret Note Spelling points out the disadvantages of the holidays.

SPoots frightens the reader with an unexpected return.

Calliopenjo ponders the impact of too much communication.

dannymcg proves that turnabout is foul play.

Pedro Del Mar reveals how difficult it can be to read the intentions of others.

nixie demonstrates the importance of scale.

Jo Zebedee considers the sacrifices needed to preserve resources.

Parson shows the way in which visitors can sometimes disrupt local environments.

chrispenycate provides an example of a welcoming committee.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

johhnyjet has met the enemy, and it is us.

 

[Parson]

@johnnyjet .... Hand Puppets .... Johnny tells a tale that reminds me of a Bible phrase about "the right hand not knowing what the left hand was doing."

 

[chrispenycate]

Many thanks for the reviews, Parson and Victoria: I was really short of words for this one (and couldn't manage humout either).

But I had to submit something, din't I?

 

[Calliopenjo]

Thank you, Parson and Victoria, for your reviews.

 

[Stable]

I'm holding off on reading everyone's stories so that I've got the best chance of finding the joke funny when it comes to voting. Then I'll read them all in one big gigglefest. In the meantime I'm doing crunches to make sure my sides don't split.

 

[Parson]

@StilLearning .... This one never got told 'no' .... Still L gives a whole new dimension to the terms "spoiled brat" and "helicopter parent."

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

StilLearning reminds us that finders can be weepers.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

RJM Corbet reveals that the little engine that thought it could wasn't always right.

 

[LittleStar]

Well, comical or humorous probably not. Dark? in a satirical way, maybe
But I’m in at least