DISCUSSION THREAD -- FEBRUARY 2023 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[C.Robin]

Waste Thief by @C.Robin .... A thief stealing waste story was the last kind of story I expected.

In a good way I hope?

 

[johnnyjet]

My Long List, Short List, and *** Favorite ***:

Reclamation – Shyrka
Salvage - Victoria Silverwolf
Phoenix - THX1138
*** The Addict in the Alleyway - Cat's Cradle ***
War Never Changes – BigJ
DO ZERLWAGLANS DREAM OF FLESH HUMANS? – Ashleyne
…but a second - hand emotion? – Luiglin
Kicking the can – Marvin
You're Better Off Doing It Yourself – sule
Recycle and Reuse – emrosenagel
Recycling… - mosaix
The Life of a Chief Sanitation Engineer - Peter V

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

Liked
The Rise and Fall of Wasteman - @Elckerlyc
Jason’s Roadside Petrol Station - @therapist
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - @Parson
My god, it's full of.... - @StilLearning

Voted
The Life of a Chief Sanitation Engineer - @Peter V

 

[Parson]

A lovely short listing! Thanks @M. Robert Gibson.

 

[Elckerlyc]

Shortlisted:
@Shyrka - Reclamation
@Yozh - A View from the Global South
@Ambrose - (no title)

Vote:
@Marvin - Kicking the can.

 

[Hugh]

I voted for @StilLearning

Runners up (in no significant order):
@BigJ
@therapist
@Troyzan787

Many thanks @nixie for the wonderful shortlisting and @Peter V for the listing.

and thanks as ever to our steadfast reviewers

 

[Cat's Cradle]

My lists tend to wander along, so I've cut back just a bit this month:

Shortlist:

sule, mosaix, Peter V and The Judge.

My vote went to Christine Wheelwright's clever story.
~

Big thanks to sule, Christine Wheelwright, and Peter V for the listings (thanks, Peter, for the very nice comments! When I'm not feeling like writing, robot stories come easy.).

I'm very grateful to THX1138, johnnyjet and mosaix for the votes.

Looks like another close one, good luck all, CC

 

[Shyrka]

Thank you all for the shortlists and (so far) vote. I've already placed my vote but haven't had time to write up my shortlist yet. I'll get to that later, all being well.

 

[Ashleyne]

My shortlist is:

The Rise and Fall of Wasteman by Elckerlyc

A Mission To Savour by paranoid marvin

Recycle and Reuse by emroseangel

I voted for Recycling… by Mosaix

 

[THX1138]

Thanks for the vote @Victoria Silverwolf !
And thanks for the lists @Yozh and @johnnyjet !

I took an off-turn on this one this month.

Great stories from everyone!

 

[paranoid marvin]

Many thanks to StilLearning, Wayne Mack, Parson and Ashleyne for the shortlistings and of course Bowler1 for the vote.

Looking like it's going down to the wire this month, good luck everyone!

 

[Shyrka]

Thank you all for the shortlists and (so far) vote. I've already placed my vote but haven't had time to write up my shortlist yet. I'll get to that later, all being well.

Shortlist and VOTE:

The Addict in the Alleyway - @Cat's Cradle
Kicking the can - @Marvin
You're Better Off Doing It Yourself - @sule
Eco Warrior - @Bowler1
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - @Parson

 

[Luiglin]

@therapist - sign him up for the Apprentice, can't see him doing any worse than the other wastes of space on there
@paranoid marvin - you should never waste an opportunity
@Parson - some say having a drink is a waste of time and money, depends who's paying

Had to plump for the @therapist. Just made me think of a different version of a sidewalk lemonade stand.

 

[JS Wiig]

It was between @sule and @Bowler1 one for me this go around, ended up voting for Bowler1.

Thanks to the writers and reviewers.

 

[Marvin]

Vote

Eco Warrior by @Bowler1 because it spoke about waste on more than one level and I found that refreshing among all the "garbage" stories. (Yeah, I had to go there.)

Hi @Parson I'm sure @Bowler1 is too polite to mention it (again anyway, he tried an earlier hint, but it was too subtle,) but the vote never happened. I'm sure you would love to sort that out before the time elapses.

 

[Parson]

Hi @Parson I'm sure @Bowler1 is too polite to mention it (again anyway, he tried an earlier hint, but it was too subtle,) but the vote never happened. I'm sure you would love to sort that out before the time elapses.

Sorted! Thanks. It's not the first time I've done that. (Mutters to himself about memory and age and other horrible truths).

 

[farntfar]

Shortlist, @Shyrka ,@Troyzan787 ,@Victoria Silverwolf ,@Cat's Cradle ,@Cloudy_Day , @BigJ .

But my vote went to @paranoid marvin .

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

Cliffhanger -fifteen mins to break the deadlock, may the best story win

 

[Ursa major]

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The poll has closed and we have a tie!

The tie-breaker poll is now up. It will be open until 23:59 GMT on March the 2nd:

Tiebreaker Poll -- February 2023 Writing Challenge​

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[Guttersnipe]

Thanks for the vote @Troyzan787!
Also, congratulations to whoever wins; both stories are very funny and creative.