There is something very intangibly tangentially relevant about how the one-word titles work together to form their own meanings independent of what's inside them. Especially if you add an H to Wine.
As it stands now, I'd buy Sleepwalkers Wine off the shelf at almost any price. I've always wanted to sleepwalk, and for some reason the brand I've just created makes me think of zombies.
Could be my Walking Dead fetish.
4/20 is also Record Store Day, which is almost as useless as Earth Day yet it's more obscure, thus more hipster.
I want to believe that the stark simplicity of a title like WINE is ingenius. Though maybe not. We'll see. Plus, wine is tasty and gets you fucked up. Can the story even live up to that?
Very different but good work here. Alas, my vote came down to subtleties since I liked both stories, so I went for the one that tickled me the most in the dirty places.
(story #1: no prompt! I did make it fun to read though and try and guess what it was.)
These contests are so cool that I'm developing the urge to throw down the gauntlet myself...
Thanks, Courtney. Honestly, though, I'm surprised it wasn't a landslide this time. Your story was complete, and the characterization was on point. It was also really well written.
Mine...well in my opinion it wasn't any of those things haha. Fun to write, though. I need to finish it, as I had two or three more scenes in my head that I think would have made it great. Definitely a rematch on the horizon.
Thanks, Ren. I'm quite a douchebag myself -- the characterization was my bitchy, judgemental side coming out. (It usually comes out, but I let it really come out this time.)
Sound, your story rocked. I did feel that there was more to tell, though, so I'm glad you're planning on expanding it.
