I'm not in The Pit (yet), so I can talk about this. Some good stuff in here, especially given the limitations. I marked four stories as being exceptional: Good Tyrant, Jim Tanner, With You, and ultimately chose Modern Beasts as my favorite.
We continue to be a fickle bunch, as I only voted for the favorite about half the time. Sometimes I'll choose because of the prose, but I find myself leaning on concept and execution more these days, especially when it comes to flash.
Noah's Ark was a standout for me, too, as was With You. Mocha Joe and Saving Face made me laugh heartily, but I ended up voting for Gone In A Flash. Really struck me emotionally and I thought about it long after reading it. Loved the style, too! Nicely done, Michael!
WV, I liked Fatty, too! Reminded me off all the hell of high school and I loved the ending.
I think Dinner's on the Table needs a shout too. That one rounds out my top three. Jim Tanner, Fatty, and Dinner. Great stuff.
I was quite surprised to see such a strong support for my story, as to me it doesn't quite feel finished. Almost, but it has flaws and needs work. I was pleased with the amount of potential I was feeling though, and I will definitely finish this one up.
I think my top three where the Noah's Ark one, TheCulling, and the Lip Gloss one. There were a lot of real good ones, a lot of ones that stuck with me for the good of them or for bad, but I think those are my top matchsups. It's hard for me to remember my exact rating of them but I think ultimately I liked the sharp sparkly Lip Gloss story the best. The Pussy/Mount Sims matchup I liked a lot and the With You/Game of Flash ones I also quite liked a lot. Oh, Servitude I also thought could have made my favorites and that Champ one and the Petite Mort one it was up against if they there had a little bit more to say. Overall a pretty standup fuckin job don't ya think.
Well Carly, You are too late for these stories. The polls closed today. If you would like to read and vote there are some matches currently going on. Look at the threads Labled (Un)Official Presents, WarII Round three
Matches 16-23. You can vote on the individial matches and after that your favorite for the week.
Also if you look up in the stick threads at the top of the community page, there is a WAR thread and that is where they always list the dates and times that the stories will be posted if you want to follow with the rest of the WAR. as the tournament progresses there are fewer stories to read each round. Hope this helps.
Merry Christmas
Petty Noir is a good play on words. Unless you really did mean "Petit." No, I'm not gonna launch into another tirade on French spelling. Did you ever read that article in Rolling Stone a couple years ago when Tom Petty had a new record and he was talking about he's got a whole dvd library devoted to noir films or something? Anyway, digression.
I've had this title, Rebar Noir, laying around for a long time with no story to it. Or I think it once had a story, but it was stupid. Noir is hard to write.
Thanks to those who enjoyed Fatty, especially the kind soul who gave it a vote. I thought I was going to loose that battle with cove because a) she wrote a very cool story and b) I broke my number one rule of Flash and tried to tackle a large subject with a limited word space. That story could be an easy 3 / 4,000 words and it feels thin when I read it. Still, I'm glad people connected with it as it was a blast to write.
As for my fav, I picked This City is not Noah's Ark. The writer created a vivid world and set a perfect tone with the limitations. Jim Tanner was a very close second as it followed all of my rules of Flash and the result was spot on. And I have five stories that are tied for third.
Awesome round!
Cheers Bill :-)
I have a feeling, well I know it really from Flash Me, that you and I have a similar set of rules for writing flash. Means a lot to get the praise from you. I have plans to rework This City is not Noah's Ark slightly, probably take it out of flash territory, but it will remain short, less than 2k words for sure.
@wicked This City works really well in short form, so I agree, keep it concise. The short form raises a ton of questions that don't need to be answered while still giving you a nice arc to follow. Really well done. I love the character of Fatty, so I want to explore more about him. How he found his confidence, the terror the rest of his school days held for him, etc.
Thanks again for the props, wicked!
