I’m not sure which causes more anticipation - finishing early or starting late!
I should have waited to send my mail. 
Next time!*
*Quite possibly a lie.
I’ll be in, after New Year’s.
Thanks Min.
Woo, just submitted mine. It was written all in about five hours and turned out to be fairly stupid, but I enjoyed it, and that’s what counts, right? 
Happy new year! I just submitted mine, I can be a champ in the death pool but on this contest I end up like Alan Davies in QI. 
W00t! Another writing contest! Well, since my life is being taken over by the storytelling bug, count me in! Now to make an email.
Good to hear that you’re in, Sunspace. I’ve enjoyed your stories before and I’ll look forward to your contribution.
Now, if I can only make some sense of the words and photo…
And there’s a new story from The Mighty Boosh.
So far -
DMark
jackdavinci
Le Ministre de l’au-delà
Stealth Potato
GIGObuster
The Mighty Boosh
A fun way to start the new year…
Off we go–sent! This one was fun.
Thanks, Spoons.
Oh, an idea came to me immediately. Heh heh heh.
How true - and already I regret not making some changes. Now that I have had a few days and re-read the story, I see a glaring problem with my style - and I thought I had learned that lesson the last time, but apparently I didn’t.
There is a fine line between throwing out a story and getting the plot right, or using your words to create a mood and feeling that grabs the reader. Which is better? Can you do both within the 2000 word constraint? Using more words to better describe feelings, or using those words to advance the story? I am my own worst critic.
Ah well - it is done and submitted. But having finished it so soon and submitted so quickly, it does cause me to second guess myself…and third guess, and fourth guess…
You know the expression “warts and all”? Well…I am beginning to think my story should have been edited by a good dermatologist.
I managed to avoid second-guessing myself by waiting until the last few hours to even start writing; that way I can’t kick myself for not doing any revision. 
Reading the story for the first time after I’d already submitted it had me grimacing a few times, but oh well, what the hell. Seems like I have a hard time writing at all unless I’m bumping up against a deadline. Maybe I was just feeling nostalgic for my school days…
Mine’s submitted. Not exactly the finest thing ever written, and possibly the worst, but I’m blaming that photo! Thanks for organising this again, Ministre.
Well, nothing from me, I’m afraid. A couple of abortive starts, but nothing was really gelling; and then real-life business interrupted anyway. Looking forward to reading the stories though. Good luck, all!
I will say, this being my fifth or so entry, I can’t say my stories are getting better, but it is getting easier to write them, and it’s been worth it for that alone.
Midway through my story. Just gotta get Murray the miner out of his predicament!
Indiana Jones comes along in a mine cart, cracks his whip, and hits the light switch. Immediately, all the lights come on, allowing James Bond to shoot Darth Vader. But with his second shot, Bond misses, and it’s left to John McClane to take out Leatherface. Which he does, but not before the Joker releases his laughing gas. Fortunately, Austin Powers has gas masks for all the good guys, who rescue Murray.
How else can I help?
Now I’m going to have to rewrite it.
I like it!
Well, my story’s sent. Very interesting picture. I’m looking forward to reading all the other submissions.
jackdavinci, third attempt for me, but yes, me too. Mind you, I satyed up till some ungodly hour and wrote the rough draft pretty much without planning, then edited today. Christ knows what it’s going to looking like once I’ve had a decent sleep!
Just remember to give me credit. 