One HUGE
to everyone who submitted ideas for the Music Video contest. There were so many awesome ideas that we had a difficult time choosing. It came down to a team vote, and our winner is... (*drum roll*)
Kay Em Evans!
For the picture frame idea.
And now for the second Crusader Writing Challenge: parameters, 100 words (not including title).
That Kind of Day
The goldfish bowl teetered and crashed to the linoleum. Water coursed around my sneakers, orange bodies flopping helplessly through deadly shards.
A gun cocked.
“You can’t kill me.” I stepped around floundering bodies toward the wide-eyed man, hoping he wouldn’t try.
He looked down the barrel of his revolver. “Oh yeah?”
The gun fired.
A bullet smacked me between the eyes. Ouch.
“You can however seriously piss me off.” I speared him through with my scythe and lifted his squirming soul away. “Now I’m going to have to dig that thing out...! Say hello to your fishes, in Hell.”
(From my short stories collection: Death Goes to Hell. Read more here: http://angiesdiary.com/stories/shortstory/death-goes-to-hell/ )
This was brilliant! I want to know more, but it's also a story nicely contained in this short amount of words too :D
ReplyDeleteAwesome story! I love the twist at the end.
ReplyDeleteHa, super twist at the end, having Death lift the squirming soul away. :)
ReplyDeleteLOL! Now I wasn't expecting that! Loved the descritpion of the flopping fish. :O)
ReplyDeleteOh! I was *not* expecting that. Neat!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love a kick-ass MC!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME! This may be one of my faves so far =)
ReplyDeleteWell done. It is fascinating all the different ways people have of handling this challenge. Good work finding a new one.
ReplyDelete"Say hello to your fishes, in Hell"!! Love that line!
ReplyDeleteLOL. Never mess with the grim reaper.
ReplyDeleteHey i love this take on the challenge. I want to read more and I see I can. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteThx for taking the time to read mine. Geez, yep, aren't women vindictive lol.
Denise<3
Ouch! Brilliant twist! When Death said "You can't kill me," he meant it!
ReplyDeleteIntriguing and leaves us all wanting more.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! IT's quite a challenge (and fun!) to get a little story done in 100 words!! Well done!
ReplyDeleteDid like the story, didn't like the word "ouch" put it in death's dialog or cut it imo.
ReplyDeleteOh way cool. The fish bodies were a great tie in to death.
ReplyDelete....dhole
shame the fish had to go to hell but possibly they were bad fish - great story - well done
ReplyDeleteGREAT entry! Loved the dialog. It really brought humor and personality to the piece!
ReplyDeleteI noticed I wasn't following you yet. So sorry! I keep thinking I've met all the Crusaders, and then I discover another wonderful blog. My oversight has been corrected!
Well that surprised me. Great twist, very dark. The squirming souls...reminds me of the souls in the movie "Ghost" as they are dragged away. Nice imagery.
ReplyDeleteGreat twist! Well done :)
ReplyDeleteGripping! I loved this story, and I like the humour of the grim reaper. Dark, but fun.
ReplyDeleteI love the darkness of it. Nice job. I need to read more. :)
ReplyDeleteTough female there!
ReplyDeleteGood job with one hundred words.
Great twist - and love the idea of fishy heaven and hell. Remind me not to ever take on a guy with a scythe who looks like - y'know, Death.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I want to know more about this person that gets shot and doesn't even flinch!
ReplyDeleteOuch. <-- awesome. This was twisty and unexpected. I loved it.
ReplyDeleteGreat entry - very intense!
ReplyDeleteNICE! Love the twist and Death's badass attitude!
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