Counterclockwise Cushion (1324 hits)
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Submitted by Uber Madness 2004 (View user info) at 2004-09-20 10:00:38 EDT
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Entry 1
James was an impeccably dressed man. His hair was always combed to perfection and his go-tee never had mixed length. He had things on lock down. His 2 story town home in downtown New York was disgustingly decorated for a man in his late 30's. Everything matched, from curtains to the pillows on the couch. Of course, James was not the one to clean the house. He did clean, he hated a mess; but the maid was hired to do the extensive cleaning that James didn't have time for. She was a good maid, 47 years old. She had been in James' employment for 6 years.His coat sleeves were covered in blood and he couldn't stand it.
"They never try to run," he thought.
The occasion was a particularly dirty one. Big Louie had been dipping his hand in the Boss' money stash. He had not been giving full returns and blaming it on the "clientele's" lack of money. James was supposed to set an example by making the death extra brutal.
Louie had known James for a long time. He knew that when James was going to do something extra brutal, it was going to involve an axe or a machete. James had moved Louie to a warehouse that was owned by one of the many "clients." It was a cotton seed plant about 1.5 hours outside of the city. James played "Road to Nowhere," by The Talking Heads, the song he always played when he was about to make a hit; on a small boom box that rested in the corner while Louie sat blindfolded and tied to a chair.
"James, let's fucking talk about this man. You know I did not do it."
"Then why would the Boss want to kill you?" James asked.
James put the baby powder on his hands and picked up his axe. He felt like a different human being when holding the axe. When he first started committing murder, he did it for fun. He wasn't even Italian. His heritage was mostly English with a minute amount Cherokee. He had so little Cherokee, that it was a surprise for him to find out because he possessed none of their characteristics. He was far from the typical mob member but they picked him up when they found him.
James was sick. He felt the entire world was out of his control, so he had to control everything around him. That's why he loved to murder. When he did, he was in charge of the situation. James couldn't walk out a public bathroom without wearing gloves. He was that obsessive guy that couldn't let a picture hang crooked or had to wash his hands every time he entered his home. That's why the mob liked him, he was organized and reliable.
The wooden handle felt great in his hands. It had been awhile since he received an order that he could have fun with. He raised the axe into the shoulder of Louie, who let out a loud growl. Blood didn't just ooze from Louie's arm. It erupted all over the room. As James ran to the bathroom to rinse and dry his face, Louie noticed something about the jolt to his shoulder. The arm of the chair had split and he was free to escape. He quickly removed the straps and headed out the door to James' Mercedes.
James was in the bathroom when he heard the door slam. He ran out behind the sound and once he walked into the light, he saw the trail of blood. He looked up to see Louie making a dash for the car.
"That dumb bastard." James said as he pulled out his pistol, and fired two shots into Louie's back.
James took Louie's body and dropped it into the one of the city landfills. The Boss wanted it to be eventually found and publicized. James knew that would be the best place to put it.
On the drive home, James couldn't think about anything but cleaning himself. The maid was supposed to be there today but she never says anything to him about his job. She has an idea of what he does but keeps her mouth shut.
Today James' mood was a little different. Usually, he felt invigorated by a killing. Today he felt it, but it was weaker than it has ever been. James had been taking drugs to help with his disorders. So far, they have only made him moody or unemotional. If it is not one, it's the other. Sometimes, like this day, he can't tell what emotional state he is in.
The car beeped as James pressed the alarm button and made the ascent up the small flight of stairs on his porch. He came inside and washed his hands, hearing the maid in the background cleaning. He walked into the living room to notice a cushion of the couch was different. It was in a counterclockwise position. The zipper should have been put on the back.
James felt the vain in his forehead throb. He could no longer control his rage at this. James reached down and grabbed the cushion. He walked back to his bedroom where the maid was cleaning his closet. She was on her knees arranging the shoes when James got on top of her and put the pillow on the back of her head. His weight forced her onto the floor and her face was smashed against the carpet. She tried to scream but the sound quickly turned into a gargle as James slid his hand around her neck.
James felt invigorated again. He had not been truly happy for a long time and now everything had fallen into place. He was tired of killing for the money, and he was tired of killing enemies who had committed wrongdoings against the Boss. He felt alive because he killed an innocent person. That's how he started and that's when he felt the best. James knew what he had to do to keep his sanity. He had to do what he did when he was younger.
"Everyday is another day that I can kill or be killed." He used to say.
James realized that a cushion that was incorrectly placed on his couch caused him to come to this realization. He made the next maid always leave the pillow in the counterclockwise position. He still works for the Boss but when he gets the urge to live a little, he finds someone, a young girl, an old lady, or even his own maid.
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Entry 2
He was a professor, once.Swirling heiroglyphs of black water writhed across the windscreen. The digestive purr of gravel told us that we had arrived home. In the submarine obscurity of the storm, however, the lights that we could now see between the spidery wipers could have been anyones front door.
I stepped out of the side door into a raging python of stormwater that threw and tossed itself over my shoe and down into the shadowy gutter. I looked over at Sarah, in order to make some sort of standard, self-deprecating comment. She wasn't looking at me.
Even in the half light of the storm, i could the fear that suddenly crawled over her face. Her eyes were locked on something that i couldn't see- my vision blocked by the willow that stood in her front lawn. Her head was tilted back slightly, plastering her dark hair to her forehead. Her face was pale, ghostly, and her eyes were wide and dark.
I moved around the front of the car to where she stood, shivering. Her mouth was moving, trying to form words and she was standing, knee-deep, in a thick gutter of fluid that was crashing away down to the street. Even before i looked, and over the cacophonic symphony of the storm, i heard it...
"...and as it moves over the tropics..."
Sarah's father was standing on the gabled roof of the 2 storey house. His grey nightgown thrashed around him like a raging ghost. His hair, a spider web, was stretched across his wasted features as he gesticulated madly at the maelstrom around him. He was yelling something, and from the patches of speech that rose above the gale it seemed to be about the weather. He was a professor, once. He lectured on meteorology...
"...takes cold air in to the center..."
Sarah was shaking, her legs unwilling to move. I grabbed her by the shoulders and took her towards the front porch.
"Don't worry, babe. It's OK, I'll go and get him. It's gonna be OK." i murmured to her, rubbing her shoulders and taking her into the golden warm interior of the house. I sat her on the sofa where she stayed, staring straight ahead. I could see what she was thinking. Water dripped down her face and her bottom lip shook slightly, but apart from that she just stared out the window onto the front lawn that was now convulsing under the torrent.
"I'll go and get him. Wait here."
Halfway up the stairs i went past an open window. The rain elbowed and shouldered against the house, like a bear testing to get in. Water had pooled all across the landing and more was vomiting in. Above the screeching, more phrases filtered down and then were stolen by the wind.
"...and the cold air moving in makes a counterclockwise cushion that..."
A fresh gust of wind hit the house, shaking it right to the thick wooden pillars, and i heard Sarah let out a tiny, strangled yelp. I started to take the steps two at a time. I arrived in the attic bedroom and saw the window to the roof open and the entire room soaked, drowning. Through the window i could see his back, the lines of his ribs marked out like fingers by the gown that now clung to him like a second skin. With the grey material draped aroung his body, he looked like a snake shedding.
As i reached the window, he turned around. His eyes weren't empty, quite the contrary. Small fires leapt and fell behind those small, dark beads. His hands were still moving, as if by the mere inertia of their previous exertions, and his lips were still flapping and muttering but now without sound.
"Quite the storm, isn't it, James?"
And that was it. Another wall of wind, this time like the impact of a car crash, smashed into the side of the house. He was lifted up, light as a veil, and i didn't even see him fall. It was like the darkness had just grabbed him and and made him disappear. The crunch on the gravel, when it came, was almost inaudible. There was a small gap, where the wind suddenly dropped slightly, the rain angled vertical again, and a new sound filtered up the stairs. My Sarah, screaming.
I found her in the doorway. She was holding the door with white knuckles as if afraid that she too would fly away if she let go. Her mouth inscribed a wide O as she screamed but i don't think she could even hear herself. Her eyes were locked on the pitifully small grey bundle at the head of the driveway. Its light garment still whipping in the wind like a waving hand.
I put my arms around her and wrenched her away from the door. I pulled her right into me and just held her, trying to give her some of my warmth. She was very cold, i wasn't even sure she knew i was there. Cold tears poured down her white cheeks and she still let out a small, shrill whine. I held her, it was all i could do.
He was a professor, once.
Entry 1:
antluvdog
babydoll
Bigmike
Bizdorph
BLITZKREIG_BOB
BoogieFevuh
Brdn_Nkd
cexshun
Circe
corn_nugget
cshape
Dirtbird
Disektor
dodahdave
EatMeCompletely
EchoBoxing
enraged_baboon
firefly
FunnyAsCancer
gamma
Genko
gibberish
godking
hollygolitely
hyprspacd
Impassive-Digressive
knucklesnelson
krushul
lilbill87
littledan
logancho
lucid
Luckystar
Method
MickGinny
MM_LP_Track3
Monarch
Natsukau
NerfHerder
nowaycj
omnifica
OneCheapGeek
Philst82
Phinch
polyamorousaj
Pringles4eva
razmataz73
runninginplace
rurumon
satchel
sexy_biatch
shark25
sketch9
Slovin
sparkle_pink
Stabkill
Stin
streetpunk
the_lone_stranger
TigerLilly
tlozoot
Totally_useless
youarsoghey
YouLookLikeINeedADrink
Zandy1123
49 eligible votes (65 total) *
Entry 2:
Alice_in_Wonderland
Allyson
Anjie
AshK
AshyLarry
Azriel
Badlands
Banga3386
bob
Can_Always_Trust_A_Liar
comicbookguy
congo
darko
dicquellis
domenad
DonkeyOnTheEdge
Durae
engine13
evolydal
fell-8-me
filmgeek
FilthyAssistant
girlreporter
Gnome
humor_me
Ignore_the_Small_Print
jack11058
Jack_McCallum
JMG114
Julia
Katja
LadyPlural
legallady
lojope
Loren1
lrw
Mercutio
munkeypants
Natalia_Everitt
nitty34
Phallic_Cymbals
pobz
potatomanjack
QueenAshlee
ralphmacchio
Razor
redraven
ruthless
salmonofdoubt
shadow
shitfuck
SilvrWolf
Slypher
Smurfs
SPECIALk
spedmonkey
Spiral_Abraxis
Spooner
stevie_says
strider
tammy
Teephphah
thaumaturge
Therighteouswicked
tinactin
treblereel
Vermin
wazzawazzayo
WhatTheHell
Wiggles
WiKi
William_Q_Percy
Yes
Zoidberg
58 eligible votes (74 total) *
* Eligible votes are those made by users who had either (A) posted 3+ messages OR (B) written 100+ [lowered from 750+] reviews as of the beginning of the UberMadness! competition.
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Submitted by Can_Always_Trust_A_Liar (user info) at 2004-09-29 19:57:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2004-09-29 19:38:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by logancho (user info) at 2004-09-29 17:55:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by godking (user info) at 2004-09-29 13:50:17 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2004-09-28 22:25:53 EDT (#)
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I thought the imagery was quite good in entry 2, but some people seem to come down on this post because of some other minor mistakes. It definitely needed a clean-up, but it was great raw material.
Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2004-09-28 22:21:03 EDT (#)
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Both very good.
I love the title, but of course the authors dont't get credit for that.
Entry 1 was quite good, but Entry 2 blew me away.
Submitted by Genko (user info) at 2004-09-28 22:13:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2004-09-28 22:09:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Allyson (user info) at 2004-09-28 22:07:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2004-09-28 19:49:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2004-09-28 19:46:17 EDT (#)
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Author two, focus more on story and less on your adjectives. In fact, just learn to cut adjectives out completely.
Submitted by dicquellis (user info) at 2004-09-28 16:55:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by krushul (user info) at 2004-09-28 16:09:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by antluvdog (user info) at 2004-09-28 12:36:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Totally_useless (user info) at 2004-09-28 12:32:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EatMeCompletely (user info) at 2004-09-27 11:53:21 EDT (#)
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Submitted by tinactin (user info) at 2004-09-27 03:45:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by legallady (user info) at 2004-09-25 19:18:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bizdorph (user info) at 2004-09-24 16:19:23 EDT (#)
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Ugh.
I really didn't like either one, but number one was marginally better, despite writing errors, misuse of tenses, and a poor use of the title.
Number two was just really boring.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2004-09-24 16:03:02 EDT (#)
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Grammar errors nonwithstanding, entry two was better.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2004-09-24 15:55:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Luckystar (user info) at 2004-09-24 14:26:44 EDT (#)
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Hmm, UberMadness seems a little.....lame this round
Submitted by littledan (user info) at 2004-09-24 14:04:23 EDT (#)
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A James in each story...
Posts are getting better, harder to decide.
Submitted by Monarch (user info) at 2004-09-24 13:39:53 EDT (#)
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Oooo... good match up. Two flash-fiction entries in one post.
Entry One: Nice. I like the style. The UM body count rises...
Entry Two: Nice again. Somewhat disconnected though.
I have a real weakness for the flash-fiction genre so this was tough. But Entry One wins it by a hair.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2004-09-24 12:46:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2004-09-24 11:58:53 EDT (#)
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I thought the use of descriptive words was a little bit out of control with 2, but I still liked it better than 1. It didn't remind me of Reservoir Dogs.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2004-09-23 19:53:18 EDT (#)
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though I have no room to talk, I am growing weary of the assasin bit
Submitted by potatomanjack (user info) at 2004-09-23 12:30:50 EDT (#)
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Meh
Submitted by lrw (user info) at 2004-09-23 10:10:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by enraged_baboon (user info) at 2004-09-23 09:59:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lilbill87 (user info) at 2004-09-22 21:44:20 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2004-09-22 16:00:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2004-09-22 15:45:09 EDT (#)
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I am lukewarm on both of these, but I liked the interpretation of the title from Author 2 better.
Hard choice!
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2004-09-22 15:25:05 EDT (#)
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Submitted by treblereel (user info) at 2004-09-22 12:21:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by gamma (user info) at 2004-09-22 10:53:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Philst82 (user info) at 2004-09-22 10:35:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by WiKi (user info) at 2004-09-22 09:01:11 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Slypher (user info) at 2004-09-22 00:36:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Therighteouswicked (user info) at 2004-09-22 00:27:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Banga3386 (user info) at 2004-09-21 22:29:57 EDT (#)
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both well deserving but...
Submitted by tammy (user info) at 2004-09-21 22:10:17 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Impassive-Digressive (user info) at 2004-09-21 20:56:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DonkeyOnTheEdge (user info) at 2004-09-21 20:25:30 EDT (#)
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Whats with the dual 'James' post?
Submitted by tlozoot (user info) at 2004-09-21 19:14:24 EDT (#)
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Entry 2 was weird but not very good. Entry 1... well Mafia stories always get my vote. Even if there was gratutitous pointless death.
Good job with a weird fucking title, both authors.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2004-09-21 18:17:40 EDT (#)
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Very good.
Submitted by Zandy1123 (user info) at 2004-09-21 17:27:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-09-21 16:53:58 EDT (#)
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both were very good
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2004-09-21 16:35:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2004-09-21 16:18:42 EDT (#)
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I wonder how whoever suggested this title came up with it.
Submitted by satchel (user info) at 2004-09-21 15:52:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by salmonofdoubt (user info) at 2004-09-21 13:43:58 EDT (#)
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um...
Submitted by lucid (user info) at 2004-09-21 12:47:23 EDT (#)
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Too many metaphors in #2.
Submitted by Katja (user info) at 2004-09-21 12:33:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by hyprspacd (user info) at 2004-09-21 12:11:51 EDT (#)
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I actually liked both of these, until the father died.
Submitted by girlreporter (user info) at 2004-09-21 12:05:57 EDT (#)
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because I'm a weather nerd
Submitted by runninginplace (user info) at 2004-09-21 12:04:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Durae (user info) at 2004-09-21 11:45:02 EDT (#)
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tough title
Submitted by AshK (user info) at 2004-09-21 11:41:21 EDT (#)
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Oh yes, yes, yes! Go number 2!
I thought number 1 was a hell of a lot better than a lot of round one. I like to see 2 good stories fighting it out, but it makes the contests with 2 shit stories seem like such a waste of space.
Submitted by Yes (user info) at 2004-09-21 11:32:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by wazzawazzayo (user info) at 2004-09-21 09:54:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by filmgeek (user info) at 2004-09-21 09:14:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by razmataz73 (user info) at 2004-09-21 08:56:22 EDT (#)
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This one was a toughie. There were a few sentences in Entry 1 that made me shudder.
"So far, they have only made him moody or unemotional. If it is not one, it's the other."
Uh, wow. That is...well, ridiculous. And the story was predictable and laking true character definition.
Entry 2 was WAY overdone, especially at the beginning. I felt like I was reading one of those Reading Comprehension essays on the SAT or other highschool standardized test. I half expected there to be questions at the bottom, like "What did the author mean when he/she compared the rain to a raging python?"
I just couldn't understand the story with all of the superfluous detail.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2004-09-20 23:55:10 EDT (#)
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I didn't like either of these, but Entry 2 had me stuck on the same sentence. I read it 12 times, and just couldn't get past it.
"His hair, a spider web, was stretched across his wasted features as he gesticulated madly at the maelstrom around him"
It was like a literary brick wall that I kept running into, face first.
Stop trying so hard, people. You take away from your intended message when you put too much focus on the words.
If that makes any sense.
Submitted by hollygolitely (user info) at 2004-09-20 23:51:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by stevie_says (user info) at 2004-09-20 23:24:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2004-09-20 22:18:21 EDT (#)
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This was a difficult title to work with, but therefore had a lot of potential. Neither one of these seemed too substantive.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2004-09-20 21:55:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by comicbookguy (user info) at 2004-09-20 21:30:55 EDT (#)
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what?
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2004-09-20 19:37:32 EDT (#)
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#2 had some heart, at least.
I wrote a story much like #1. Of course, I was about 11 years old at the time.
Submitted by Natalia_Everitt (user info) at 2004-09-20 19:08:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by engine13 (user info) at 2004-09-20 19:01:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by gibberish (user info) at 2004-09-20 19:00:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Slovin (user info) at 2004-09-20 19:00:30 EDT (#)
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Mick: There are 15 posts left in group A and 40 left in group B.
Submitted by Slovin (user info) at 2004-09-20 18:58:23 EDT (#)
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Entry #1 kind of petered out towards the end, but #2 was kind of weak the whole way through.
Entry #1 it is.
Body count: 81.
http://tbd.yi.org/umbc.php
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2004-09-20 18:46:05 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Natsukau (user info) at 2004-09-20 18:45:09 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sketch9 (user info) at 2004-09-20 18:29:06 EDT (#)
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tough one. the first has been done. painfully contrived.
The second was better written, but a weaker story, by far. So what to vote for? A better story, with duller description, or a boring story with amazing description?
i dont know... number one, i guess. hard shit.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2004-09-20 18:23:09 EDT (#)
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Worst title ever. Who let this one through?
Submitted by sexy_biatch (user info) at 2004-09-20 18:02:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-09-20 18:00:35 EDT (#)
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Submitted by omnifica (user info) at 2004-09-20 17:41:54 EDT (#)
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go-tee? but it was, again, the lesser of two evils
Submitted by nowaycj (user info) at 2004-09-20 17:26:31 EDT (#)
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Tough choice.
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2004-09-20 17:15:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Spiral_Abraxis (user info) at 2004-09-20 16:55:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Alice_in_Wonderland (user info) at 2004-09-20 16:55:05 EDT (#)
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a little heavy on the metaphorical descriptions, but overall powerfully written, i thought
Submitted by streetpunk (user info) at 2004-09-20 16:48:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redraven (user info) at 2004-09-20 16:47:26 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BoogieFevuh (user info) at 2004-09-20 16:29:59 EDT (#)
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I enjoyed both of these...I'm surprised both did so well with such a crappy title.
Submitted by Disektor (user info) at 2004-09-20 16:19:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ralphmacchio (user info) at 2004-09-20 16:13:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by AshyLarry (user info) at 2004-09-20 16:08:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by spedmonkey (user info) at 2004-09-20 15:56:32 EDT (#)
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#2 was good.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-09-20 15:51:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by YouLookLikeINeedADrink (user info) at 2004-09-20 15:25:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Phinch (user info) at 2004-09-20 15:04:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-09-20 14:32:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2004-09-20 14:29:10 EDT (#)
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these were both pretty bad.
btw,
#1 your metaphors were extremely painful to read
Submitted by Dirtbird (user info) at 2004-09-20 14:28:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2004-09-20 14:28:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by humor_me (user info) at 2004-09-20 14:22:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2004-09-20 13:55:26 EDT (#)
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#1 was in the OK-Pretty good range.
Submitted by strider (user info) at 2004-09-20 13:53:59 EDT (#)
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#2 was more creative with the use of the title.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2004-09-20 12:56:25 EDT (#)
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ok i hated both, but umm 2 had a better use if counterclockwise cushion.
Submitted by the_lone_stranger (user info) at 2004-09-20 12:55:19 EDT (#)
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I breaka u face!
Submitted by sparkle_pink (user info) at 2004-09-20 12:39:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FunnyAsCancer (user info) at 2004-09-20 12:38:35 EDT (#)
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REDRUM!
Submitted by nitty34 (user info) at 2004-09-20 12:38:35 EDT (#)
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Too much death....
Submitted by Anjie (user info) at 2004-09-20 12:34:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Stin (user info) at 2004-09-20 12:23:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-09-20 12:20:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by OneCheapGeek (user info) at 2004-09-20 12:00:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:55:05 EDT (#)
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Very Reservoir Dogs.
Submitted by EchoBoxing (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:54:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rurumon (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:47:21 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Vermin (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:43:02 EDT (#)
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What a fucking shit title to work with.
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:38:48 EDT (#)
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Fucking tough title.
is round 1 complete?
if so, where are the 44 posts?
Submitted by Ignore_the_Small_Print (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:27:05 EDT (#)
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Submitted by fell-8-me (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:25:15 EDT (#)
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Submitted by MM_LP_Track3 (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:22:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Pringles4eva (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:08:45 EDT (#)
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fuck ubermadness. fuck it right up it's asshole.
Submitted by pobz (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:05:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Gnome (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:05:50 EDT (#)
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tough decision
Submitted by SPECIALk (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:01:45 EDT (#)
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Tough choice.
Submitted by WhatTheHell (user info) at 2004-09-20 11:00:56 EDT (#)
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Poop!
Submitted by Mercutio (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:57:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by cshape (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:56:43 EDT (#)
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1, but spellcheck.
Submitted by cexshun (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:49:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:43:30 EDT (#)
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Christ, how many characters named James are there going to be?
I'll give it to #1.
Very hard title.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:33:59 EDT (#)
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"the submarine obscurity of the storm" hmm that kinda scared me into voting for post 2...
Submitted by babydoll (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:33:33 EDT (#)
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bleech
Submitted by shark25 (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:31:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Smurfs (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:30:25 EDT (#)
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.
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:26:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:23:54 EDT (#)
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meh. and what's up with that title?
Submitted by Azriel (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:21:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:19:26 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Julia (user info) at 2004-09-20 10:08:21 EDT (#)
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I enjoyed both stories, but the imagery of "Its light garment still whipping in the wind like a waving hand" locked it for me. Nice job, both of you. Difficult title.