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pondsandfrogs
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 10 May 2020 Location: Jersey City, NJ Status: Offline Points: 1757 |
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My walk down NYCM memory lane. Varying results abound! NYCM was a post-pandemic discovery for me, and I'm glad, because I'm hooked -- and think I've become a better writer because of the forums and simply just from the act of writing. Any excuse to write is a great one, so cheers to all of you here with already some robust resumes!
9/13/21: If I may, I do have personal favorites of what I submitted. The most fun I ever had writing something was certainly Francie and Wendy, which squeaked me into the second round of the Screenwriting 2021 Challenge. Another favorite is A NIGHT AT THE KASINO (imho, should've placed higher). And Being Bobby the Bobcat, even though that gave me a whopping zero points, is something I personally really enjoyed writing. Lastly, shoutout to UP IN SMOKE for my best finish, and perhaps it really was my best writing so far. I borrowed so much from my actual job that I feel sheepish about that story, hehe 9/19/22: "Hell is a Crowded Room" -- very proud of that one. 100-word Microfiction 2020 R1: My Ansleis [Fairy Tale] (this is mumbo jumbo that I ripped off from a Mountain Goats song) Flash Fiction 2020 R1: Punch In. Punch Out. (9th) [Drama] R2: Our Garden (13th) [Fairy Tale] Short Screenplay 2020 R1: Fishing: A Human's Idea of Recreation (9th) [Sci-Fi] R2: Born to Run (5th) [Comedy] ...barely squeaked in as top 5 overall for heat... R3: Take the Money and Run [Romantic Comedy] Short Story 2021 R1: UP IN SMOKE (2nd) [Political Satire] R2: The Lovers' Suicide(s) [Ghost Story] Screenwriting 2021 R1: Francie and Wendy (5th) [Action/Adventure] R2: Yes, and... A Gun, Too (Please) [Thriller] Short Screenplay 2021 R1: A NIGHT AT THE KASINO (11th) [Historical Fiction] R2: Foiled (6th) [Thriller] Short Story 2022 R1: Dirk Nowitzki and the Snowsquall (first DQ for not following genre, lol) [Ghost Story] Screenwriting 2022 R1: The Upward Mobility of Villainy [Crime Caper] Short Screenplay 2022 R1: Hell is a Crowded Room [Ghost Story] (2nd) R2: Cheesy Business [Fairy Tale] (4th) R3: 2073 [Sci-Fi] Short Story 2023 R1: The Terms [Horror] Screenwriting 2024 R1: Moves Like (Diet) Mick Jagger [Romantic Comedy] (to be scored)
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jennifer.quail
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 07 Feb 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7931 |
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Short Story 2018: R1: Deadhead (Horror/Stewardess/Last Will and Testament, 0 points): Available in Machinations and Mesmerism: A Tribute to E.T.A. Hoffman Flash Fiction 2018: Challenge 1: Intruder Alert Suspense/Poultry Farm/Thermostat Challenge 2: Apples to Apples Fantasy/Banquet/A Piglet Challenge 3: Ghost Light (Ghost Story/Darkroom/Bathrobe) Available in Vampires, Zombies, and Ghosts Volume One (retitled "Ghost Lifte".) Short Story 2019 R1: The Road To Rakvene (Horror/House Arrest/A passer-by) R2: Beer and Trembling (Romantic Comedy/a brewer/anxiety) Flash Fiction 2019: Challenge 1: Iconoclast (Action-Adventure/a temporary office trailer/broccoli) First story with Aleksandra Challenge 2: Void Deck (Ghost Story/A shipping container/a billiard ball) Short Story 2020: Challenge One: The Artist Is Not Present (Horror/a painter/ambition) Available in It Calls From the Doors. Challenge Two: Still Life (Romance/a disabled person/an abandoned building) Aleksandra story #2, Challenge Three: Hermitage (Suspense/An Appointment/A Cat Owner) Flash Fiction 2020: Challenge One: Cellared (Action-Adventure/a cave/an arrow) Aleksandra #3, introducing Tatiana Challenge Two: The Spy Who Came In For The Cake (Comedy/a cafeteria/hair spray) Technically #4 in the same universe, with Tatiana only. Flash Fiction 2021 Challenge One: No Fair Chance (Thriller/a first-aid station/a hoodie) Challenge Two: Spring Chicken (Romance/a gas station/a clothespin) (And though it's not AT ALL obvious, it's actually set in the same universe as one of my microfics. Ran out of words to mention the twins.) Challenge Three: Another Fine Mess (Action-Adventure/a quarry/a firework) Emma and Ellis and a goat. 250 Microfiction: Challenge One: Antikythera (Horror/buying a computer/affect) Challenge Two: Heirloom (Ghost story/buying a cookbook/range) 100 Mf: Minder: Comedy/ babysitter/I think whipped cream was the object (Aleksandra again) The Twins and Toby Too-Tall In "Hot Pursuit": Action-adventure/hanging clothes/??? Short Story 2022: R1: The Great Omar, the Colossus of Clyde, and Frou-Frou (Crime Caper/A strongman/a shipwreck) 100word Micro 2022: R1: The Last Tree In the Greenwood (Suspense or Thriller/cutting down a tree/trace) R2: Weeping Amber (Ghost Story/taking off an earring/near) Flash Fiction 2022: R1: The Life Line (RomCom/a chair lift/gasoline) R2: Dimness at Noon (Political Satire/a crime scene/a back brace) 250 Micro 2022/23: R1: Halfway to McMurdo (action adventure/climbing a wall/miss) SS 2023: R1: Conditional Tenant (horror/multiple choice/underwriter) FF 2023: R1: Yellow Cake (sci-fi/a cake shop/a ceiling fan) R2: The Last Magdalene (historical fiction FINALLY/a hairbrush/a pageant) 500 Word 2023: R1: Juniper and Petrel (horror AGAIN yawn/a bird/smoking) R2: Pearls Before Proposals (comedy/gossiping/an engagement ring) 250 Word 2023 R1: What Even Is a Mirliton? (fantasy/digging a ditch/approval)
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sootfoot5
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Location: outer space man Status: Offline Points: 6638 |
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Maybe so, but I remember YOU from way back when, Maximum Dynamite!
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Delas Heras
NYC Midnight Regular Joined: 24 Nov 2020 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 460 |
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All My Contest Work: Flash Fiction 2021 Short Story Challenge 2021 250 Microfiction Challenge 2020 R1 The Desk |
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surnica
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 09 May 2020 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1202 |
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My entries:
FF 2023 C2: Morning Star C3: Donut Stop Believin' MF250 2022 C1: Enough Rhyming Story 2022 C2: The Miracle Worker
FF 2022 C1: For the King (8th) C2: A Christmas Crime (13th) MF100 2022 C1: Power on. Volume up. (4th) C2: Where Flowers Bloom (HM) Short Story 2022
C1: Made in America MF250 2021 C1: Struck by Love MF100 2021 C1: Cassandra My daughter's entries: FF2023 C1: Crappy Luck C3: Thank You MF100 2022 C1: A Brief History of the Events... (1st!) C2: Ella and I Short Story 2022 MF250 2021 C1: Tutto Il Mio Amore (6th) My son's entries: MF100 2022: C1: Starch Enemies MF250 2021 C1: Brownie Batter MF100 2021 C1: Four (3rd Place) C2: The Well's Gift (6th Place) C3: Dreamcatcher (3rd Place Overall!) And the younger daughter: MF100 2022: C1: Spiders (8th)
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eddiefix
NYC Midnight Regular Joined: 14 Sep 2021 Location: Reston, VA Status: Offline Points: 452 |
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E.W. Fix @NYCM Archive
2022 Microfiction 250 R1 Sophie's Choice (G119: Suspense or thriller / looking in a dog house / split) 2022 Flash Fiction CH3 A Chilling Prospect (G10: Ghost Story / a log cabin / a brass instrument) -- HM CH2 More Than This (G83: Fantasy / a bunker / a paper airplane) -- 5th CH1 Changing Orbits (G83: Thriller / A space station / A teddy bear) -- 8th 2022 Microfiction 100 R1 December in Canterbury, 1170 Anno Domini (G114: Historical fiction / Drinking from a water fountain / finish) -- DNP 2022 Short Story R1 May the Road Rise Up to Meet You (G130: Drama / Nepotism / A stakeholder) -- 3rd 2021 Flash Fiction CH3 The Winds of Other Stars (G9: SciFi / A pharmacy / An ice cream cone) -- DNP CH2 Night Patrol (G69: Suspense / A boot camp / Garlic) -- 1st 2021 Microfiction 250 R1 Flight Into Eternity (January 1891) (G62: Comedy / Unplugging something / Gear) -- HM 2021 Microfiction 100 R1 The Man from Kerioth (G41: Historical fiction / Putting salt on something / ounce) -- DNP
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Sparker
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 16 May 2021 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1450 |
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THE SPARKER COLLECTION @NCYM 2023 Microfiction100 R1: Mission Handbook: Micro-warfare on Unmated Host (G77: Sci-Fi | pulling someone’s hair | “rid”) [Bad 100-Word Stories] R1: Sparking Joy: A Pair for the Pool Room (Drama | going through someone else’s garbage | “chip”) 2022 Microfiction250 R1: Cora’s Dyeing Day (G88: Fantasy/Fairytale | cooking an egg | “board”) 2022 Short Story R1: Tableau Vivant *withdrawn (G121: Mystery | an evacuation | a joiner) 2021 MicroFiction250 R2 Sugarspun (G21: Fantasy | applying an ointment | cling)R1 Charmingly Lady *9th Place (G113: Comedy | overcooking something | stall)
2021 FlashFiction1000 CH2 Out of the Everwhen (G117: Suspense | a salt flat | a megaphone) (Bonus Feature! The Annotated Version with cultural reference notes.) CH1 Trapped Between *12th Place (G117: Horror | a clifftop | a crowbar) 2021 Microfiction100 R2 DUSTOFF (G015: Action/Adventure | riding in an ambulance | "whisper") R1 CRITICAL MALFUNCTION *2nd Place (G002: SciFi | throwing a ball | "scenic") 2021 Microfiction: Bad 100 Word Stories R3 Open Season (HxFic/Romance: chasing something | "grow") Edited by Sparker - 02 May 2023 at 8:31pm |
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surnica
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 09 May 2020 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1202 |
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I *love* that you included your bad stories!!!
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Sparker
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 16 May 2021 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1450 |
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I love writing them almost as much as I love reading them. A lesson in embracing and owning your crap stories too. It should be a NYCM institution.
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TeeHi
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 15 May 2021 Location: Chicago, IL Status: Offline Points: 2121 |
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~ Thx so much for the thread! ~ 2023 RS 2023 MF500 2023 FF 2022 RS R1, 'The Mid-Evil Queen' - HM4, :-( 2022 FF R2, 'A Hell of a Predicament' - 8th place! 2022 SSC R2, 'Wanted Dead, Not Alive' - 15th place! R1, 'Tipsy 'n The Itsy Bitsy' - 8th place! 2021 FF 2021 SSC R2, 'Opposites Attract' - 7th place! R1, 'Spy Games' - 7th place! 2021 MF250 2021 MF100 Edited by TeeHi - 30 Jan 2024 at 1:01pm |
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