RHP Prose Competition

@ghost-of-a-duke said
😀

Imagine how splendidly satisfying it would feel to successfully incorporate three random words from Ponderable; aubergine, cactus and discombobulated.

The hosts aubergine tasted like cactus which discombobulated him.

@the-gravedigger said
The hosts aubergine tasted like cactus which discombobulated him.

Sounds like the start of a good thriller.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Sounds like the start of a good thriller.

Thank you Goad.

@the-gravedigger said
Thank you Goad.

I misread your response as "Thank God"....ooooops. 😲

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Perhaps the first word could be replaced with a random 'object' that would not typically be found in a horror story?

Does it need to be a single word, or a single object? Bouquet of roses for example?

@paul-a-roberts said
Does it need to be a single word, or a single object? Bouquet of roses for example?

Just suggestions at the moment old chap so anything is possible. 😏


Ponderable has the power.

I don't see myself as the person in power...

So far I see agreement

topic: ghost/supernatural/scary

keywords to be included: superstition - twilight - phantom

max. number of contributions per author: 2

amount of words: 800

We have not discussed yet how much time we give the potential contributers and how long for the voting.

I am tempted to fire the shot since most conditions are fixed and people can begin writing anyway.

I suggest to give four weeks time to compose the stories adn two weeks for voting.

I offer the Email adress Ponderable_Dickens@yahoo.com as the point to collect the stories.

For the convinience of everybody I offer to send as many contributions as you want. This includes rewrites. You can select which one go up by writing to that mail adress. If I receive more than two stories from someone and no message about priorisation I will take the two newest ones (by mail stamp).

Anything else can still be discussed.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Sounds like the start of a good thriller.

@The Gravedigger said
“The hosts aubergine tasted like cactus which discombobulated him.”

The setting could be the Eurovision Song Contest perhaps 🤭

@Ponderable

I just saw that we gave six weeks last year. How is everybody feeling about the timeframe?

@ponderable said
I don't see myself as the person in power...

So far I see agreement

topic: ghost/supernatural/scary

keywords to be included: superstition - twilight - phantom

max. number of contributions per author: 2

amount of words: 800

We have not discussed yet how much time we give the potential contributers and how long for the voting.

I am tempted to fire the sh ...[text shortened]... iorisation I will take the two newest ones (by mail stamp).

Anything else can still be discussed.

Sounds splendid to me old chap.

@ponderable said
I don't see myself as the person in power...

So far I see agreement

topic: ghost/supernatural/scary

keywords to be included: superstition - twilight - phantom

max. number of contributions per author: 2

amount of words: 800

We have not discussed yet how much time we give the potential contributers and how long for the voting.

I am tempted to fire the sh ...[text shortened]... iorisation I will take the two newest ones (by mail stamp).

Anything else can still be discussed.

I accept the conditions and the challenge. 4 - 6 weeks to compose. Done!

@moonbus said
I accept the conditions and the challenge. 4 - 6 weeks to compose. Done!

Have I managed to discombobulate you sir? Are you feeling the pressure?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Have I managed to discombobulate you sir? Are you feeling the pressure?

Slightly discombobulated, yes. You, no; that would have been the Murphy's. Pressure is building, yes. Where's the loo?

@moonbus said
Slightly discombobulated, yes. You, no; that would have been the Murphy's. Pressure is building, yes. Where's the loo?

LOL...I always found that word 'loo' for the washroom/bathroom funny for some reason, no offense to the English intended of course.

-VR

@very-rusty said
LOL...I always found that word 'loo' for the washroom/bathroom funny for some reason, no offense to the English intended of course.

-VR

"Loo", you, too? Yes, the Brits have lots of expressions which sound funny to those born not in the land of the Queen's English. "Having a fag at the back of the bus," or asking a hotelier to "knock me up in the morning," ordering "bangers" for breakfast, spring to mind.