Halloween 2015: Spooky Story Contest

[An RP Guy]

I like spooky writing. Count me in :3


(No fandom based stories? >_<)

 

[welian]

Oh gosh, I've got like, five new entries to add to the table tonight. This is amazing!

 

[SkyGinge]

Ok, so I have a question. Are we allowed to draw on the conventions of other stories or perhaps do a dark retelling of a fairytale as our submission, in the vein of Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber' (but obviously with less erotic overtones)? The reason being I've just come up with a good idea for a short story (I know, shocking!) but it is in direct relation to a fairy-tale. Like, I don't want to be too specific as to spoil the surprise, but I plan to heavily and explicitly reference and draw from the ending of a fairy-tale as the story-framework of my piece. Is this fine?


EDIT: Well then, the first three-hundred words of my piece are pretentious as hell xD I hope you guys are ready for some abstract stuff!

 

[welian]

[QUOTE="An RP Guy](No fandom based stories? >_<)

[/QUOTE]

Are we allowed to draw on the conventions of other stories or perhaps do a dark retelling of a fairytale as our submission, in the vein of Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber' (but obviously with less erotic overtones)?

Anything that's old enough to fall within common use - generally speaking, literary and artistic works over 70 years old, I think - bypasses the "no fandom" rule.

 

[welian]

Halloween approaches, my darling ghosties and ghoulies! The deadline crawls ever closer, so make sure to submit something before September first!

 

[Britt-21]

*november @welian

 

[welian]

@welian[/URL]

I hate months.

 

[Britt-21]

xD sowwi

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Is this still open? Because I clicked on the link for the submission then a blank page comes up.

 

[Mordecai]

Is this still open? Because I clicked on the link for the submission then a blank page comes up.

@welian ?

 

[Mordecai]

Is this still open? Because I clicked on the link for the submission then a blank page comes up.

Hmm... I just tried on both my mac and PC using internet explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari and could open it everywhere I tried. Did you let it load? It's not loading very quickly.

 

[welian]

Is this still open? Because I clicked on the link for the submission then a blank page comes up.

Yes, this is still open! I'm not sure why the submission page isn't loading, though. Perhaps it'll work in a different browser.

@welian ?

it's only been one minute, I was typing.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Just a question though. October 31 won't exactly come at the same time for all of us since some are on the other side of the world. Some might have it a day earlier and others a day later. Which October 31 do we follow exactly?

 

[welian]

Just a question though. October 31 won't exactly come at the same time for all of us since some are on the other side of the world. Some might have it a day earlier and others a day later. Which October 31 do we follow exactly?

Well, my timezone is GMT-4, so you have approximately one day and ten hours.

 

[SkyGinge]

Coursework has suddenly hit me hard; I'll try to finish up and post tomorrow but it'll be rather unrefined to say the least and thus I'm not going to go in expecting much.

 

[Jinx]

It must be my phone but I can't get to the submission page, I've tried going on a different page, but won't let me on. It's balnkly white with an orange strip a crosse the top... Is there of anyway an alternative to submit my story? Or is that the only way?

 

[welian]

It must be my phone but I can't get to the submission page, I've tried going on a different page, but won't let me on. It's balnkly white with an orange strip a crosse the top... Is there of anyway an alternative to submit my story? Or is that the only way?

If you still can't get the submission link to work, please send me a conversation with your file attached.

 

[SkyGinge]

I MADE IT

 

[welian]

I MADE IT

YAY!!!

 

[Seelenlos]

1000 words is very tight for prose.

 

[welian]

1000 words is very tight for prose.

That's part of the challenge! Plus the whole, you know, having thirty and more entries and only three judges and needing to make sure that everything can be read in a timely enough matter.

 

[Seelenlos]

That's part of the challenge! Plus the whole, you know, having thirty and more entries and only three judges and needing to make sure that everything can be read in a timely enough matter.

I suppose so.


But doing horror absolutely need some build-up and time to like the character before you torture and scare them.

 

[Unknown1]

@welian


so, i think i accidently uploaded the wrong thing

 

[welian]

@welian
so, i think i accidently uploaded the wrong thing

Then I suggest you resubmit the correct thing.

 

[Unknown1]

I did!