The Temple of Dagon

How about a writing competition, decided by members of the board, arranged in brackets? We can do one every week or two. No restrictions. And to the winner, a fig.

i'm more inclined to be collaborative than competitive.. but anything that brings in more stories (and other writing) is ok by me. who else is in

I'm in for either, but for a compition there should definately be a theme. That way it would be easier to judge to entries.

Sounds pritty sweet...I'll give it a shot I guess

I agree there should be a theme. I might even enter.

A theme is fine but how narrow do we want to make it? You mean a genre or a subject?

As for the rest of you, I know you're out there. We have five, but it would be nice to have at least three more. That would make one full set of brackets. Although obviously we can make allowances for odd numbers.

I've found that theming it by subject works well (I've done this before). Also, sometimes just giving the first bit of a sentance that contestants HAVE to use in their first sentances is good. If that made sense.

Enkil wrote:I've found that theming it by subject works well (I've done this before). Also, sometimes just giving the first bit of a sentance that contestants HAVE to use in their first sentances is good. If that made sense.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I just don't want it to be so narrow that it discourages people from entering. If we confine it just to a genre or a broad subject, people should be able to judge between them. But I guess we should hear what the others say.

i recommend we keep the entries short.. under 1000 words, say. it might be an interesting challenge to write something from a non-human perspective. that's one idea

I Pm'd Enkil yesterday for ideas and he suggested writing tales of mythology or legend local to each writer. We could do that, as well as narratives from a non-human perspective in successive rounds.

i recommend we keep the entries short.. under 1000 words, say.

Short is fine, but what say we loosen it up to 1500 or 2000. That will still leave each entry at less than 8 ms. pages.

Also, here is our tentative list of contestants so far:

Hodgson
Burke
Enkil
Eternities End
Pinonomicon

Hopefully, we'll hear from a few more on Monday.

i think some of the other writers here will just wait to see what comes of this experiment.. 5 people are a decent group to start with.

i'm ok with up to 2000 words, and the local legend theme. however i'm not aware of any local legends where i live.. it's kind of a pre-packaged commuter suburb that was set up by the transamerica corporation on former ranch land. would it be acceptable to draw from vague remnants of the aboriginal culture of the wider region? even then, i'd probably end up having to fabricate some details

local legend = legend in geographical area

New England, South-West, etc..

ok then. i'm just warning you now, i may be forced to use the chupacabra attack

el chupacabra! I used to scare the shit out of an ex with that. Well, more I would mention it and she'd scare the shit out of herself.

just to clarify, is this to be based on real existing legends and not just loosely inspired by them? are we tying them in with hpl's mythos, or just using them as they are? what should be the objective of the stories?