NOVEMBER 2025 SCIENCE FICTION MICROSTORY CONTEST (Comments Only) > Likes and Comments

Theme: An Abandoned Outpost

Element: Ancient Technology

Nice theme! And congrats of course. Tried twice to post a congrats thread, but it doesn't show up. Guess Goodreads is deleting these.

Congratulations, Chris! Good prompts.

Jot, you should post here how many wins Chris has because you couldn't post the congrats thread.

He reached fifteen

Since 10/2012, here are the winner counts sorted by last name (# for five and * for one):

****J.J. Alleson
***Sam Bellotto Jr.
*Richard Bunning
**Dorthe Christensen
*Jesse Colvin
****Kalifer Deil
**Elizabeth Lamrey Eyles
**Bill Fix
**Carrol Fix
*Karl Freitag
***Paula Friedman
**G.C. Groover
**Andrew Gurcak
****Dean Hardage
#**Thaddeus Howze
*Tom Huber
***S.M. Kraftchak
###***Greg Krumrey
**Helmuth Kump
****Andy Lake
**Alina Leonova
***Jeremy Lichtman
#****Jack McDaniel
*Jeremy McLain
###Chris Nance
###**Tom Olbert
#****Marianne G. Petrino
***C. Lloyd Preville
**Jon Ricson
###*Jot Russell
##*Justin Sewall
*Thomas Tinney
###*Joseph (J.F.) Williams
***Carrie Zylka

Yes, great story Chris! Very creative and really drew you in.

Justin wrote: "Yes, great story Chris! Very creative and really drew you in."

Thanks, Justin! I'm just glad I was able to pull it off with that pesky 750 word limit - lol.

Congrats, Chris!

Jack wrote: "Congrats, Chris!"

Thanks, Jack!

Jot wrote: "Nice theme! And congrats of course. Tried twice to post a congrats thread, but it doesn't show up. Guess Goodreads is deleting these."

Thanks, Jot. No worries on posting a congrats thread. I enjoy this contest for the fun of it more than anything.

Well, at least I get to send an email to the 100 or so in the group to let them know about your win and what next month's theme is

Jot wrote: "Well, at least I get to send an email to the 100 or so in the group to let them know about your win and what next month's theme is"

Thanks for everything you do to moderate this group, Jot!

Congratulations, Chris - well done.

Tom wrote: "Congratulations, Chris - well done."
Thanks, Tom!

Doesn't take much work, but I wish I was able to have many more writers involved.

Powerful and professionally done story, Chris!

Happy Veterans Day, everyone.

Here's hoping for peace.

Great story Tom! I liked it a lot!

Paula wrote: "Powerful and professionally done story, Chris!"

Thanks, Paula!

Justin wrote: "Great story Tom! I liked it a lot!"

Thank you very much, Justin.

Mine's up. A 'little' dark as my stories tend to go...

Jot wrote: "Mine's up. A 'little' dark as my stories tend to go..."

An interesting take on a robot revolution, Jot.

Jack! The One-Eyed Money God returns! And Purple isn't even here to stop him. Great story!

Thanks, Justin! The Money God is everywhere.

Good premise, setting and plot, Chris.

It's voting time

Tom wrote: "Good premise, setting and plot, Chris."

Thanks, Tom.

Got my votes in. Sorry for the delay and lack of story this month. :(

Another really good group of stories everyone!

I hope everyone in the group has a great Thanksgiving (if celebrating) and time to rest with family and friends.

I am thankful for our long association together and for the creative stories you have shared with me!

My best to all!

Quite the close race. For next month, I think I'm going to join the Comments and Critiques thread, as we don't provide the second very often. Any objections?

Jot wrote: "Quite the close race. For next month, I think I'm going to join the Comments and Critiques thread, as we don't provide the second very often. Any objections?"

Good idea, Jot. And, congratulations on your win. Well done.

Congrats, Jot! Great story!

None here. We can critique in the comments just as easily. Congratulations Jot!

Congratulations, Jot!

Congrats, Jot!

Congratulations to you, Jot.

Congrats, Jot!

Thanks all!