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NOVEMBER 2025 SCIENCE FICTION MICROSTORY CONTEST (Comments Only)

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message 1: by Chris (new)

Chris Nance | 550 comments Theme: An Abandoned Outpost

Element: Ancient Technology


message 2: by Jot (new)

Jot Russell | 1719 comments Mod
Nice theme! And congrats of course. Tried twice to post a congrats thread, but it doesn't show up. Guess Goodreads is deleting these.


message 3: by J.F. (new)

J.F. Williams | 373 comments Congratulations, Chris! Good prompts.

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


message 4: by Jot (new)

Jot Russell | 1719 comments Mod
He reached fifteen


message 5: by Jot (new)

Jot Russell | 1719 comments Mod
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


message 6: by Justin (new)

Justin Sewall | 1253 comments Yes, great story Chris! Very creative and really drew you in.


message 7: by Chris (new)

Chris Nance | 550 comments 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.


message 8: by Jack (new)

Jack McDaniel | 286 comments Congrats, Chris!


message 9: by Chris (new)

Chris Nance | 550 comments Jack wrote: "Congrats, Chris!"

Thanks, Jack!


message 10: by Chris (new)

Chris Nance | 550 comments 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.


message 11: by Jot (new)

Jot Russell | 1719 comments Mod
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


message 12: by Chris (new)

Chris Nance | 550 comments 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!


message 13: by Tom (new)

Tom Olbert | 1454 comments Congratulations, Chris - well done.


message 14: by Chris (new)

Chris Nance | 550 comments Tom wrote: "Congratulations, Chris - well done."
Thanks, Tom!


message 15: by Jot (new)

Jot Russell | 1719 comments Mod
Doesn't take much work, but I wish I was able to have many more writers involved.


message 16: by Paula (new)

Paula | 1089 comments Powerful and professionally done story, Chris!


message 17: by Tom (new)

Tom Olbert | 1454 comments Happy Veterans Day, everyone.

Here's hoping for peace.


message 18: by Justin (new)

Justin Sewall | 1253 comments Great story Tom! I liked it a lot!


message 19: by Chris (new)

Chris Nance | 550 comments Paula wrote: "Powerful and professionally done story, Chris!"

Thanks, Paula!


message 20: by Tom (new)

Tom Olbert | 1454 comments Justin wrote: "Great story Tom! I liked it a lot!"

Thank you very much, Justin.


message 21: by Jot (new)

Jot Russell | 1719 comments Mod
Mine's up. A 'little' dark as my stories tend to go...


message 22: by Tom (new)

Tom Olbert | 1454 comments Jot wrote: "Mine's up. A 'little' dark as my stories tend to go..."

An interesting take on a robot revolution, Jot.


message 23: by Justin (new)

Justin Sewall | 1253 comments Jack! The One-Eyed Money God returns! And Purple isn't even here to stop him. Great story!


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