The History Kid 662 Posted October 3 I don't know what to tell y'all. But I'm thinkin' it must be Fall. Greetings and salutations AF. Each and every season has its own set of grand festivities attached to it, and so must we. (I said we must!) As such, it also comes with it's own share of contests. We're in the spoopy season, and that means scary things, creepy things, and generally stuff that'll make you go "ahhh! Mom! A Kardashian is hiding under my bed!" - Well maybe not that last part. Anyway...we have come up with a series of contests, and here's one of the first! 1,000 points a piece will be awarded to the winners of three (3) categories in this contest. That should cover most of you and your creative abilities. Remember, the idea is to have fun, so just relax...drink some hot tea, watch a horror movie or two, or your favorite anime Halloween special, and let the ideas come to you naturally. I am informed that everyone will get a nice, shiny badge for participating. You can put these next to the other badges you have on your quest to be an AnimeForums.net master. That's almost the same thing as a Pokémon Master, except that there's no league, and there's an actual risk of being goosed by Robert Deniro or Frankie Munez. Contest Reqirements I'd like for there to be a good spread in the kind of stories we get, and I want you to feel like you have the time to flesh out the best that you can write up, so I'm going to set the deadline for this out to 19 October. You are limited to two sentences. Make sure you sell it in those two sentences as well. No run-on's! I'm gonna be reading these out loud and I really don't want to take a huge breath in the middle because there were no commas. Scare the judges. Seriously. I don't know who all they are, but they deserve it. I want to hear complaints about how you made them unable to sleep for nights after the contest ends. Judging Categories: The Washija Special (My pick!) Most original Most creative Let's get spoopy, y'all! Ope! 1 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xyro 826 Posted October 3 (edited) "As a clown, he was always so overjoyed to see their little faces light up! ....After all, it took a lot of children's faces to make a decent lamp-shade." Edited October 3 by Xyro 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seshi 1,595 Posted October 3 There was a darkness dancing over the small town, another strange day for the residents who hurried into their homes. The dancing shadow growing taller, soon to block out the remaining light; screams ringing from the open windows, as Susie bent to close that dollhouse’ doors. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nono 244 Posted October 3 The detectives stood in awe as they opened the chest, discovering over 20 pairs of shoes. The suspect in question stared at his farm and with a sinister smile said, "Did you know that pigs will eat anything?". 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wedgy 1,306 Posted October 4 They say the tooth fairy only visits in your sleep. Nobody alive can say what happens if you awaken. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seshi 1,595 Posted October 4 1 hour ago, Wedgy said: They say the tooth fairy only visits in your sleep. Nobody alive can say what happens if you awaken. I wanted to do one about the tooth fairy so bad! It was going to be about reaching into your pillowcase. But I just couldn’t quite bring the gore to life in two sentences Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wedgy 1,306 Posted October 4 12 minutes ago, Seshi said: I wanted to do one about the tooth fairy so bad! It was going to be about reaching into your pillowcase. But I just couldn’t quite bring the gore to life in two sentences I've written a segment about my less than wholesome vision of tooth fairies in a fanfic once, it came to mind. I faced the same problem though- it's hard to capture the horror they could potentially be in just two sentences. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ItsSammy 433 Posted October 4 Standing atop the rickety old chair the youngling knocked it out from bellow them. It took only a moment, before their oncoming death, to realize that they didn't want to die. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leinwandname 139 Posted October 6 It made krch in my mouth as I bit into the well done meat and something pierced into my gums followed by the iron-like taste of my own blood. I sighed like the idiot I was for not properly removing the bones from the baby's arms... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Musuko 280 Posted October 6 I told the Genie that my wish was to make my friends and family happy. Then, I started to disappear. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xyro 826 Posted October 6 4 minutes ago, Musuko said: I told the Genie that my wish was to make my friends and family happy. Then, I started to disappear. (i know its a short story, but I wanna give you a hug now Musuko ;-;) 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The History Kid 662 Posted October 6 2 hours ago, Musuko said: I told the Genie that my wish was to make my friends and family happy. Then, I started to disappear. Dude... 2 hours ago, Xyro said: (i know its a short story, but I wanna give you a hug now Musuko ;-;) I think we need a group-bro-hug moment here, folks. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ohiotaku 1,022 Posted October 7 (edited) He’d always had difficulty making friends. It was especially difficult to make the eyes look alive again. (Sorry for the edits, this is my FINAL entry/version.) Edited October 7 by Ohiotaku 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wedgy 1,306 Posted October 8 18 hours ago, Ohiotaku said: He’d always had difficulty making friends. It was especially difficult to make the eyes look alive again. (Sorry for the edits, this is my FINAL entry/version.) This one is really good. I love that the second sentence turns the other entirely on its head. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryuji 611 Posted October 10 Hisaki was crying in his room when he hears a quiet voice say, "We need to talk." He turns around and finds his girlfriend who died in his arms just hours earlier. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SAO LILDOOP 592 Posted October 13 Funny grumbling noises were coming from just down the hall, mommy and daddy did it, they finally got me a puppy for my birthday! I wheeled around the corner eyes wide in amazement; mommy was drooling uncontrollably with eyes wide open as my daddies hands clenched her throat tightly. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seshi 1,595 Posted October 14 On 10/13/2019 at 12:57 PM, SAO LILDOOP said: Funny grumbling noises were coming from just down the hall, mommy and daddy did it, they finally got me a puppy for my birthday! I wheeled around the corner eyes wide in amazement; mommy was drooling uncontrollably with eyes wide open as my daddies hands clenched her throat tightly. This one was terrifying - I wish I could unread it. Good job. I'm loving everyones entries. And I'm so thrilled I could participate too Thanks again for hosting, The History Kid. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The History Kid 662 Posted October 20 By my clock, we have T-minus 4 hours to go in this folks. Get those last minute entries in if you haven't already. There's some competition in here this month. Yow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The History Kid 662 Posted October 23 Y'all...these were mighty spoopy! Great job to all the contestants. I'll have an announcement of the winners probably this weekend. Rock on! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The History Kid 662 Posted October 30 Alright, folks. I appreciate your patience on this, it has been a crazy last week and a half or so. Well! We had quite the collection of stories here. If we were stacking things up in terms of points, there would have been a two-way tie for first and a two-way tie for third. But! That's not what we did this time around. We were looking for scariest (my pick), originality and creativity. And we had clear picks for each of those. See below: Rewards will be distributed by our very own Seshiface, who sadly did not make the cut this time. But, better luck as we look forward at new contests coming soon. Thank you to everyone who participated, it was a great show of creativity from all ten of you! Stay tuned for another contest from yours truly, sometime in the next few months. Ciao, y'all - and Washija! - Winner page: @Xyro, @Musuko, @Wedgy 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seshi 1,595 Posted October 30 Congrats everyone! We are all winners in my book You will all see your spoopy badges soon for entering this lovely contest. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites