Contest Deadline Extended
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I am sponsoring a contest. Due to complaints about my rules being too strict I have made a new set of rules. Write a short story that is between 1500-2000 words. Your short story must not promote hate in any shape or form. In fact, since this is February a romance is acceptable along with any other genre as long as it does not promote hate. It also has to be your own works. No fan fictions allowed since your story will be in the co-written book if you win. (See details below.) Thank you!
For the people who have already submitted entries, I thank you. You are still entered into the contest. Now for those who are just finding out about this contest now, please submit your entry in comment form or write an article on triond. Just leave me the link below. If you are on facebook or twitter and you want to submit an entry go for it. Just leave me a link to where I can find you.
The winner gets an article written about them by me on both Triond and ExpertsColumn. The winner will also be able to co-write a short story anthology with me. Winner gets to choose whether they want the print rights of the co-written book or the e-rights.
The extended deadline is February 13th. Good luck to all the participants! Also, for those that celebrate it, happy Valentine’s day for the 14th.
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February 3rd, 2012 at 7:03 am
nice share
February 3rd, 2012 at 9:11 am
Erin, thnx for sharing.
February 4th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
nice deadline
February 10th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
thanks- I run out of time
February 13th, 2012 at 12:07 am
Back in the old days, when magic was still alive and thriving, There was a mountain full of Dragons. Dragons back then weren’t a rare site, not by far. Two dragon brothers were playing and were practically inseparable. There mother was the leading dragon of them all and was once the most powerful dragon alive. when she met with the love of her life, she had settled down with a family. When she had her children, her power faded and the two rare dragons were born. they both had one power that was unique that just about no other living thing had. They both had the power to mimic other abilities and knowledge. they were in such euphoria, that they were not afraid of being out in the open. One day, one of the dragon twins, Archon, listened in on a conversation his mother had with the other elder dragons.
“Since their father was killed, i wasn’t sure if weather or not they would ever be happy like this again. I just wish they would play with the other children.” said their mother
“Listen Faith, they have to learn on their own. You can’t just make them play with the others…now on to the topic that we all are trying to avoid. What are we gonna do about the humans, they still are trying to kill us and we still have the treaty active. ”said the fire dragon elder.
Archon’s eyes lit up in shock and terror. He never knew that dragons were at war with anyone.
“Master Fyre, don’t you think we are trying our best to keep the peace, but there are dragons out there who think we are Superior than humans. We can’t seem to reach them.” Said the earth dragon elder
“I don’t care, if anything lets just banish them to the Nega plane.” Said Fyre
“I don’t think doing that will settle any problems.” Replied Faith
“Well if things don’t go into the light soon, magic itself will be extinct.” Fyre said with a vicious attitude.
“It’s only one dragon we gotta worry about the most and that’s one of your kids faith.” A voice exclaimed as he came out from the shadows. It was a purple looking dragon named Psych (his name says it all) “We’ve talked about this before and you choose to ignore the signs.”
“I’m not going to kill one of my own. I have an idea but i need to go and talk to my children, so if you’ll excuse me…” she said as she stormed out.
“We’re not finished here Faith” Fyre yelled.
“Oh go blow the fire out of your ass will you?” she said still walking.
Archon flew out of there as quickly as he could. He then flew into Alchron and bashed heads.
“Archon, watch where your flying” Alchron said as he rubbed his head.
“Alchron, we got a big situation going on. The elders want to kill one of us” Archon whispered to him
“You’re joking right? Why would the elders want to kill us?”
“I don’t know but we got to ask mom when she gets here. I say we show them that we are not to be messed with!” Demanded Archon.
Alchron was thinking about it but didn’t know what to do or say. He saw their mother coming to them from a distance. He knew there was something wrong because of how slow she was flying. He didn’t want to believe there was something wrong…but he knew in the pit of his stomach that something bad was going to happen. ”What’s wrong mom?” He asked
“Nothing, What would you guys say about going for a trip to somewhere nice?” she asked trying to avoid the question.
“Mom” Archon interrupted. “I know the elders want to kill us, why do they want us dead for?”
“Look, they’re not going to kill you as long as I’m still an elder too. As long as there’s no more than two nays then i cannot be kicked off. Don’t worry nothing will happen to you two…But i do have an idea on how to make this world a much better place. What would you say if we took control of the planet to help the humans and every other creature as well. we’ll make sure there’s no evil or anything. that will show them all that you are destined for greatness just like them.”
“Why do we have to help the humans, all they want to do is kill us.” asked Archon.
“They just don’t understand us.” She replied.
“Doesn’t understand? They think that we are the ultimate evil, I think we should take over and make them understand that we really are superior to them.” Archon Replied
“Now hold on Archon” Alchron responded. That may not be such a good thing, don’t you think that will make them all want to kill us quicker?”
Archon had this angry look in his face. “Are you kidding? they will never want us to live with them, they want us to either hide for good or even die. I’m not going to give them that chance.” He tried to fly away and his mother grabbed his tail. He looked at her for a few seconds and said in a dark tone. “Let go of my tail mother”
“No, you can’t take that path, that will prove the others that your the one that’s going to turn to darkness. We’ve always been a neutral base magic. don’t cross over please son.” She begged.
“DON’T YOU EVER CALL ME YOUR SON, cause you sure as hell aren’t my mother.” He said as he tried to get his tail free.
“Archon please, i don’t want to see anything happen to you. you and Alchron are the only things I have left in the world.” She pleaded again.
“AND DO YOU KNOW WHY, CAUSE HUMANS HAD KILLED OUR FATHER, and you did nothing but fly away right? you were supposed to be the most powerful dragon in existence. and you just flew off like a coward.”
“THAT’S NOT TRUE AND YOU KNOW IT!” Alchron said trying to defend his mom.
Faith whipped her tail around and slapped Archon across the face. All the dragons around, even the elders, were in shock. she had never laid any kind of physical harm on them. so her slapping him with her tail was completely unexpected. Archon’s eyes went from a bright purple to pitch black. Then he let out a huge blast of fire at Faith. With all the anger that he was building up, the fire was even bigger then his mother’s entire body. As soon as she let go of him, he started flying away. All the elders and the rest of the dragons that trained to fight flew after him. Faith’s body fell from the top of the mountain; she was falling so fast and hard that Alchron couldn’t keep up when trying to catch her. With the mountain they were on, there were so many branches and ledges. As she kept on falling she hit every single one of them and her body kept on getting mangled branch by branch, ledge by ledge. She finally hit the ground at the base of the mountain, she knew once she hit the rocks and gravel, she would not last long enough to stop Archon.
“Alchron, I need you to do me a favor, your power is to mimic. I need you to take my powers and kill your brother. He may very well be the ultimate evil, but I know you will stay neutral and wont sway to the darkness. My power is a permanent power. I have the power to read all kinds of currents and be able to feel vibrations anywhere. In case you get blind you always can tell what’s where.” She said as she started spitting up blood.
“Mom no, you can survive this, we have Layla who can heal.” He argued.
“She can cure most ailments but I’m far to damaged. Please Alchron, you need to do this before i die…YOU need to kill me. Your power is based on eating the brain for knowledge and control the power, and the heart to gain the power. Quickly Alchron, you only have minutes.” She demanded.
Alchron didn’t want to do it, he thought this would only be wrong. Suddenly he felt like someone was literally right on top of him but he didn’t see anyone. Forceably he used his razor sharp tail to cut open his mom’s head and chest and with his tongue, quickly ate her brain and heart. Afterwards he realized what he had done and broke down in tears. He cried while clinging on to her opened head, blood spilling everywhere and all over him. Months had passed by since the tragedy and Alchron didn’t move from his mother’s corpse. He didn’t speak, he didn’t move, all he could do was re-watch everything that had happened that dreadful day and kept listening to what his mother had told him. The other dragons flew down a lot each day to see if he would move, but to no avail. Months still passed by and suddenly he snapped, he is now a fully grown dragon and was larger then most dragons. He started to walk away from the mountain and three of the newest elders had flown to him.
“Alchron, where are you going, maybe we can help.” said the new elder Pyro (Son of Fyre)
“I have to go and kill Archon alone. I don’t care how long it’ll take, I’ll kill him for what he did.” Alchron replied in a much deeper tone. “I will not stray into just darkness but i will kill anyone, whether in light or darkness, that get in my way.” He started flapping his wings and took flight. He went so fast that Pyro couldn’t even say goodbye. More time passed and Alchron started getting reputation, Both good and bad. He’s been spotted saving lives but for his own agenda. He’s also been spotted killing others and leaving their corpses on the ground both brainless and heartless. It’s been very hard for anyone to track him down, no one can even find Archon.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:09 am
Back in the old days, when magic was still alive and thriving, There was a mountain full of Dragons. Dragons back then weren’t a rare site, not by far. Two dragon brothers were playing and were practically inseparable. There mother was the leading dragon of them all and was once the most powerful dragon alive. when she met with the love of her life, she had settled down with a family. When she had her children, her power faded and the two rare dragons were born. they both had one power that was unique that just about no other living thing had. They both had the power to mimic other abilities and knowledge. they were in such euphoria, that they were not afraid of being out in the open. One day, one of the dragon twins, Archon, listened in on a conversation his mother had with the other elder dragons.
“Since their father was killed, i wasn’t sure if weather or not they would ever be happy like this again. I just wish they would play with the other children.” said their mother
“Listen Faith, they have to learn on their own. You can’t just make them play with the others…now on to the topic that we all are trying to avoid. What are we gonna do about the humans, they still are trying to kill us and we still have the treaty active. ”said the fire dragon elder.
Archon’s eyes lit up in shock and terror. He never knew that dragons were at war with anyone.
“Master Fyre, don’t you think we are trying our best to keep the peace, but there are dragons out there who think we are Superior than humans. We can’t seem to reach them.” Said the earth dragon elder
“I don’t care, if anything lets just banish them to the Nega plane.” Said Fyre
“I don’t think doing that will settle any problems.” Replied Faith
“Well if things don’t go into the light soon, magic itself will be extinct.” Fyre said with a vicious attitude.
“It’s only one dragon we gotta worry about the most and that’s one of your kids faith.” A voice exclaimed as he came out from the shadows. It was a purple looking dragon named Psych (his name says it all) “We’ve talked about this before and you choose to ignore the signs.”
“I’m not going to kill one of my own. I have an idea but i need to go and talk to my children, so if you’ll excuse me…” she said as she stormed out.
“We’re not finished here Faith” Fyre yelled.
“Oh go blow the fire out of your ass will you?” she said still walking.
Archon flew out of there as quickly as he could. He then flew into Alchron and bashed heads.
“Archon, watch where your flying” Alchron said as he rubbed his head.
“Alchron, we got a big situation going on. The elders want to kill one of us” Archon whispered to him
“You’re joking right? Why would the elders want to kill us?”
“I don’t know but we got to ask mom when she gets here. I say we show them that we are not to be messed with!” Demanded Archon.
Alchron was thinking about it but didn’t know what to do or say. He saw their mother coming to them from a distance. He knew there was something wrong because of how slow she was flying. He didn’t want to believe there was something wrong…but he knew in the pit of his stomach that something bad was going to happen. ”What’s wrong mom?” He asked
“Nothing, What would you guys say about going for a trip to somewhere nice?” she asked trying to avoid the question.
“Mom” Archon interrupted. “I know the elders want to kill us, why do they want us dead for?”
“Look, they’re not going to kill you as long as I’m still an elder too. As long as there’s no more than two nays then i cannot be kicked off. Don’t worry nothing will happen to you two…But i do have an idea on how to make this world a much better place. What would you say if we took control of the planet to help the humans and every other creature as well. we’ll make sure there’s no evil or anything. that will show them all that you are destined for greatness just like them.”
“Why do we have to help the humans, all they want to do is kill us.” asked Archon.
“They just don’t understand us.” She replied.
“Doesn’t understand? They think that we are the ultimate evil, I think we should take over and make them understand that we really are superior to them.” Archon Replied
“Now hold on Archon” Alchron responded. That may not be such a good thing, don’t you think that will make them all want to kill us quicker?”
Archon had this angry look in his face. “Are you kidding? they will never want us to live with them, they want us to either hide for good or even die. I’m not going to give them that chance.” He tried to fly away and his mother grabbed his tail. He looked at her for a few seconds and said in a dark tone. “Let go of my tail mother”
“No, you can’t take that path, that will prove the others that your the one that’s going to turn to darkness. We’ve always been a neutral base magic. don’t cross over please son.” She begged.
“DON’T YOU EVER CALL ME YOUR SON, cause you sure as hell aren’t my mother.” He said as he tried to get his tail free.
“Archon please, i don’t want to see anything happen to you. you and Alchron are the only things I have left in the world.” She pleaded again.
“AND DO YOU KNOW WHY, CAUSE HUMANS HAD KILLED OUR FATHER, and you did nothing but fly away right? you were supposed to be the most powerful dragon in existence. and you just flew off like a coward.”
“THAT’S NOT TRUE AND YOU KNOW IT!” Alchron said trying to defend his mom.
Faith whipped her tail around and slapped Archon across the face. All the dragons around, even the elders, were in shock. she had never laid any kind of physical harm on them. so her slapping him with her tail was completely unexpected. Archon’s eyes went from a bright purple to pitch black. Then he let out a huge blast of fire at Faith. With all the anger that he was building up, the fire was even bigger then his mother’s entire body. As soon as she let go of him, he started flying away. All the elders and the rest of the dragons that trained to fight flew after him. Faith’s body fell from the top of the mountain; she was falling so fast and hard that Alchron couldn’t keep up when trying to catch her. With the mountain they were on, there were so many branches and ledges. As she kept on falling she hit every single one of them and her body kept on getting mangled branch by branch, ledge by ledge. She finally hit the ground at the base of the mountain, she knew once she hit the rocks and gravel, she would not last long enough to stop Archon.
“Alchron, I need you to do me a favor, your power is to mimic. I need you to take my powers and kill your brother. He may very well be the ultimate evil, but I know you will stay neutral and wont sway to the darkness. My power is a permanent power. I have the power to read all kinds of currents and be able to feel vibrations anywhere. In case you get blind you always can tell what’s where.” She said as she started spitting up blood.
“Mom no, you can survive this, we have Layla who can heal.” He argued.
“She can cure most ailments but I’m far to damaged. Please Alchron, you need to do this before i die…YOU need to kill me. Your power is based on eating the brain for knowledge and control the power, and the heart to gain the power. Quickly Alchron, you only have minutes.” She demanded.
Alchron didn’t want to do it, he thought this would only be wrong. Suddenly he felt like someone was literally right on top of him but he didn’t see anyone. Forceably he used his razor sharp tail to cut open his mom’s head and chest and with his tongue, quickly ate her brain and heart. Afterwards he realized what he had done and broke down in tears. He cried while clinging on to her opened head, blood spilling everywhere and all over him. Months had passed by since the tragedy and Alchron didn’t move from his mother’s corpse. He didn’t speak, he didn’t move, all he could do was re-watch everything that had happened that dreadful day and kept listening to what his mother had told him. The other dragons flew down a lot each day to see if he would move, but to no avail. Months still passed by and suddenly he snapped, he is now a fully grown dragon and was larger then most dragons. He started to walk away from the mountain and three of the newest elders had flown to him.
“Alchron, where are you going, maybe we can help.” said the new elder Pyro (Son of Fyre)
“I have to go and kill Archon alone. I don’t care how long it’ll take, I’ll kill him for what he did.” Alchron replied in a much deeper tone. “I will not stray into just darkness but i will kill anyone, whether in light or darkness, that get in my way.” He started flapping his wings and took flight. He went so fast that Pyro couldn’t even say goodbye. More time passed and Alchron started getting reputation, Both good and bad. He’s been spotted saving lives but for his own agenda. He’s also been spotted killing others and leaving their corpses on the ground both brainless and heartless. It’s been very hard for anyone to track him down, no one can even find Archon.
February 13th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
My entry is on Authspot (http://authspot.com/short-stories/my-furry-valentine/). Unfortunately, it’s longer than the initial thousand word max and shorter than the latest 1500 min. I hope you enjoy it.