Welcome to the first of what I hope to be a fortnightly (who'd've guessed) Writer of the Fortnight. On Writing.com there are many great writers, and I enjoy reading much of the brilliant work people post on there. As part of my fantasy writing group there is a contest titled Magic Words where entrants are tasked with writing a short story that includes all five words from one of two lists of words. The contest isn't ran by me, but I help judge it.
The winner of the last round chose the word list with Symbiotic, Ring, Halcyon, Penumbra, and Diffuse. His tale was one with a gripping plot and disturbing protagonist, plagued with lifestyle dictated by a mystical living ring. The ring wants nothing other than to survive, but to do this will lead its master to commit terrible, murderous deeds.
So, I would like to award Writer of the Fortnight to O. G. Patterson (Sir Various) for writing Crux of Madness.
You can follow Patterson's blog at orensrealm.com.
To entice you to read the story, here's the opening paragraph:
The winner of the last round chose the word list with Symbiotic, Ring, Halcyon, Penumbra, and Diffuse. His tale was one with a gripping plot and disturbing protagonist, plagued with lifestyle dictated by a mystical living ring. The ring wants nothing other than to survive, but to do this will lead its master to commit terrible, murderous deeds.
So, I would like to award Writer of the Fortnight to O. G. Patterson (Sir Various) for writing Crux of Madness.
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| Writer of the fortnight - Sir Various Original image from boundbytheword.wordpress.com, edited by me |
To entice you to read the story, here's the opening paragraph:
