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I guess knowing the pictures spoilt that surprise somewhat :)

Piratecat II Now that the story has had time to sit, I think the monster was a little off in its description. On the one hand, there's the fixed fate it has and tries to bring about, but on the other hand it readily accepts (or doesn't protest) when its "God" is called a simply wizard – and the...

Rodrigo (and mythago): Nice! That will be a hard round to judge between you and mythago. You wrote a really funny story; at first I thought you could have told us from the beginning about the nature of the narrator, but you uncovered it early enough, I think. Curiously, reading your story also...

Yeah, right. How do you come up with these things? I’m starting to get worried for the finals here ;) I mean, not only is that a nice story set in a role-playing world, but the ending... the ending is beautiful. I’m glad I’m not a judge and have to closely comb for criticism. And now I'll play...

Mythago: Wow. My first thought was "too short", but then I read it. Excellent. I don't think it's missing anything. It's simply to the point. Okay, my one complaint is the links to the thumbnails with the last two pics. Thanks!

And by Saturday, we might get all the judgements done at once.

It's somewhat better than I thought and totally not my cup of tea.

Thanks! I'm glad at least one reader didn't mind the mixture, and I'm really glad you liked it. Which line do you mean in the poem? The addendum or the "without the other..." If it's the latter, then I don't really know how to do it differently. The addendum (written in WW I, though I first...

Eeralai: A nice story even though I wish someone would actually have a professor being hard on a student because he is mean, not because the student is gifted ;) Also, the ending didn’t really resonate with me. I think I would have enjoyed it more had it just been about Cate deciding between...

Starman: I liked it. I might have enjoyed more dialogue or direct action, but as you may guess I like longer stories :) I wonder: did you see the flaming lips in the picture? I only saw them after DIsharrock pointed them out. So... did Frank die? Or did he really get to be king? And what was his...

Uhm, I guess I might have written it up there, but that's the end of the story right there. 5,700 words, give or take. Wow. And I suspect it's quite a mess, what with the different styles and meandering themes and such. So why? WHY? I must say my first idea for this was using the fire thingy...

[Part II] —- (3) Rudra was severely disappointed. It seemed Navidjan’s memory had not returned at all, or returned only insofar as his stunted body would hold it. If Amurayi had not kissed him, Rudra might have never been able to appear to Navidjan in his current state of karmic penance. Even...

My story Grandma Warning: some slight sexual innuendo and bad language use coming up. EN World Short Story Smackdown, Round two: Berandor vs. Starman Samsara —- To the Wheel our life is bound turning slowly, surely, steady till for moksha we are ready round and round and round and round...

I must say either way, I will miss these smack-talking posts.

Well, for what it's worth, mine will probably clock in around 5,600 words. I will explain in the spoiler after the story, but I will not apologize. If I must crush Starman with the physical weight of my post, then so be it.

I will, but it will be tears of joy.

I'm either disabled, unemployed, or a college student. Your pick.

My first draft is running a wee long (>5000 words). I hope I can edit that down, but I am more prone to add things than cutting them. So prepare yourselves...

Short preview: "Starman?" The professor scoffed. "What kind of monicker is that? And what self-respecting superhero would go by a name like that? And you say he is..." "A living tree that can possess people," I repeated. "That's even worse. That's ridiculous."

You overlook that my ideas are quantumly entangled and thus, any attention spent on one is transferred to the other. So, going by the measly 1/3 you proposed, it adds up to 2*((1/3)*2) = 4/3, which is almost double your solitary 1. Also, the quality of my writing can be ascertained well enough...