The Toughs trooped down the hall. We shadowhuddled near the lockers. Their dark herald yelled “Get em!” so we ran. One day we’d outrun them.
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Posted by: dougery | March 11, 2012
[FGC #5] “The Life Pursuit”
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Nice economy of words. Congrats on last week! I didn’t have a lot of time to read through all the entries, but I had a feeling yours might win.
By: Dalena on March 11, 2012
at 2:35 pm
Thanks, D. Hopefully your being busy is a good thing?
By: dougery on March 11, 2012
at 5:14 pm
Such an intriguing photo attending the twitfic. Cool sci-fi-esque narrative. I want to know more.
Adam B @revhappiness
By: adampb on March 11, 2012
at 4:58 pm
All the photos I use in these FGC entries are from creative commons since I myself am a terrible photographer and, well, public domain and all that.
Thanks for kind words. Can’t wait to read and discuss this week’s entries. Cheers.
By: dougery on March 11, 2012
at 5:11 pm
Very nicely done: some beautiful imagery and descriptions for such a common event. I really enjoyed the way it’s written.
By: darkwater13 on March 11, 2012
at 5:15 pm
Thanks! I was in a very middleschool state of mind when I wrote it.
By: dougery on March 12, 2012
at 8:29 am
[...] Laura McNaughton 14. Emma Venables 15. Barbara @ de rebus 16. Douglas Riggs 17. Dalena [...]
By: Form and Genre Challenge #5 Submission | Write Anything on March 11, 2012
at 10:55 pm
Masterfully done, friend of mine! Your word choice–”shadowhuddled” and “dark herald”–elevate the tone of the piece into a dramatic other-world sense of impending doom. Your ending is excellent. Really well done!
-Barbara
www(dot)derebus(dot)net/home
By: de rebus (@de_rebus) on March 13, 2012
at 9:52 am
Very evocative.
By: Welshman Paul on March 14, 2012
at 4:08 am
This is great. It really evokes that feeling of waiting for the bully to find you.
By: Laura McWriter on March 16, 2012
at 4:20 pm
[...] Judges’ Choice Award goes to Douglas Rigg’s The Life Pursuit. [...]
By: Form and Genre Challenge #6 Submission | Write Anything on March 17, 2012
at 7:03 pm
Congratulations! I love this one–and have always loved the way you create such powerful non-words. “Shadowhuddled” is absolutely poetic.
By: Lara Ehrlich on March 20, 2012
at 5:30 am