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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #281 – Mirage!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 3925

Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!

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Here are the entries for this week's challenge:

( List of entries )

In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (all three spots) in order to be counted. First place votes are worth 3 points, second place votes are worth 2 points, and third place votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.

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Voting closes Wednesday, December 3, at 9:00PM EST.

quicksilverfox3

Theme Prompt: 281 - Mirage
Title: a man dreaming he was a mouse
Fandom: Chainsaw Man
Rating/Warnings: N/A
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 913
Summary: Aki has professional boundaries that have been eroded and he isn’t sure he’s missing them at all when he’s on patrol with the Angel Devil

( or a mouse dreaming he was a man )

Current Music: Years - Sierra Ferrel

ecto_one_spengler

Theme Prompt: #281 -- Mirage
Title: recuerda tu muerte (remember your death)
Fandom: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (ft. references to Puss in Boots 1 + Shrek Forever After's alt timeline)
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 (thanks, Death and Puss' canonically awful mental health)
Word Count: 813 words
Author's Note: Oops! All Emotions About Spanish Orange Cats! (aka I rewatched Last Wish last week and now I am thinking about Puss' wack ass relations to Death / Lobo lol)
Bonus: Yes (kind of)
Summary: Puss and the various times he has seen the bounty hunter so dead set on ending his last life.

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( At the start of the last life.. )

Current Mood: nervous
Current Location: My computer
Current Music: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish!!

m_findlow

Theme Prompt: #281 - Mirage
Title: The memory in my mind
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Jack is troubled by strange dreams of men who don’t exist.

( Read more... )

imhilien

Theme Prompt: #281 - Mirage
Title: The Two Forests
Fandom: Hunger Games Series
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Bonus: No
Word Count: 199
Summary: There are fleeting moments when Katniss could believe she was in a real forest.

( Read more... )

Current Mood: contemplative

badly_knitted

Theme Prompt: #2821 – Mirage
Title: Shattered Dream
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes.
Word Count: 1000
Summary: A dream had led Varian to Gwenith, but it was a dream that could never last.

( Shattered Dream... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Challenge 281:
MIRAGE

n. an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water or a mirror; something illusory or unattainable

Caused by the shimmer of reflected light over heated air, a mirage can be a dangerous thing in the desert, where it might trick unwary travelers into thinking they’re not so far from water. It can be beautiful – a little ripple of light in the distance, like sunlight dancing on water – but no matter how hard you try, you’ll never get close enough.

Write a story about a mirage (literal or figurative).

BONUS GOAL: “It’s just a dream.”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, December 1 at 9:00PM EST.

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