Discussion → Short Story Challenge for DECEMBER
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Well I won here by default but I want to see some action here so glug down some early egg nog and get into the winter holiday spirit for December's story.
Okay, here we go: Under 1000 words, but within those words must be the words: yogurt, red suit, palm tree, sparkly hanging balls, and lowing cows. You are allowed to change one of the five items but you must throw in an even stranger replacement term.
How's that? Have fun!
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what is "lowing cows"
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That was Marcy posting from my computer -- I didn't know what a lowing cow was either, but I do know how to use Google:
1 Samuel 6:12
Then the cows went straight up towards Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.Thanks for the challenge, Susan!
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Hah! I just wanted a little background music for the story.
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lowing cows also featured in the old chritmas carol "away in the manger," to wit: the cattle are lowing, the sweet baby sleeps," or somesuch--or am i imagining this?
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Gary, that's where they came from. I just closed my eyes and typed the first five things that came to mind and over the Thanksgiving holiday there was Christmas music playing on the radio so I think the cattle made it into my subconscious.
For those who don't know, I suspect "lowing" sounds like a contented "moo."
Group Description
Each month a new challenge will be posted to the discussion with rules for the month. This is a public group and all stories written for the challenge will be posted to the Fn main page and then added to the group.
At the end of the month, the story with the most faves wins the challenge.
The winner of the challenge gets to post the rules for the next month's challenge.
In the event of a tie, all tying winners get to post a challenge for the next month, with challenges run simultaneously. The challenger with the most faves, of all the simultaneous challenges for that month, gets to post the rules for the next month's challenge.
And always remember: fiction is not a competitive sport.
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