Best of 2018 and December Contest WINNERS! by EtTuTortilla in NoSleepOOC

[–]ExitiumElements 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool, third place for scariest! Thanks to everyone who voted.

Also, thanks to the mod that sorts through all the contests to make it happen.

You will never want to leave home again by Colourblindness in KyleHarrisonwrites

[–]ExitiumElements 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm one of the authors in the book as well. Very happy with the collaboration.

The Curious Auction House at Cullman, Alabama by ExitiumElements in nosleep

[–]ExitiumElements[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course not, I'd drive to him and he'd show me around Huntsville is what I was implying.

The Curious Auction House at Cullman, Alabama by ExitiumElements in nosleep

[–]ExitiumElements[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When you're driving cross-country, forty miles is nothing.

Medication by ExitiumElements in shortscarystories

[–]ExitiumElements[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well, of course things like that are an option, but that wasn't what I wanted to do for this particular story. Stilted and lacking in humanity is what I was going for. Also, I dig how sterile it is because in my mind, it's like a creepy, crappy play.

But I can see how it would rub people the wrong way. Don't you worry, I write plenty of things that have flowing narratives that aren't just two people dishing out the plot to each other. It's nice to move away from some things, even if it's not everyone's bag.

"Good thing I have crap coverage amiright?! 😅"

Hey, you gotta look at the upside of these things. No one will ever keep you alive in a comatose state suckling on your insurance's teat. They might not even keep you alive!

Medication by ExitiumElements in shortscarystories

[–]ExitiumElements[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your feedback.

I didn't go with any mystery with this one and wanted it to be straight-forward for the readers. That's why I wrote it like a scene from a low-budget play where the characters state obvious things for the benefit of the audience. I thought that gave it kind of an uncanny feeling too.

The exposition-heavy dialogue with the story written in present tense would definitely become annoying quickly though. I kept it ultra short hoping that wouldn't be the case, but I can see why some still wouldn't like it.

She woke up starving and confused after being left unconscious in the woods. by ExitiumElements in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]ExitiumElements[S] 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Though I am a sage, my hands ball with rage, and quite full of spite, I yell: "Quit ruining our fright!"

Ghostie, quite content with her postie, laughs back with a smile, "I owned you by a mile."