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OMG!  Love the subtle humor in that!  Good one, Dill!

I like that idea, J P.  Maybe relax the genre a little to include ghost story and/or horror since Halloween is approaching.  I think if we make the genre reach out further, we may have more entries.  I look forward to reading some great stories.

You can edit it anytime between the time you post it and the deadline for the contest to end.  It does nothing to what you've posted because the judges don't start until all of them are in.

As for length, we could say it has to be something like 'no less than 3000 words, no more than 5000 words.'  Some folks like long stories; others may not want to make it their primary writing project.

I personally don't write horror stories, and the majority of them I don't like to read.  But I think we have some great writers on here who would excel in it.  I don't mind reading some for the contest, and believe it would be a hoot!!

There are so many great ideas out there.  The one we just finished with the laundromat photo was the most fun one I've ever participated in.  I loved all the cool stories that came from that one!  Poetry would be out for me, but there are some great writers on here (including YOU, Mike Jackson) who could do justice to that category.   I have a suggestion (since Christmas will be here in 122 days from today).  How about a Christmas tale, any genre??  We could name the M.C. Elroy (or whatever) and have everyone write a story around that name.  We would then see just how naughty or nice little Elroy can be. 

Just a thought!!  Anybody else????

Scary, huh?  When I look at the delusional leader of this country, it scares me to think he is the one in control of my fate.  What sad times we live in.  It's not because I did or did not vote for him.  It's because I am way too smart to drink this fool's kool-aid, and I will not be led over the cliff with him and his kind.  He is an out-of-control lying maniac, and our country is in serious danger of extinction.   I am always more than willing to work with the one in office, regardless of what my vote said, but this one stretches my ability to do so.  He has wreaked more havoc in his 200 days in office than any other president in the history of our country did in his entire tenure.  The song 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone' by Peter, Paul, and Mary is an accurate depiction of the times we're living in today, which is a vicious circle of self-destruction:  in that song, all the flowers disappear because young girls picked them; all young girls disappear because they took husbands; all husbands became soldiers, then went to graveyards, and all the graveyards were then covered with the flowers picked by the young girls. The compelling question in that song is 'when will they ever learn?'  It applies today.

It probably is true because so many people disrespect animals.  If someone took that steel rod and thrashed that fool across his head a few times, he would never do it again.  I firmly believe the punishment for animal abusers is to give them exactly what they dished out.  I have no sympathy for abusers.  Most of the people on death row were also animal abusers.

Aw, Bill, donkeys are not stubborn.  They think things through very thoroughly before they decide to act.  A donkey's nature is to make sure everything is safe before they move, so they might be considered 'stubborn' from a human view point. From my view point as a donkey rescuer, they are the smartest of all the animals that live in a pasture. They never forget anything, and if you've ever been mean to one, they remember it forever.  Highly protective of their young, and they teach them manners from the time they are born.  A donkey momma is stern and no-nonsense.  She will knock her baby's legs out from under him if he does something that would get him in trouble later down the road. 

Sorry to hear about the loss of your lot next door.  I've been there, so I know the feeling.  Before we bought our farm, we lived in a nice subdivision, and we had a huge vacant lot next to us.  It was wooded and quiet, but sloped downhill to the left and had some deep gullies in it.  The birds and deer enjoyed mingling there.  It remained that way for more than 20 years.  Then one day I came home from work and saw equipment cleaning off the lot.  They hauled in top soil, leveled the lot and the gullies, and build a house on it.  The new owners had 5 small kids, and they were loud and obnoxious.  Time for us to move.  That's when we bought the farm, and from my house I cannot see any other houses.  I have neighbors, but don't know any of them.  We never see each other, and I don't even know their names, even though we've lived in the same vicinity now for more than 20 years.  I do love my solitude.

Lordy, Dags, I could write an ongoing saga about the antics of all these critters!  Maybe one day I will get still enough to do all that!  As for donkeys, they are 10 times smarter than horses.  They know exactly what kind of mood you're in all the time.  They will actually put you in the middle of their 'circle of protection' if they think you're in danger.  I was upset a while back about losing my house cat, and I was late feeding the donkeys that morning.  When I got to their pasture, they surrounded me, each one of them with their butt to the inside of their circle and me in the middle.  They were actually looking to find whatever it was that had me so upset that morning.  They stayed that way until they were sure whatever it was wasn't about to attack me again.  What a surreal experience!  So get yourself two donks and you won't be sorry (unless one of them is named Hunky...the little shit).

Hugs,
MJ

LOL!  Or during a solar eclipse.

Nobody, and I mean No. Body. could come up with a title like that and get by with it!  ROFL!  You're a hoot!!

I talked with Flo and she said she was gonna stop back by since you were back, Alan!  (Mind you, she would not come back just for ME, but as soon as I mentioned YOUR name, she was up for it!!). 

Hugs,
MJ