The Ravings of A Madman [ Murder Story Contest ]

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on June 24
• Rewards: Gold: 150, Silver: 50, Bronze: 25, Honorable mention: 5 people
• Final notes:
  Whoa! This was a terrific contest! Thank you, everyone who entered, I had the chills and thrills of my life, reading your wonderful entries! I really appreciate it!
  
  Some of the entries really stood out. I based my decision on overall story structure, theme, originality and creativity.
  
  The stand-outs are:
  
  GOLD: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
  SILVER: The Broken Doll
  BRONZE: Hush
  HM 1: Evil
  HM 2: Rare Love
  HM 3: Flicker
  HM 4: Encounter
  HM 5: The First of the Last
  
  
  
  Thanks you everyone! Congratulations to the winners - they really derserved it!
  

Contest Winners

1. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

   MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL /A tale to REFLECT upon...A little..."LIGHT" reading...if you find...The TIME! Have fun!
   

   by Gary Alexander 1400 words, 144 comments, on Feb 18 7:32 AM 2008. In Horror, Science fiction
   Gold trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
2. A Broken Doll

   I was different that the rest of them; I didn’t care about their foolish schoolyard games or their petty little ABCs.
   

   by elenii 1700 words, 53 comments, on May 18 10:34 AM. In Child, Crime, First person, Horror, Murder
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
3. Hush

   by SilentMoonDance 2400 words, 54 comments, on Apr 1 12:13 PM. In Fiction, Ghosts, Romance, Sad, Short story
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
4. Evil

   They say that evil lurks in the hearts of men, that everyone has their own personal demon. What they don’t say is how to live with it.

   by tallblondie 500 words, 101 comments, on May 26 10:40 AM. In Contest, Dark, Fiction, Horror
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
5. Rare Love

   A man finds all that he needs to be complete.

   by WritersEffigy 500 words, 24 comments, on Aug 23 1:55 AM 2008. In , Crime, Dark
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
6. Flicker

   by sodancewithsoda 1900 words, 20 comments, on Mar 9 1:26 AM. In Dark, Semiadult
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
7. Encounter

   The coldest of winter cannot compare to the coldest of hearts.

   by Decadent Anomaly 2000 words, 11 comments, on Sep 1 11:40 PM 2007. In Crime, Dark, Horror
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
8. The First Of The Last

   by Andy Stephenson 2200 words, 89 comments, on Aug 29 7:27 AM 2008. In Abuse, Adult, Crime, Dark, Fiction, Horror
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [22]

• just cause

  by alwaysrockon 500 words, 26 comments, on May 3 8:53 AM. In Adult, Dark, First person, Horror, Truthful

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Of Bad Makeup....

  by imagist 1500 words, 32 comments, on Mar 20 10:18 PM

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• A Quiet Night

  by paperparadox 1400 words, 12 comments, on Feb 23 9:04 AM. In Adult, Crime, Fiction, Horror

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• I Just Had To Kill Her

  Ever since I moved here it's been pure hell. I'm a freak, a damn freak. My eyes are grey, I'm pale and scrawny, and all I have are plain wh

  by CheshireCat 1000 words, 26 comments, on May 24 7:42 PM. In Crime, Dark, Death, Fiction, First person, Horror, Murder, Pain, Strange, Tragedy

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Dark Confessions...

  Seriously NOT for the squeamish!!!
  You have been warned...
  

  by Fritz O skennick 2400 words, 10 comments, on Jun 8 7:21 PM. In Crime, Dark, Drama, Fiction, First person, Horror, Murder, Strange, Weird

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• wink murder

  by black reflection 300 words, 4 comments, on Jun 18 2:20 PM. In Dark, Depression, First person, Hmm, Murder, Mystery, Pain, Tragedy

  • Commented on by judge.
• My mother's tap shoes

  That clack noise is what drove me crazy I think. I mean wouldn't you like silence every now and again? That person knew I couldn't stand th

  by demonkitty 600 words, 2 comments, on Dec 16 2:55 PM 2008. In Blood lust, Dark, Evil fun, Horror

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Insomnia

  I've been spending too many nights on my computer, so I sat down this afternoon and wrote this.

  by Tricia3 1200 words, 13 comments, on Mar 5 4:22 PM. In Dark, Depression, Fantasy, Fiction, First person, Hmm, Horror

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Dead Fiance

  A mysterious story about a girl named Rachel who's fiance was murdered on the beach while they were asleep.

  by flowerbee1234 2800 words, 20 comments, on Apr 25 11:48 AM

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The Final Stage

  by Arabella Lindsay 1000 words, 6 comments, on Nov 1 9:46 PM 2008. In Crime, Dark, Death, Horror, Murder, Short story

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Mr. ILL

  by Lekos Memory 1100 words, 45 comments, on Jun 18 9:34 PM. In Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Young adult

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The Gift

  The colours blend together beautifully, almost magically, as if there was more than mere gravity at work here. Running and trickling, paint

  by Peachy 700 words, 7 comments, on May 14 7:04 AM. In Dark, Horror, Murder

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The Bastard

  There he was, the Bastard. The sick little fucker that had been following me around since I moved to this neighborhood, introducing me to t

  by JoelMonroe 400 words, 6 comments, on Nov 24 12:53 PM. In Horror, Strange, Zombie

  • Commented on by judge.

Comments

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• 
  Andy Stephenson
  June 17
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  In the manner of being polite, I always reply to comments.

  If you don't want replies, you shouldn't comment until after the contest.
  
  Andy
• • 
    Asfand
    June 17
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    Well, this time you'll just have to be rude. Nah, its get very hectic at the last moment. I like to judge quickly, as soon as its over...
• SilentMoonDance
  June 20
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  Mine's about murder, thriller type. It's a little over the word count. Plz don't dq me. lol
• Andy Stephenson
  June 25
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  Hi Asfand!

  Thanks for the honorable mention and points. I appreciate them. I'm glad you like my story.
  
  Thanks for hosting.
  
  Andy
• 
  sodancewithsoda
  June 25
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  Thank you so much for the honorable mention now I just have to write a story for your other stuff