STACH Short Story Contest #30: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SB prize pool!
Hello Everyone, @kingst here with the announcement for the STACH Short Story Contest #30.
What is a Short Story.
A short story is a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel. It makes use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components to a far greater degree than is typical of an anecdote. You can read it in less than 90 seconds.
Contest Rules:
• Write a Short Story based on the topic that will be given every week.
• Write an Original Short Story (Plagiarism will be flagged and reported).
• You MUST RESTEEM THIS POST
• The Story must contain no more than 199 words.
• One entry per user.
• Story should be pasted in the comment section below, no links.
• Contestants are permitted to post their stories in an article on their blog, so they also get upvotes from the @stach trail.
Winners Selection.
Winners will be selected based on the topic, story plot, number of words and delivery as determined by the selected Judge. One word above 199, disqualifies the entry.
Contest Topic.
Write a 199 words story based on ADVENTURE IN WONDERLAND.
Prize.
FIVE winners will be selected for a share of the 15SBD.
First Prize: ----------------------4SBD
Second Prize: ------------------3.5SBD
Third Prize: ---------------------3SBD
Fourth Prize: -------------------2.5SBD
Fifth Prize: ----------------------2SBD
Good luck guys!
Sharpen your writing skills and throw in some inspiring short stories. XO!
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Michelle dreamed of visiting wonderland as they called the city Heaven, a city where your dreams came true and everything was perfect.
Michel was a poor boy who lived in a dangerous neighborhood of the city where basic services such as electricity, water and security constantly failed, but despite all the difficulties his home was full of love and solidarity with his neighbor.
Michelle always listened to stories of his friends and in school, how wonderful it was to live in the city of Heaven, that the lucky people to go to live in that city were treated like kings.
One day at Michel's school they did a science contest and in prize was a two-week pass to live in the city Heaven. Won the contest.
When Michelle met the city Heaven was amazed by his technology and how beautiful it was, but soon she realized that the city was cold and inhuman, nobody cared about his neighbor, friendship and solidarity did not exist in that world. Michelle learned that "not everything that shines is gold."
"It's so lonely without Alice around," said the Mad Hatter spooning sugar into a small tea cup. He then poured tea into a saucer and drank it.
"What's this? Could it be a guest? Or a jest?" The Mad Hatter asked aloud as two cats walked the trail to his tea table.
"Welcome!" Announced the Mad Hatter.
"I'm Smokey Joe. Don't you know?" Said the black cat with orange eyes.
"I'm Jax and that's a fact," said the gray tabby cat with green snake eyes.
"Splendid! Time for tea?" Asked the Mad Hatter with excited eyebrows raised in anticipation.
"Yeah. I guess we could stay for a bit." Said Jax rather cool. And the cats each took a seat for tea.
The Mad Hatter made a big fuss serving them. He finally sat down again and watched them intensely.
The cats each took a sip. Then looked at each other for a moment without expression.
"Pretty good." Jax finally said.
"Thank you." The Mad Hatter replied feeling relieved.
Adventure in the country of wonders
Venturing through the fields, walking I found one a very precious rock, it shone, Note that by touching it you felt energy, stone began to float in the air heading to a cave, I had the curiosity followed, a little scared. I enter to the cave was very dark I could not see anything, he heard a noise, looking up while walking, Cai and dezplase about a tunnel, Habrí eyes, surprised to see a beautiful country of wonders, where animals not huian of hunters, the Spring so divine as the pure scent of a flower, the birds singing harmony and love, look at a white-bearded gentleman, with cane in hand, approaches, says. Hi John you've taken too long, come join me. Led me towards a mysterious tree, gave me a book, said. /-This this here is yours searched exaptamnete which tell you the libro, I ask you Mr but I not is of that speaks to me? Answered, just quiet you have to close your eyes and you'll have adventures back in your imagination, I closed my eyes and woke up where waterways found the magic rock.
It was once a beautiful and prosperous country, with beautiful landscapes, natural resources, gold, black gold (oil), its working citizens, with desire to excel, living in democracy and accustomed to receiving their full salary in cash.
Until twenty years ago, this country, let's call it "Little Venice", was considered the Wonderland ", but at the arrival of a man with leftist ideas, being a wolf disguised as a sheep, with a very populist double discourse, he attracted to many humble people, who saw him as a Messiah and obtained an overwhelming majority to win the Presidency of the Republic.
This was the beginning of the Adventures in Wonderland, where you do not live, you survive, where a minimum wage plus food bonus, is not even half of what a chicken costs,where food is scarce and expensive, you can not get all the medicines, they ration your electrical energy up to three times a day for several hours.
All this has led to the deterioration of the quality of life, living in this country is an adventure in Wonderland
Tommy and his parents went on vacation, while they were on the road, they put a very funny song on the radio, while they listened to it they were silent. Tommy was sitting in the back seat of the car, while listening to the song he looked out of the car window, one minute he saw a very high mountain and he saw that a dragon was flying over it then he saw that the dragon was approaching and tommy got out of the car and he could see that the dragon was big and beautiful, With his eyes he made tommy ride on his back and lifted him to the top of the mountain, when he was up there he looked around and saw that it was a wonderful world full of beautiful dragons and all different colors and shapes, some bigger than others and tommy very impressed. Suddenly I heard a voice from far away that said awake, but tommy just wanted to stay there with the beautiful dragons, he didn't want to go back, and again he was awake, awake, awake.... Tommy opened his eyes and saw that his mother called him and that he was in the car, he looked again at the window and the dragon was no longer flying, he sighed and said I want to see you again. See you soon friend .
Once a young boy went for mountain climbing , he came across a cave where its exit allowed for an even higher rockier mountain, being the adventurous type he embarked on the climb and when he finally set foot at the top its as if he entered into another world, clearly few minutes before the sky was bright , now it was dark with beautiful stars and five moons.
Mystified by the sight he continued his venture when he stumbled upon a sleeping silver dragon, stomping on its tail, awakened it in shock and spitting fire out of its mouth.
The boy ran in fright towards an angelic girl, who held him and spoke in a weird language, where the dragon turned tail and retreated.
Unable to communicate by words they accompanied via emotions, and he slowly fell in love with this world, where stars rained down and sprouted magical flowers, rivers of milk which bore fruits, and the heavenly creatures that was thought dead to earth.
But more important his companion which he wished to take as a life partner the love of his life and the beat of his heart. Adelphi psychÃ
Little Jack from California pondered on making his fantasies a reality. Sitting in a garden engrossed in admiration of a yellow lilly, made him lost in a world of his fantastical feelings where he desired to linger.
"Hi Jack"
"could you touch me?" -the flower said
Jack was engulfed in fear because of the flower uttering words to him. With his inquisitive naughty personality, he touched the flower.
Without warning, Jack with the flower appeared in a land filled with comely dragons, which he had as toys. His most favorite dragon toy which became real, flew him to the world of animals. Jack was overwhelmed in joy and surprises seeing dragon families showing so much hospitality to him.
He wandered round the land of dragons where the sun was on land, stars had wings, water was milk and dragons where the royal rulers over other animals.
What an adventure for little Jack but he had to go home because he doesn't belong there.
Jack sadly appeared back to the garden after touching the yellow flower again.
What a wonderland indeed!