Round 2 Scores:


3.52380952380952 Bygones by Matthew Taylor (Matthew Taylor) writing as Hindsight - A remorseful old man gets a unique chance to make a better choice. - Short, Sci Fi, Thriller

3.52380952380952 Ash Hole by David C Lambertson (eldave1) writing as Nameless - A fitting celebration of one's life. - Short, Comedy

3.40909090909091 One Mississippi by Paul Knauer (PKCardinal) writing as Ed - A family trip to Myrtle Beach goes awry. - Short, Comedy

3.39130434782609 A Sea of Stars by Rene Claveau (ReneC) writing as Elliot - Hope for rescue is all that's left for two people in the middle of the ocean. - Short, Sci Fi

3.31818181818182 Monster of Rock by Rob Herzog (Rob) writing as Slash - A fan discovers a grotesque piece of rock memorabilia. - Short, Horror

3.16666666666667 It Must Be Something In The Water by Michael J Kospiah (spesh2k) writing as Haywood Jabolomey - A peaceful day fishing becomes a struggle for survival when a father and son see something fall out of the sky and into the water... something otherworldly. - Short, Sci Fi

3.13636363636364 Blind Justice by Marnie Mitchell (mmmarnie) writing as Zane Blue - Thinking he's gotten away with murder, a man realizes there is more than one type of justice. - Short, Crime

3 Acolyte by Owen Herity (Geezis) writing as Casey Jones - A train station guard waiting to go home is surprised by the last package of the night. - Short, Horror

2.95454545454545 Feeling Justified by Zack Akers (Zack) writing as Seth Gecko - A hardened detective gets a chance at closure. Content Warning - Short, Horror

2.95238095238095 Sweet Brandy by Steve Miles (stevemiles) writing as Not Him, The Other Guy - A plain-spoken father recounts a tale of childhood tragedy in an ill-judged attempt to comfort his grieving teenage son. - Short, Dark Comedy

2.9047619047619 Lure by Mark Renshaw (markrenshaw) writing as The Fisherman - An inventor time travels into the near future and finds himself waist-deep in water and neck-deep in a whole lot of trouble. - Short, Sci Fi

2.86363636363636 The Deepest, Darkest Water by Frank MacCrory (FrankM) writing as Fjord Explorer - Disaster strikes the first manned mission to Europa. - Short, Sci Fi

2.85 Dark Waters by Max Ruddock (Max Ruddock) writing as Rushed? Moi? - A team of researchers looking for the fabled Loch Ness Monster come across something far more terrifying. - Short, Sci Fi

2.81818181818182 Live Bait by Steven Clark (SteveClark) writing as Jean Splycer - A day of relaxation and fishing was what they expected, but that’s so not what they’re going to catch. - Short, Sci Fi, Thriller

2.76190476190476 Ashes to Ashens by Joe Garza (SPQR) writing as Godfrey Park - Love finds a way in the strangest of places. - Short, Romantic Comedy

2.75 Queen of the Deep by James Barron (MarkItZero) writing as Marin - A damaged woman takes to the sea to find her true calling. - Short, Thriller, Sci Fi

2.75 Guantanamo by Gerasimos Rozis (Gerasimos) writing as Nalon R. - An Arab takes part in a scientific experiment that explores his brain and extracts his memory data. But is his participation truly voluntary? - Short, Sci Fi, Thriller

2.7 Destination Unknown by Mark Moore (Irisheyes) writing as Couldn't be bothered to come up with a psudonym .   - A Subway ride takes a man on the most unwanted journey. - Short, Horror

2.68181818181818 A Game With Dad by Claudio Saez (Claudio) writing as Un & Dis Qualified - An oblivious man brings his Dad's remains to a baseball game. - Short, Comedy

2.65217391304348 Somewhere Beyond the Sea by Anthony Cawood (AnthonyCawood) writing as Nemo - Special Forces Marines undertake a time-critical mission and find something unexpected beneath the waves. - Short, Sci Fi

2.65 The Lake by Warren Duncan (Warren) writing as The One That Got Away - The annual family fishing trip becomes a choice between the past and present when a mysterious object falls from the sky. - Short, Sci Fi

2.54545454545455 A Bite Out Of Time by John Staats (JEStaats) writing as A Writer Out Of Time - A decades long experiment in ecological remediation results in unexpected consequence. - Short, Sci Fi

2.40909090909091 Honor Thy Father by Todd Robinson (tsyho1989SS) writing as Todd Robinson - To fulfill their father's last wish, two Giants fans embark on a mission to sneak into Dodgers stadium and curse the plumbing. - Short, Comedy

2.33333333333333 Too Good to be True by Lonnie Lapierre (LonnieLapierre) writing as No name - A grieving widow and her bestie find out if it's too good to be true, it probably is. - Short, Comedy

2.21052631578947 Awakening by Christopher Brown (Cacutshaw) writing as The Hunter - A superhero is called upon to save commuters stuck in the subways. But what waits for him there might be more than his match. - Short, Horror

2.1304347826087 Sins & Souls by Yuvraj Rajwanshi (Yuvraj) writing as Bad One - A guy minding his own business is interrupted by a stranger. - Short, Crime

1.91304347826087 Lake Search by Mark Dykshoorn (MarkD) writing as Greg Lake - Two men search for their colleagues who went missing. - Short, Thriller

1.91304347826087 Coco by Ariel Yang (Bort) writing as One With The Water - Cass and Spence just want to go to this dope art party. - Short, Comedy

Congratulations, Matthew!

Paul and Dave, too. A bunch of cool scripts this round.

Maybe Matthew will begin to believe now.  

Well done, and to you also Dave. A tie for first is pretty rare, and it's deserved.

Quoted from ReneC Maybe Matthew will begin to believe now.   Well done, and to you also Dave. A tie for first is pretty rare, and it's deserved.

Maybe running it out a few dozen more decimal places will settle who came in first

Congratulations Matthew and Dave. It is always gratifying to see the good ones at or near the top. Well done to everyone who entered, this was a grand round.

Thanks all (just saw this thread)

I'm not gonna lie, when I finished writing Bygones I was bloody chuffed with it lol glad others enjoyed it too.

Well done to you too, Dave, I think Ash-hole is my favourite title of all the entries so far  

Quoted from Matthew Taylor I'm not gonna lie, when I finished writing Bygones I was bloody chuffed with it lol glad others enjoyed it too...

Except your wife was a bit meh about it, right?  
Or was that just the first round?

Quoted from LC Except your wife was a bit meh about it, right?   Or was that just the first round?

First-round she was bored
Second-round she was confused
Third-round she said, "You want me to read another one?"... So I gave her wine instead

Quoted from Matthew Taylor First-round she was bored Second-round she was confused Third-round she said, "You want me to read another one?"... So I gave her wine instead

You're doing it right.