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Posted by: LC, June 5th, 2021, 6:44pm
Round 3 Winner & Stats:

Congrats, Michael! A fine & gruesome effort.


3.82352941176471 Bastard Saint by Michael J Kospiah (spesh2k) writing as Father Christmas - A mall Santa revisits his ugly past after a child asks for one wish: for Santa to kill his abusive father. - Short, Horror

3.76470588235294 The Darkest Hour by Rene Claveau (ReneC) writing as L. C. F. - A desperate man discovers there is always more to lose when he learns of a terrible cycle that seems doomed to repeat itself. - Short, Horror

3.55555555555556 Misread by Matthew Taylor (Matthew Taylor) writing as nottuB nimajneB - A struggling couple seek help for their communication issues, but is it enough? - Short, Drama, Tragedy

3.55555555555556 Reaching by Paul Knauer (PKCardinal) writing as Winston - A young soldier fights to overcome a previous traumatic experience. - Short, Thriller

3.1875 Shuan by Owen Herity (Geezis) writing as Humpetty Dumpetty - A man lying in the sand faces the biggest challenge of his life. - Short, Drama

3.16666666666667 Reprisal by Christopher Brown (Cacutshaw) writing as Mr. Kusturica - A small time drug dealer is given the chance to move up the ranks. But will he be able to do what is asked of him? - Short, Crime

3.11111111111111 Feeling Vilified by Zack Akers (Zack) writing as Sex Machine - A police detective interviews the traumatized survivor of a violent, sexual assault: a 7-year-old boy. - Short, Drama, Crime

3.1 Grave Men by Yuvraj Rajwanshi (Yuvraj) writing as No Noyce - A dilemma in a man's personal life makes for an opportunity for a dangerous group of people. - Short, Drama

3.0625 Jagged Little Pill by Marnie Mitchell (mmmarnie) writing as Shmoop A Loop - A troubled mother faces the consequences of her battle with post partum depression. - Short, Drama

3.05882352941176 Fun Guy by Mark Renshaw (markrenshaw) writing as Fungas McFungi - A research laboratory assistant who uses humour to mask a lifetime of abuse and pain snaps and decides to kickstart the zombie apocalypse. - Short, Horror

2.9375 The Boundary by Steve Miles (stevemiles) writing as Cabeza De Vaca - A party of Spanish explorers journey into an unknown land in search of riches only to find themselves lost in an ocean of tallgrass with an unseen terror stalking their every move. - Short, Horror

2.83333333333333 Disorder by John Staats (JEStaats) writing as Alice - An elderly Marine talks about the worst thing he's ever seen. - Short, Horror, War

2.82352941176471 Sister-Hood by David C Lambertson (eldave1) writing as No Name - Sometimes family reunification can turn out wrong. - Short, Drama

2.61111111111111 Hollywood is Dead by R5e (Gum) writing as Those Dirty Little Rabbits - Misfortunate times for a rebellious fool when he competes for a running title amongst the Hollywood Crème de la crème, only to find himself walking along the boulevard of broken dreams… and bones. - Short, Dramedy

2.5625 Billy's Choice by Frank MacCrory (FrankM) writing as Fork in the Road - A Japanese man's life might have turned out very differently. - Short, Drama

2.5625 North of the Cenotaph by Lonnie Lapierre (LonnieLapierre) writing as Léo Major - A WW2 Vet revisits his former life and time in the war. - Short, Drama, War

2.5 A Crowbar To The Skull by Rob Herzog (Rob) writing as A Reservoir Dog - A man’s path leads to off-the-charts aggression and peril. - Short, Horror

2.47368421052632 Past and Future Tense by Joe Garza (SPQR) writing as Si Morley - A detective's case sends him back in time. - Short, Sci Fi

2.47368421052632 Perspectives by Anthony Cawood (AnthonyCawood) writing as EMB - The embers of despair prompt a desperate woman to action. - Short, Drama

Posted by: ReneC, June 5th, 2021, 6:47pm; Reply: 1
A convincing win for you, Michael. Yours was the standout for me, congrats.
Posted by: eldave1, June 5th, 2021, 6:58pm; Reply: 2
Congratulations,  Michael.  Well done
Posted by: LC, June 5th, 2021, 7:04pm; Reply: 3
A shout out to Yuvraj too!

I had a few favs in this round and Grave Men was one of them.
Posted by: Geezis, June 5th, 2021, 7:37pm; Reply: 4
Very well done Michael. One of my faves, superb effort.
Posted by: ghost and_ghostie gal, June 5th, 2021, 7:44pm; Reply: 5
Whoomp! There it is!

Congrats, y'all... this was a toughie. :)-A
Posted by: Zack, June 5th, 2021, 8:05pm; Reply: 6
Congrats, Michael! It's a really great script. :) And well done to all who managed to finish the challenge. It was a fun one. ;D
Posted by: Lono, June 5th, 2021, 8:11pm; Reply: 7
Great job everyone! Congrats on the win Michael, It was a banger and won't be tough to sell! Unique Christmas tales are golden.
Posted by: mmmarnie, June 5th, 2021, 8:20pm; Reply: 8
Yay! My two fives this round! Congrats Michael and Rene!!
Posted by: FrankM, June 5th, 2021, 11:26pm; Reply: 9
Well-earned congratulations Michael & Rene!
Posted by: spesh2k, June 5th, 2021, 11:40pm; Reply: 10
Congrats, Rene, that was my personal fave.
Posted by: Yuvraj, June 6th, 2021, 12:05am; Reply: 11

Quoted from LC
A shout out to Yuvraj too!

I had a few favs in this round and Grave Men was one of them.


Thanks, Libby! Really pleased to hear that mine was one of your favs.

And congrats to Micheal and everyone else who participated! Best of luck for your future projects as well.
Posted by: MarkRenshaw, June 6th, 2021, 2:12am; Reply: 12
Congratulations Michael and Rene. This was a tough round, so congratulations everyone who took part.

Darkest Hour and Grave Men where my favorites this round but I enjoyed them all.
Posted by: Yuvraj, June 6th, 2021, 3:09am; Reply: 13

Quoted from MarkRenshaw
Darkest Hour and Grave Men were my favorites this round but I enjoyed them all.


Thank you, Mark. Once again, I'm really pleased to learn that mine is in the favorite's list of one more writer!
Posted by: spesh2k, June 6th, 2021, 4:56am; Reply: 14

Quoted from Zack
Congrats, Michael! It's a really great script. :) And well done to all who managed to finish the challenge. It was a fun one. ;D


When I finished writing it and while I was editing, the main thought through my head was "Zack is going to be the only one who's gonna like this shit" lol.
Posted by: PKCardinal, June 6th, 2021, 12:11pm; Reply: 15
That was my fave. Just stood out for its conviction.

This was by far the toughest challenge for me since joining this site. I'm proud of myself for coming up with a script that I actually liked. That others liked it as well is a great bonus.

Thanks for all the notes, everyone. And thanks to everyone for making these challenges so much fun!
Posted by: AnthonyCawood, June 6th, 2021, 12:44pm; Reply: 16
Congrats Michael and all!
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, June 7th, 2021, 3:12am; Reply: 17
Excellent, Michael! Great script.

I also love yours, PK. Reaching and Bastard Saint got my top marks
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