A contest with a pot of 5 STEEM + 5 @steembasicincome shares? You're in the right place!
183 @steembasicincome shares awarded till now, plus 22.558 SBD and 53 STEEM, through the contest in 38 weeks!
What do we have here? But, of course, today's yellow finned prize categories caught fresh for your discerning palates!
1st place: n. 5 STEEM
2nd place: n. 2 steembasicincome shares
popular vote: n. 2 steembasicincome share (remember to vote your favorite!)
Best comment to the stories: n. 1 steembasicincome share
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Vote, vote, vote your favorite story (and win 2 SBI)!
Use the #finishthestory tag.
Try to post your story the earliest possible and not at the last moment (or after the results! argh!)
Respect the dreadful 500 words limit! o_0
Help our contest & workshop to grow by giving it some visibility.
And now.. let's dive into today's story!
A Thousand Windows by @f3nix
From the Little Ararat’s peak, Vartan "tiger's eye" observed his hometown, Yerevan. In the ample pocket of his tunic, well sheltered from the harsh wind, his squat fingers played with two graceful jade discs, while his steed, foaming with fatigue, seemed suddenly reinvigorated at the sight of home after months of traveling. If it had not been an animal, it would seem that he was moved. In Vartan's eyes, the only veil was that of travel fatigue.
Armenian merchant of precious stones, merchant son of merchants, he did not care how dangerous the journey was, nor how many moons had rotated above the long caravan: his mind was a precision balance that incessantly weighed and estimated without respite Indian emeralds, Burmese rubies, Pakistani aquamarines. This was Vartan's life since the cradle: he made a profit, and he did it surprisingly well.
A brisk early March night, something unexpected happened to him: he had a dream. Being an unusual experience for him, he awoke to throw in a far corner of the room the brocaded bedspread, upset and wet with sweat despite dawn’s breeze. In his family no one used to dream, there was no space for these frivolities. If he reflected well, maybe a couple of times he had dreamed of carving a gem or making a good deal, but he never came across those surreal dreams like a sand mirage in the ocean. After that episode, dreams began to visit him more and more frequently, as the unstoppable progression of pot-bellied drops in an August downpour. Frankly, it was a very unfortunate situation for Vartan, who was soon forced to invent every kind of wild night escapade to justify the increasingly evident dark circles under his eyes.
Then one day, while he was dreaming, the unthinkable happened: he suddenly perceived that he was in the dream. That first experience of dreamlike lucidity did not last long, nothing but an imperceptible beating of wings of awareness before the rules of the dream came back to swallow him and to dictate the story, relegating him to a mere spectator. Night after night, he began to acknowledge the laws that governed that world and how to bend them to his creative power. Thin and rarefied realms could become dense with colors, shapes, and perfumes. The Escheresque geometries of dancing fractals disobeyed space and time. Gradually, Vartan learned to attribute a new meaning and content to the term comprehension. For every new dream he was immersed in, the breath of those universes and his soul were united in one single essence longer and longer. In those dreams, Vartan traveled in the folds of reality, learned the language of angels and played dodges with them in the heart of perennial storms of unknown planets.
Soon, what was happening in Vartan's soul could not remain hidden to the eyes of the family, his friends, and the entire city of Yerevan.
Let’s grow together!
With delegations, @bananafish VP will grow and consequently the upvotes given to every contest entry will be higher. @f3nix, @gwilberiol, @dirge, @tristancarax, @theironfelix, @raj808, @brisby, @maverickinvictus, @cyemela, @marcoriccardi, @calluna, @oivas, @anixio, @ntowl are the names of the proud Bananafish Knights who already delegated a fraction of their SP to this project.
Following the voting trail is a way to make sure you always support the other participants to the Bananafish contests, automatically upvoting the posts (but not the comments) @bananafish upvotes. @foffelius, @steelochlaver, @f3nix, @marcoriccardi, @anixio, @gwilberiol, @brisby, @calluna, @ntowl, @dirge, @iamthegray, @seesladen, @theironfelix, @letalis-laetitia, @vdux are already in the trail.
If you’re interested, here you can find all the information needed.
Join the fun! Here is how this contest works:
An unfinished fiction story or a script is posted.
You finish it with your own post or a comment in the comment section. A limit of 500 words is recommended.
WIN 5 STEEM + 5 @steembasicincome shares to the writers with the best endings and comments.
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Another Felix tale and an added personal sketch? Yesss!!!
--Brisby
My Entry: https://steemit.com/finishthestory/@sarez/short-fiction-for-finish-the-story-contest-a-thousand-windows
Thanks, Sarez! Happily, we raise our mugs to you!
-Brisby
Vote your favorite story here!
My vote is for @blueeyes8960's story. She put in her ending shamanic voyage impressions, a part in Vartan's dream that seems to remind the Plato's Cavern, and a nice contrast in the very end, as the family members of the "awakened voyager" are very concerned about his body's coma. I liked the suspended final and the insecurity on the real fate of Vartan.
Thank you @marcoriccardi!
I equally liked @dirge and @amirani's excellent stories. Having to choose one, I'll go with @dirge's because it's closer to the word limit. Great job both of you.
I like to vote, because I can’t #selfvote, for the one, the only, DIO! But you thought that account is fake, ha. It was but a trap, for now I have casted a vote for DIO, I shall reveal myself. FOR IT WAS I, DIO!
Gunshot is heard in the background
Nani? IMPOSSIBRU! I AM DIO!
DIO explodes as I walk up and put down my PTRS-41, unfazed.
Damn, people keep stealing my account. Anyways, uh... revote? I’m conicted between @blueeyes8690, @dirge and @amirani. So the dye told me to... cast my vote for @amirani. I’ll get to commenting to everyone’s post soon!
hard to say, but I'll go for @raj808 this week
I am going to vote for @amirani really liked that one
My vote goes to @dirge.
Ooh my, the feared moment to choose has come! It is the hardest part of the contest, with so many beautiful entries. But my vote goes to @stever82 's Vartan, prophet of ancient knowledge whispered in dreams. I liked the sensation I got that such knowledge could go either way, positive as presented in the story, or catastrophically if such knowledge were to lead to something hidden, dark perhaps...
I'm throwing all (one) of my chips down on @gwilberiol!
Loved this week's prompt! Here's my contribution : )
Yay! Amirani came to play!
-Brisby
One of these days I'm going to be the first one again. Not this week, however.
https://steemit.com/finishthestory/@tristancarax/a-thousand-windows
Thanks Tristan! There may need to be some sort of special GIF made for first blood... (There's always next week! 😎)
Oh, and in case you thought you'd be safe from ninja kitties in space...😜
I think the next time we write about Ethan and his ship, some space kitty are going to get into some real trouble when they mess with us. haha
Ha!! I'm looking forward to that! (Especially when the space kitties win! 😜)
Managed to get a cheeky entry in:
Snuck it in when I wasn't even looking!
Thanks and welcome back to the contest Raj!
Ha ha. Like a fiction ninja! Thanks @bananafish :-)
Welcome back, we were missing you!
Oh, right, the deadline. Better hurry up with my inception! 😛
Did you post at 6am Ale? Wow, such a proud Bananafish knight!
It's a difficult world, and an intense life. 😜
Hello all. Here is my entry for the week. I am also going to try to read a lot of the others today. https://steemit.com/finishthestory/@stever82/finish-the-story-contest-week-39-my-entry-2986069b428
Now we're cookin'! Thanks Stever! 😎
For your entertainment and edification: my entry.
Thanks, Michaias! Always happy to dive into your stories. 😉
Here is my entry to #39 Finish the Story:
https://steemit.com/finishthestory/@blueeyes8960/finish-the-story-contest-week-39-entry-by-blueeyes8960
First posting bragging rights go to you!! (And the crowd goes wild!!)
Yo! The so called first blood goes to @blueeyes8960! 😁
Here's my entry:
https://steemit.com/finishthestory/@cyemela/finish-the-fiction-story-contest-week-39-bananafish
Awesome, thanks Cyemela!
I once knew a cool Armenian gay communist. Nice old guy. Cooked us food and gave us wine.
my submission
Were the food and wine good? Was it in Armenia? It looks like a beautiful place to be explored..
this was in the States. of course it was good :)
I've never been to Armenia. I should have travelled through it on my route to Istanbul but my time in Tblissi left me too fucked up to do anything but escape on an airplane.
Sounds like a very great guy! Sure, I'll give anyone a meal but share my wine? 😉 Thanks, Dirge!
--Brisby
Hello Brisby (and Bananafish): It's a lovely prompt, reminiscent of some of the finest fantasy tales.
Hi @agmoore! Thank you, I'm glad you like my prompt.
Good Morning Agmoore and thank you! I agree and can't wait to see what this group creates from it! 🌺
Happy to see you again and after I catch up with Felix's stories, I see that I have some interesting things to read about ants...😉
Have yourself a great day!
Hi, Can you tell me what time is the deadline tomorrow? I'm sorry to be so simple but I can't translate those times into Eastern Standard Time? Running into a crunch but I'd like to submit my story anyway.
Thanks a lot.
You're welcome and please don't apologize. I'm constantly trying to figure out how many hours ahead or behind I need to account for with time zones. In EST, the deadline will be 3 P.M. Though, that's just for the eligibility for contest rewards cutoff. Any story you've written is welcome anytime.
I hope that you have a great day and thanks for wanting to join in this round! 😁
Hey, @brisby. This story is not coming together in a way that pleases me. I'll try...
I know how that goes @agmoore. Thanks for trying and I hope that your story starts cooperating with you and even if you miss the deadline, it's still going to be great to have a story from you.
Seeing your gif this morning has me thinking of doors now:
very Buckminster-fullerish :)
😁 I love designs that combine art and function. Ever see the chairs that fold up to hang on the wall as art when not in use?
I believe there is an error here.
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Thank you @botefarm! It's been corrected.. looking forward to your FtS 😉
Whew! Thanks for the save Botefarm!