A fun contest (that I forgot to mention…)

JJ (aka Goblin, aka…how many nicknames does she have, anyways?) did a blog contest last week to commemorate her 100th blog post.

The goal was to write a story exactly 100 words long, no more, no less. It could be about anything, and I’m not sure what genre or atmosphere went untouched in the end.

After tallying those who voted in the comments and judging them for herself,she was kind enough to award me first place, which was a wonderful surprise.

http://jjdebenedictis.blogspot.com/2008/05/you-are-all-so-frighteningly-talented.html

Here is my entry:

The necromancer wanders the world in torn jeans and an ill-fitting leather jacket. He walks empty streets, picks up dangling phones to listen for whispers on the other end. He shuffles through graveyard skyscrapers and drives any car he finds with the keys still in the ignition. Every city he visits is the same. The bombings left no bodies behind.

He would’ve been destroyed as well, had he been in the physical realm when someone pushed the big red button. Sheer dumb luck.

He refuses to look over his shoulder. Refuses to acknowledge the six billion ghosts following his footsteps.

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Be sure to run over to her blog to check out the rest of the stories which are posted in the comments of her original announcement. And if you haven’t yet, be sure to congratulate her on getting an agent!