[SmithL]

love touches you, and marks you forever

'nuf said

[GnuHere]

Oh thank you! I love to read entries to that contest. What a hoot.

[wideawake]

I liked the Rowling reference.

[Flycatcher]

the wheezy shriek was just the sort of sound he always imagined a baby moose being beaten with a pair of accordions might make.

That was from a runner-up, and I have to say, that actually is GOOD writing if the genre was satire or comedy.

And that's my pet peeve: Most people believe that serious drama is more difficult to write than comedy. But it ain't so. Don't believe me? Try it. Try to be intentionally funny. Not as easy, or pretty, as it looks.

[parsifal]

Poor Stanley did not know if it was the best of times and the worst of times, or simply an average of best and worst times, since he had failed statistics and had a completely wrong idea about mean deviations. parsy, who always forgets to enter this contest.

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!