Finish the Story Contest - WEEK #17

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A contest with a pot of 4 @steembasicincome shares + SBD payout, where everyone wins? You're in the right place!

59 @steembasicincome shares + 21.288 SBD awarded till now through the contest!

Prize categories:

1st place : n. 2 steembasicincome shares
2nd place : n. 1 steembasicincome share
Popular jury : n. 1 steembasicincome share (remember to vote your favorite!!)
All other participants will receive a share of the entire SBD payout


Dear fictio-holics friends, yes today we'll enjoy an enhanced 4 @steembasicincome shares pot! Let's all thank @cyemela for the additional SBI and also for delivering today's script. This week, our special guest writer Cyrus wanted to experiment a bit with a genre that slightly deviates (but I'm not entirely sure about it) from our usual twilight-zone mood: historical fiction.

The contest keeps evolving nicely and in the last edition both @marcoriccardi and @cyemela donated 1 SBI share, raising the pot to 5. I love when this happens because your creative efforts totally deserve to be rewarded. Talking about rewards, it's all a flourishing of interesting contests on Steemit. Gamification is truly something when it's about empowering the crowd dynamics. The best reward here, as I see it, are the great interaction between all the participants and the renowned quality of our works, the way we have fun together as a community.. what could we wish for more?

Who's @cyemela? (from the author's mouth)


Special thanks to @f3nix for organizing this amazing End the Story contest. Really enjoy writing with you all. I’m @cyemela, and the author of three books. Just finished my role as Executive Producer of my new audiobook Red Roses available soon. For more about my books go here
Happy to try writing the start of the story for this weeks contest. Trying historical fiction to go along with my audiobook Red Roses.

I recommend you all to visit his Amazon webpage since Cyrus is a truly skillful author! We all wish you the best with Red Roses full launch!


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Things that please the Bananafish mighty god!


  • vote, vote, vote your favorite story!
  • Try to post your story the earliest possible and not at the last moment.
  • Sustain, comment and upvote each other as a true group of friends and fiction lovers.
  • Respect the 500 words limit.
  • Post in your blog instead than in the comment section.
  • help our contest & workshop to grow by giving it some visibility.

And now.. let's dive into today's story!




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Third Wheel Coming



Some years had passed since the Priest of Durham married The Lady of Berwickshire to her Scottish Prince.

The time drifted along peacefully as he’d settled back in his role with the people.

And so, as he had way back when, he rode his horse to the Durham seashore to watch the waves and pray.

Only far off upon the horizon, he could see a ship rowing toward him. As it got closer he could see the danger and rode away back to the village.

Ulfric Red Beard and his Viking army landed on the shore then moved inland.

The Priest of Durham made it back to the village in time to warn the constable. The constable alerted the local militia. The nobles were notified and scrambled knights on horseback.

When Ulfric Red Beard reached the village he met the English forces defending the town. The Vikings outnumbered them 3 to 1 because of the element of surprise.

Ulfric Red Beard stood seven feet tall, a giant in the 1490s, he walked onto the battlefield, raised his battle axe above his head, and yelled foaming at the mouth:

“I’m going to behead the first Englishman that steps within reach!”

Just then the skies opened and an alien spaceship appeared from nowhere, hovering above them.

The epilogue of these events got lost within the folds of history, due to memories being purposely erased. However, there remains the following one last account of what took place that day.


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Join the fun! Here is how this contest works:


  1. An unfinished fiction story or a script is posted.

  2. You finish it with your own post or a comment in the comment section. A limit of 500 words is recommended.

  3. YOU WIN! 4 @steembasicincome shares to the writers with the best ending + SBD payout between all the participants who won't get one of the 4 shares.


    The result will be out on Monday 25th June, 14:00 PM - two o' clock in the afternoon GMT+7 (U.S. West Coast time zone). Submission deadline: Monday 25th June, 12:00 PM - noon



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The @bananafish has come between us!


You might have noticed a strange entity wondering between the stories.. yes, the GOD reincarnated in a Steemit account! The aim of @bananafish will be to sustain the storytellers through a voting trail. @calluna made a spot on comment about the fact that it might become a veritable fruit salad fish at some point. I agree with her and probably it would be a good idea to make this account become the home of the contest and create a team running it, plus some delegations for giving good upvotes to everyone. Time will tell!




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GOOD LUCK, BRAVE STORYTELLERS!


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Here is my entry based on this weeks fantastic prompt. My VP isn't great today so I will be back to read and vote peeps tomorrow, I promise. Manged to keep it to 697 words this time😉

My continuation of the story:


In the Lap of the Gods

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Welcome back Rowan and thanks for this breathtaking ending! (Below I made a comment where you can express your vote for the best story)

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Hi @f3nix, hectic past couple of days for me but I have now read, commented and upvoted 5 of the entries and enjoyed reading them all :-) P.s. Your prompt last week inspired me to writing a longer SciFi story which I just published for another comp on steemit + I have the first 2000 words of a second story I'm saving to submit to Ares, Asimov’s + many of the other SciFi/Fantasy paying Magazine's. Just wanted to let you know that your comp/initiative is inspiring people. I wouldn't have got so in the Scifi mindset if it wern't for last weeks Finish the Story Contest :-)

Which reminds me. I want to give something back as a thank you for this gift of inspiration so I was wondering if you would like to come on my 'literary corner' segment on the Monday night whaleshares show to promote your contest and talk about how you came up with it etc? Check out my run down/promotional post from a previous week to give you an idea of what the segment is all about. + check out the graphic below for when the show is on. You can use a phone to talk on the discord server and this post (or the next finish the story post if this one is past payout when I get the reward whaleshares given to me) would also receive a boost in the form of a whaleshares vote. Let me know if your up for it buddy. Cheers

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Dear Rowan, first of all, apologies for the belated reply! Mrs. F3nix (from which I, unfortunately, live apart) came back for the summer and I'm trying to create the most improbable alchemies to keep at least the essential presence on steemit. I am honored for your offer and most of all I'm excited about this contest being a source of inspiration: it means that my goal has been reached! My friend, I'm sorry but other than being terribly shy, I'm also a bit deaf and I'm worried I would understand half of what you say from a stream program.. Mrs. F3nix, who is mother tongue, offered to translate but it's still a bit too much emotionally overwhelming for me! But thank you infinitely for your presence and support here in the contest. Some things:

  • If you have any publication of Asimov's or other Magazines, please tell me!
  • I will soon ask you if you feel like writing one of the contest's editions..
  • I hope I can find the time for writing a ficiton work on my Tesseract n. 19 concept. I will surely look for your opinion then ;-)

You rock man, I'll greet you with the last version of the contest banner (the official one will have less blood stains!)

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That's fine matey. If you can't make it you can't make it. I will still promote this comp on the show and just wanted to ask if you mind me using this image in my promotional post I'm about to put up as a link back to your blog?

Here's a bigger one, still different I'm modifying them to find the right one ;-) of course, you can use it! Soon there will also be a banner for the participants.. Thanks again!

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Cool, cheers mate. Here is a link to the promotional post I have just put up and do feel free to come to the show just to listen if you would like :-)

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As anixio suggested..I made a comment here which will work as a place to express the popular vote ;-)

@f3nix, I have a suggestion regarding votes of the public :)
Maybe you should make a comment right after making a contest post, on which all of us will write our favorite and nothing else. I presume that it'll be much easier for you to count names in one comment, than scroll through all the comments of the contest. Because this contest has been growing and growing and soon we'll regularly pass 50 comments!

This is a great idea @anixio! Will do it now..

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Hello my friends!
I'm back with fun story for this contest.
Hope the history lovers will appreciate the twist :D

Edit: Because of the word limit I excluded a lot of explanations, and left quite a few hints. Using those hints readers can see the complete picture/story :), or so I think :P

Welcome back @anixio the great! About the words limit: it influences the judgment but if you have to do 550 because of something you consider essential..and if that something gives a real plus to the story..then do it. Just keep in mind that a bordering that doesn't add any value can become counter-effective ;-)

It's 540 words + the reference to this post which is kinda part of the story...
Just read it and make your own decision :P
I won't mind any way you decide because I had so much fun writing this one :)

Having fun when writing is always the key and best reward. 540 is totally acceptable.. you know me, my friend, and the way I see this place and "rules" ✌️😎

Ok I am over the word count by a good 10%, but here we have my entry

Third Wheel Coming

It was too hard to pick one to vote for, so please put my vote to @theironfelix or @raj808 - where ever it will count more!

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I am excited to get going on this historic prompt, @cyemela can I just check, this is set during the reign of Henry 7th, the perkin warbeck saga time period, but also the viking invasion, how historically accurate are you looking for? I was full on ready to start when I noticed the date, and everything I had researched was for a story around 800-900AD and based on some of the mysterious viking remains found earlier this year :( - I will just have to write two - although thinking about it... maybe I have an idea but the challange will be to get all of it under 500 words. How important is accuracy here? Seeing the picture with the prompt, I am guessing this is pretty fixed as a Roses story? Finally, is the protagonist John Sherwood or Richard Foxe?

@calluna, I think you can just let your hair loose on this one... Yeah, I too was thinking about the Vikings end of history but things were not adding up.

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I agree with @oivas, @calluna .. considering that a spaceship is about to land between the two factions, staring open mouth. I think that Cyrus will be quite lenient, I will look for his answer and keep it in mind when awarding.
Adding: about the words limit, I just answered to @anixio about it, the way I see it ;-)

We will see what I end up with ;)

Ok ok, I have something, I am trying really hard to hack the word count down (need more of those battle axes) 566 words + a viking incantation and translation - gunna just get the old blade sharpener, give it about slash, and then just post it. Then if you and @cyemela think it is too many, it is an easy way to disqualify me from the prizes ;)

Slash the adjectives with that sharp blade, Cal! ;-P (but when it's good it's good, no matter the word count)

You say this, but one day you will just get a novel ;)

Yeah. You're right. The book's about Richard III. Thought of a Viking invasion flashback for the Priest of Durham only they happened earlier. For this excercise Historical Fiction only in that it takes place in the 1490s.

And to clarify Red Roses takes place in 1485 and covers the last months of Richard III's life leading up to The Battle of Bosworth Field that basically ends the Wars of Roses. White Roses vs. Red Roses. Written like Shakespeare. As a member of the Richard III Society we point our finger at Richard III the play by Shakespeare as what tarnished his reputation in history. This audiobook portrays Richard III as a soldier King. Think I get some free links. Would love any sort of reviews.

Richard III House of York actually White Roses:

I am such a fan of this period of history, Richard III was not a bad guy, not even arguably the most destructive of the three sons of York. He stood by his brother. I can't believe he killed the princes in the tower, and am not even sure they were both in there, I really enjoy the alternative theories, especially those with plenty of evidence - I will have to check it out, I get faaaar to excited about history, I am looking forward to seeing where you fell on things. I am not normally into ebooks, but this worth making an exception for!

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The audiobook is better. Should be available soon.

You can always get more info here:

http://www.richardiii.net/

Awww I love audiobooks, let me know when it comes out and I will be right on it!

Nice prompt @cyemela. Up until the last line I was thinking it's going to be hard to avoid killing most of the characters again! I will try to keep the bloodshed down a little bit this time.

LOL. It's your imagination that counts. Looking forward to whatever you create. Tried to keep it open to whatever. Only wanted to use a character from the book and the setting. This is fun for me after working on this project for over a year now. Thanks!

I did promise to spill a bit less blood…. but I just couldn’t help myself. Also, sorry didn’t see your title until I had already finished. Here is my story.

I would have expected everything but not a ...fashion crime! O_o

The start of the story is fantastic @cyemela, I just love it.
My favorite books are history-fiction novels, I can read them 24/7, there are just two problems called everyday life and job :P

I agree with you, it's fantastic and I think it's particularly enticing due to the fact that it transports us to a fresh new environment, yet maintaining our taste for the unconventional. I can't wait to see what will come out. Cyrus is a rock of this contest.

Comin' in hot with a submission: the invasion of Durham for ye. Whether thou are a peasant, knight and viking, I have recover'd the real account of what happened that day!

Welcome back man! In case you want to vote your favorite story, I made a comment below, you can place it there.

I gave the contest another shot. I hope you enjoy it!

Let's see let's see! Welcome back and, for your vote to the best story, I made a comment below where everyone may express it.

Hello friends, here I leave my participation, thanks to @f3nix for the opportunity
https://steemit.com/contest/@edgarirebeca/finish-the-story-contest-week-17-the-invasion-of-the-aliens

Welcome to the FInish the Story contest!

Hello I thought it was great this contest I hope that @f3nix continue doing competitions so, here I leave my participation I hope you like it:
https://steemit.com/contest/@alisabelsilva/finish-the-story-contest-week-17

Welcome to the contest!

Ha ha. In the spirit of the Bananafish:

Now you really gave me an hint on where I could steal ideas for the alien spaceship!

You discovered this Die Antwoord which is totally cool.. the video was hypnotic and I loved the fact that the guy showed a gentle soul, in the end haha A great acid trip, yo!

Yeah right. They're pretty wild. They've been making hits for 10 years now. Their YouTube videos get 100 million views. Even know a Grammy winning artist from South Africa. So surprising to only just discover them from a friend here on the West Coast of America. What I like most about them is their love shines through. They're married and have a daughter.

I'm pretty sure I watched "Chappy" by Neill Blomkamp with @f3nix, @steelochlaver and my brother. The movie starred Ninja and Yolandi as themselves, but maybe F3nix don't remember...

Still haven't seen it. Will have to check it out.

Hello friends, this is the end of my story: https://steemit.com/contest/@sofiapaola/finish-the-story-contest-week-17
this would not have been possible without the creativity of our partner @f3nix

Welcome to the Finish the Sory contest!

End of the Story Contest - WEEK # 17
Here I leave my entry to the contest I hope it is to your liking

https://steemit.com/competition/@opiman/end-of-the-story-contest-week-17

Welcome to the contest, @opiman! Don't forget to read others and vote your favorite below ;-)

Here is mine, interesting prompt. Just want to say I am already laughing, though I only read two entries so far. Nice job @lennstar0de and @wonderwop!
https://steemit.com/writing/@giddyupngo/flash-fiction-third-wheel-coming-aliens-vs-vikings

You should check the @flyyngkiwi one.. bwahah!

Welcome to the contest Nira! Don't forget to vote your favorite story for the popular vote award (see the comment section)

Thanks @f3nix, ok i will do it.

Hey @f3nix, great that you are holding or contribituing
to those great contests here on steemit. This is very valuable for this platform.
We would love to invite you to our Discord server.
On our discord you can find more people like doing contests
and you are possible to promote yourself and your current contest !. Keep on Winning ! ;)
http://discord.gg/B6CxGGS

Thanks for your kind invite @smartmediagroup! I'll surely give it a peek

Super Oivas in da house! Welcome back, my friend.

Yo, @f3nix :)

Oh, first time I see this! (blame @steembasicincome)

BUt but...

You post this on the 21st. And...

Submission deadline: Monday 18th June, 12:00 PM - noon

Do you mean in 2019 O.o

And I must say 500 words is a sporty goal for me :D

Thanks for underlying the typo! Deadline is next Monday.. let's see your sporty goal then ;-)

@f3nix - I have a short story I don't think I will ever finish, 588 words if you are looking for a judge and prompt for a round some time :)

Drop me a link to delegate to bananafish when you are ready :)

Deal Cal! I can give you week #18. I'll send to your wallet my e-mail. No worries for the words' number. Add also a short intro of you and your projects 😉 About the delegation, thanks, that would be amazing. At this point I'll come out with a project for making it become a common contest account in which we all may delegate and run our activities .. to be continued!

Awww yes! I am so excited to see how other people decide to kill my characters lol

Hi I am Cal, my name is a very easy riddle. I am here for the blood, the guts, the boobies and the glory, wait no, that is just the warning check list for good tv haha - I will get thinking!

Yes, that is such a good idea, I feel my contests often get a bit lost in my other posts, having an account to run them from, and then to be able to resteem and promote other good contests is a much needed resource anyway <3

A carnage a day keeps the doctor away!
That intro makes you look like a newcome in a vampire anon alcoholists meeting (..plus boobies). Thinking about it, I will write a contest edition on this! 😎🤙

Exactly! Good for the soul and all that lol

You say this, but dracula is pretty heavy on the boobies, somehow they seem to be a horror staple, if you want the good blood and guts, you get the boobies - must be the target audience haha

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Not to mention horror b-movies (The cabin in the woods)! Boobies are like parsley, as we say here in Italy "it goes well everywhere"!

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Well I can't really argue with that!

I was going to ask for real life Italian baking advice, but I got the results back from the taste test ;)

I sent you my email btw ;-) When you want..

what a cool contest! Good luck to everyone who enters! Upvoted :)

Thanks! Today I will publish the 18th week, in case you want to give it a try 😉

this is my entrance I hope you like it and enjoy

https://steemit.com/competition/@opiman/finish-the-story-contest-week-17

I love this to finish the story I'm going to participate

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Popular vote: insert below your favorite storyteller!banana fish.png

I am so sorry for all of you who already voted, but the deadline was monday I was told, so I only posted now. You now all have to revote patpat

Fair point! I will read all the late entries and if necessary I'll amend my vote.

I vote for @raj808

Still gotta stick with my guts on this one. @theironfelix for a great story that actually felt like it had been found, which fitted really well into the diving off point for the story. I also loved the style of writing for this one. But it was so hard to chose, I loved @raj808 for a really immersive story that felt very viking, and pulled on some great aspects of the mythology!

I'm voting for @calluna as her story had so many subtle nuances around the historical facts. she managed to get so many factual elements into her story seamlessly through the narration. :-)

My vote goes to @theironfelix.

It came again, the sighting of good and new stories from the @calluna, @marcoriccardi, @oivas and @raj808 people. So I rolled this D100, keeping the same rules as the D20, but readjusting the ranges to fit a D100. And by the Rum o’ Cap’n Morgan, I was bless’d to have all be viable! But the truest person of nomination will recieve it if they possess the least amount of such. And if all four are tied, then may a D4 be handy on site.

@calluna gets my vote this week. Enjoyed the Merseburg Incantations. And the cookies!

My God, when it comes to historical fiction, everyone is so good. But then to choose one among many is a bit difficult. Nonetheless, I am taking the liberty of calling out two names... @raj808 and @theironfelix. I leave it to the power of the @bananafish to decide - to be or not to be - All the best guys!

I vote @wonderwop, for the fun humor. :-)

I have to go with the one that made me laugh out loud. My vote goes to @lennstar0de there were so many good ones, it's very hard to choose. Good luck @f3nix

I'm sorry, I'm terribly late, but not bad in this case because I could not choose between the endings of @flyyingkiwi, @lennstar, and @gwilberiol.
The three are masterfully written and have whetted my sense of the bizarre and of a certain kind of humor that I cherish! Bravi!

This contest is pretty interesting. Let's see how I'll finish this story! :)

Welcome! Looking forward for your contribution 😉

Interesting!

I added the space for the popular vote in a comment @oivas ;-)

Ok noted. Let me go through all before voting!