The Envelope, Please!
Ladies and gentlemen, boils and ghouls, please take your seats. Don’t mind the crunching under your feet; it’s probably just popcorn. Now sit back, relax and enjoy the show as I and a very special guest present, in MicroHorror.com’s first-ever video production, the winners of the 2009 MicroHorror Halloween Story Contest!
My heartfelt thanks go to each and every one of you for entering the contest and supporting MicroHorror with your wonderful stories, and here’s a special congratulations to this year’s six winners:
Kevin G. Bufton for A Letter From the Trenches
Oonah V Joslin for Smolensk–The Second Time
Brian Laing for The King’s Grave
Caroline Robinson for Samhain
Chris Yodice for First Train to Deadman
If you’d prefer, you can read all of the winning stories on one page here.
Extra special thanks to my friend Conrad Brooks for hosting the video with me. Each contest winner will receive a DVD from Conrad’s private collection, as well as an autographed photo of Conrad himself. Visit him online at www.conradbrooks.com!
Thank you again, everyone. I really enjoyed our little excursions into The Past, and I hope you did as well.
Stay scary!
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Pingback by Result! « Bufton's Blog — November 10, 2009 @ 8:39 am
All the stories were wonderful! Congratulations to all the winners – especially Oonah – loved your story!
Comment by Bob Eccles — November 10, 2009 @ 10:19 am
That was some announcement, Nathan. Thank you! Thanks to Conrad Brooks too. I’m rather lost for words. I’m very proud to have won yet another Micro Horror prize. There were some tremendous stories and I’m thrilled be a winner, especially with that particular story.
Congratulations to all of the other winners and like Nathan says – Stay Scary :)
Comment by Oonah V Joslin — November 10, 2009 @ 1:08 pm
So, Nathan, is Oonah going to inaugarate the MicroHorror ‘Hall of Fame’? Three consecutive Halloween Competition wins, merits some special notice surely, and you are a very innovative guy when it comes to ideas and prizes. I shall look forward to seeing what you come up with to honour the Queen of MicroHorror.
Yours unpleasantly
John Ritchie
Comment by john ritchie — November 10, 2009 @ 1:36 pm
Many congratulations to all the winners. Brilliant stories that must have practically selected themselves.
Be warned, I have already smeared some blood on the Calendar for October 31st, 2010. So rest uneasy. Because, I’ll be back!
All the scariest.
John Ritchie
Comment by john ritchie — November 10, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
Congratulations to the worthy winners. Like Nathan said, there were a tremendous amount of great stories. I would have hated to be the one to choose.
Well done all,
Paul
Comment by Paul Phillips — November 10, 2009 @ 3:19 pm
Congrats to the winners!! Well done!
Maria.
Comment by Maria L. Castejon — November 10, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
Wow. This is great. I’m in awe to be in such great company.
Each of these stories got through to me in a big way. I second Bob’s sentiment above Oonah, your story is a Micro Masterpiece.
Congratulations to all the other winners, and to all the other entrants – well done as well. I cannot say I read a single one of the Contest Entries that didn’t leave me thoroughly impressed.
Comment by chrisallinotte — November 10, 2009 @ 4:03 pm
This was a wonderful surprise. I’m honoured to be sharing the podium with such a marvellous bunch of writers.
What a brilliant load of entries, glad I wasn’t doing the judging. Feel Lady Luck was with me to get through.
Comment by Caroline — November 10, 2009 @ 4:40 pm
What a great way to start my day! I can’t tell you how thoroughly delighted I am to be one of the six chosen, especially considering the high quality of the entries.
Many thanks for putting a smile on my face.
Comment by Kevin G. Bufton — November 10, 2009 @ 4:48 pm
MicroMasterpiece eh? Thank you Chris! All the winning stories were great and the standard was very high. Thank you John Ritchie. I read your entries – I hope you don’t have a crown of thorns in mind! Yikes! And Caroline – luck had nothing to do with it. Great story! GREAT!
Comment by Oonah V Joslin — November 10, 2009 @ 5:02 pm
Well done to all the winners – some great writing and well deserved wins :)
Comment by Cascade Lily — November 10, 2009 @ 9:45 pm
Congratulations to all you winners! What a great lot of fun it was. And thanks for the contest and all your hard work on it, Nathan.
Comment by Jerry Scarbrough — November 10, 2009 @ 10:46 pm
Thank you Nathan and congratulations to all. I was thrilled when I watched the announcement and I’m still thrilled now. I avoided reading the other entries before submitting mine and I’m glad I did. There is some horrifying (and intimidating) stuff up here. Thanks to all for your comments and stories. This is a great crowd to be a part of . . .
Comment by Chris Yodice — November 10, 2009 @ 11:43 pm
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Congratulations all – some great work there. Cool video – nice to see you’re a real living person, Nathan, not some simalacrum or golem. Enjoyed the outtakes at the end.
Comment by Sean Monaghan — November 11, 2009 @ 12:56 am
What a great Awards Show – you guys should host the Oscars next time!
Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who took part, I really enjoyed the reads.
Will Oonah be getting the three-times-winner crown (made out of still-beating hearts)?
Comment by Jenzarina — November 11, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
Thank you Nathan and Conrad, I am honoured. You run a great site! Wonderful content.
Congratulations to everyone who participated. Some really great stories.
Thank you again.
Brian
Comment by Brian Laing — November 12, 2009 @ 9:32 am
[...] feel that I have what it takes to be a writer. This month I have had two new stories published, one of which won a prize amid some very tough competition and I have laid a firm foundation for the completion [...]
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