[donaldscrankshaw] Donald: Storyblogging Reader Favorites for the Second Year

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Storyblogging Reader Favorites for the Second Year
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   I asked my readers, along with current and former Storyblogging
   Carnival participants, to send me their favorite stories for the past
   year. Unfortunately, I didn't get very many responses, but there were
   a couple. For the most part, the recommendations came without comment,
   so I added a little description so you know what they're about.
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   Sheya Joie of [1]Tales by Sheya recommends [2]Ink Magic at [3]Doc
   Rampage. Dave Gudeman's tale of demons, tattoos, and dark matter is
   certainly deserving of the recognition.
     _________________________________________________________________

   Dave himself, aka [4]Doc Ramapge, has compiled a sizeable list of
   stories deserving recognition:
   [5]Celestaine at [6]Books by Kai mixes sci-fi and magic.
   [7]Adventure at [8]Perrero gives a writer a second chance at life.
   [9]Amelia Earhart's Blog tells the story of Earheart's last years.
   [10]Satin is one of [11]Andrew Ian Dodge's one hundred word stories,
   and in Doc's opinion, the best.
   [12]Flame of the Heavens at Project Paradox. I didn't read this one
   myself, but it looks like an interesting fantasy story, and apparently
   Doc liked it.
   [13]Culture Shock at [14]Caveman Joe. They travelled a long way
   through space to meet the odd aliens who looked so similar despite
   their lack of both fur and tails.
   [15]All of the Thag stories from [16]the Skwib (which Doc thinks
   should be spelled(squib)). Pre-history was never this familiar.
   [17]Bob and the Circus is one of Goemagog's (at [18]this space for
   sublet) longer stories. Bob happens to be a tree.
   [19]Pentecost at [20]Fwd: Thoughts is a retelling of the second
   chapter of Acts.
   [21]Kidney Failure at [22]Creativity Dies tells a rather depressing
   tale of drug use.
   [23]The Child at [24]Tales by Sheya. Religious allegory or a good
   story disguised as religious allegory? You decide.
   [25]The Diary at [26]Stealth Fiction is as good an argument as I've
   ever seen not to read strange books.
   [27]The Peace Moonbeam Chronicles at Peace Moonbeam. According to Doc,
   they "are all funny as heck."
   Finally, Doc also thinks that [28]Quest for the Sacred Crystal
   deserves mention as a user-directed novel.
   Or maybe not so finally. Doc also sent me a long e-mail he thought
   should be added to the Reader's Favorites post. I'll post it as
   written, despite its blush-inducing nature.

     It doesn't seem fair to me that Donald Crankshaw, a very talented
     writer, one of the most reliable entrants (up till the last few
     months), and the founder of the Carnival should have to do the
     aniversaries, so I've asked him to append this note to the
     Anniversary Carnival. Donald obviously can't talk about how good
     his own contribution has been, so I'll do it. He has done two
     things that deserve special mention (and a poem that doesn't
     deserve special mention so I'm going to pass sliently over it :-).
     First, his short novel, Fire is a tremendous fantasy epic set in a
     pseudo-Roman setting. I always look forward to the various
     additions to this story such as [29]The History of the Domini: Part
     I and [30]Interlude from Fire. Donald also contributed another good
     novella, Eyes in the Shadow. Frankly, although the story and
     charcters were very engaging, I never felt that Donald pulled off a
     sufficient level of creepiness for a horror novel. But as amply
     shown by [31]Coming Home, the Prologue to The Eyes of the Shadow,
     he has finally found his inner Poe.
     Finally, I'd like to thank Donald for all of the hard work he has
     put into the Storyblogging Carnival. He must end up hosting half of
     them or more, and hosting a Carnival is not a trivial amount of
     work. So, thanks, Donald, and congratulations on your second
     aniversary.
     And the rest of you should be volunteering to host more often. I
     would host more often, but I'm too busy...

   Thanks, Doc. Hopefully, I'll have some more stuff in the near future.

References

   1. http://talesbyshey.blogspot.com/
   2. http://docrampage.blogspot.com/2005_10_30_docrampage_archive.html#113123340283465657
   3. http://docrampage.blogspot.com/
   4. http://docrampage.blogspot.com/
   5. http://blooksbykai.com/celestaine/
   6. http://blooksbykai.com/
   7. http://pererro.blogspot.com/2006/07/adventure.html
   8. http://pererro.blogspot.com/
   9. http://ameliaearhartsblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/prologue.html
  10. http://podcasting.isfullofcrap.com/oldcrap/2006/06/satin.html
  11. http://andrewiandodge.com/
  12. http://projectparadox.f2o.org/gaming/larp/flame-of-the-heavens-part-one.php
  13. http://www.cavemanjoe.co.uk/staticpages/index.php/culture_shock_chapter_1
  14. http://www.cavemanjoe.co.uk/
  15. http://www.markarayner.com/blog/subjects/thag-stories/
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  17. http://artificialmonkeys.blogspot.com/2006/05/bob-and-circus.html
  18. http://artificialmonkeys.blogspot.com/2006/05/bob-and-circus.html
  19. http://forwardthoughts.blogspot.com/2006/06/pentecost.html
  20. http://forwardthoughts.blogspot.com/
  21. http://creativitydies.blogspot.com/2006/05/kidney-failure.html
  22. http://creativitydies.blogspot.com/
  23. http://talesbysheya.blogspot.com/2004/10/child-part-1-chapter-1-awakening.html
  24. http://talesbysheya.blogspot.com/
  25. http://stealthfiction.com/the-diary/
  26. http://stealthfiction.com/
  27. http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/the_peace_moonbeam_chroni/
  28. http://lgptesting.blogspot.com/
  29. http://www.donaldscrankshaw.com/posts/1157331053.shtml
  30. http://www.donaldscrankshaw.com/posts/1140753876.shtml
  31. http://www.donaldscrankshaw.com/posts/1151470219.shtml