RED Special Edition
It’s expensive. Check the preview; it will be printed in red.
RED Standard edition
More reasonably priced. Printed in black.
RED MEDAL: Cufflink. It looked like he was in second position with “Red Land,” but then he came back with his later entry, “Hong Cha Lu,” which got extremely red.
CRIMSON MEDAL: Laiadevorah. She had the early lead with her very red, very strong rant, “Seeing Red.” I thought for sure she’d walk away with the red, but then the collective astral projection of the dancing red dragon appeared in “Hong Cha Lu” and the games were over. Nevertheless, Seeing Red was very red and very good, too. It should be a crime to make her feel that red. Maybe it is.
SCARLET MEDAL: Zendog3, for “Roy and the Red Hat.” I liked that the love story was was about a doctor and her patient, I liked that they were older, I liked the ‘skipped generation’ element of the story. There was just enough red. The Cat Oars ‘beginner’s luck’ advantage gets him the Scarlet.
OUT OF COMPETITION: Toady and Charles contributed the most ambitious stories. But they weren’t quite red enough to medal in this project even if I had let them in the race.
SPECIAL NOTE: Both Sandshovel and Swann contributed stories – “Prairie Storms and Crinoline” and “Red Fury” respectively – that ended the collection nicely. This is the second time a Swann story served as perfect last word in a collection.
Welcome to other newcomers GSVMach and Toyota Corolla. Welcome back to other veterans, Silvercharm and Wyatt Burp.
Thanks to everyone for trying something different. I really appreciate it. It’s Cat Oars 14 so I wanted it to be something special. I think it is, and that’s thanks to all of you for your fine work and willingness to experiment. I hope you’ll all look back on this fondly. I know I will.
