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‘Deluded Custodians’ February Challenge

Celebrating Tangents

Author’s photo.

In November, Uzi Landsmann was our honorary judge of the D. C. competition.

Many people had read the instructions, highlighted, clapped, and even commented upon its brilliance. But only ̶f̶i̶v̶e̶ six were bold enough to present a contribution that could, with some difficulties, be said to fit the instructions, or perhaps to acknowledge their mere existence.

Uzi wrote dazzling reviews of each entry, incorporating Lizzie Lizard Brain’s phenomenal GIFs, and commented on the tangents in every entry.

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At Deluded Custodians HQ, we play it fast and loose, short and weird, and just for laughs. Uzi’s comments inspired me to write this month’s prompt.

Choose one or more phrases from each of the lists below and write a story connecting the phrases through tangents. See how smoothly you can do it. Or if you hit a dead end.

A: Song Titles (No Taylor Swift songs)

Born Under a Bad Sign

Rain Dance Maggie

Corazón Espinado

Waiting on the World to Change

Paradise City

B: A Bite to Eat

Pretzels

Fish ’n’ chips

Gyros

Tacos

Pop corn

C: A Place You’d Like to Live

Canada

Mexico

Australia

The State of Denial

The Nile

One entry per writer.

$10 and a May More Teaser Tale for the winner.

Deadline is February 28, midnight, PST.

If you’d like be a guest judge in a future D.C. challenge, let me know.

May More and Juniper Less have army-volunteered Smillew to be this month’s judge.

Leave a link to your story in the responses or tag me. If I don’t have your entry on the February D. C. entries list, I’ve missed the notification. Throw something at me.