Literature CVil War: The Many-Faced God

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Hello, everyone and welcome to another chapter of the CVil War between myself and brennennn! Last month I asked my valiant khalasar to write poetry and while some aren't expert poets, they took up the challenge and never looked back. :salute:

You can review the June challenge here:  Literature CVil War - The Poetry TakeoverThe Winners of the May Prose Challenge
:heart: thank you for your patience, first of all! This has been particularly hard to judge, as so many AWESOME entries were written. I was blown away by your creativity, by how you used the prompts I gave out, and weaved them into unique, unpredictable stories. :faint: you all did a great job, you all went out of your comfort zone and did something that maybe you wouldn't have done on your own. Thank you!
Now, the winner... C-A-Harland with:

C-A-Harland is well-known to me as an excellent writer, but here, I was amazed at the voice for the protagonist. It is so real, strong, believable and unique! It deserves the recognition. I also loved Mags. :love:
And the runner up is origamizebra

origamizebra created a world in 500 words, a world that is funny, sad, and a future that is not ENTIRELY unbelievable. :giggle: Again, here, a very distinct voice was u
 , and now it is time to announce the winners. :la:

This month's poetry overlord is keeper-loves-writing with:

This is the way the world endsA ghastly whimper ghosts about the chamber:
Catesby … Digby … Catesby, yes … and Keyes …
The brothers Wright … the brothers Wint–
All my brothers! My brothers no mo–  
No, not Browne, not him, no not, no more!

No more …
No more remnants of “Roman Resolution” admired from the other side of the rack
Rotating and rolling amidst the rage and the retch and the rock and before –
Stoic Silence.
In another chamber. With another plan.
Wait and listen, and dread and dare, alone in the darkness, you do.
You keep waiting. Keep listening. Don't dread, just dare.
Keep keeping, keep guarding, the dream alive in 36 barrels of hope.
Before …
Solemnly: I Catesby, I Digby, I Keyes and Wintour and Wright
And me. John Johnson. And me. Guido. And me. Why me?
The hawk, now gawks, the guy, no Guy, no more …

Before …
In another chamber. With another plan.
“Some good frends of you wish your company in I


Your celebratory haiku is:

From end to beginning, the
 war of hawks was written,
history's echo in verse.

And a 3-month Core Membership shall be yours as well! Thank you for entering. :D

Our runner-up is BATTLEFAIRIES, with:

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A 1-month Core Membership goes to this online fighter of SJW evil.

July's Challenge - The Many-Faced God



While brennennn and his team chose to delve into the diabolical side of DeviantArt, fanfiction, we dive deeper and deeper into the realm of prose with our most psychological challenge yet.

Your prompt this month is to write a story where the protagonist leads a double life... and none of the people in each life suspect it. That is, until... 

Complete the above sentence as you want, or leave a comment to ask me to fill it for you. :eyes:



:star: RULES! :star:

- Your story can be 1500 words, MAX.

- Your protagonist must lead a double life.

- The protagonist's secret lives are safe, until something happens and it all blows up.

- Decide what happens or leave a comment and let me decide for you. :flirty:

Are you ready to jump back into the warzone?


Prizes, here they come


For the Master Whisperer, we will offer:
  1. 3 Month Core Membership or equivalent in points!
  2. A face from the Many-Faced God's wall
  3. the choice of one name, and one life, to take
And a deceiving runner up will receive:
  1. 1 Month Core Membership or equivalent in points!
  2. a one-month supply of Blindness Water, to help you reach your goals of fighting in the dark

Link to your war offering (AKA your deviation) in the comments section of this journal by August 9th, 2016 at 11:59 PST .  Winners and next month's challenge will be posted on August15th, 2016!


And if you are so inclined to follow brennennn's decline in this war of words, you can find his journal here . But the khalasar has dragons, and they only have these silly-looking wooden sticks they call wands. :iconteheplz:


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I'm sorry for not writing; I had urgent responsibilities elsewhere. I hope I can participate again next month, though.