Saturday, January 22, 2011

Sitraehehterehwsiemoh....

Jenny Matlock over at off on my tangent threw us a(nother) curve ball with this week's Centus...we can use 100 words, she instructed... BUT we need to try and write from a Sci Fi vantage point. She is quite the (sweet) taskmaster. Below please find the prompt in BOLD ITALLICS


Sreidlos stood, shoulders touching. Their cinos sretsalb poised and ready to fire. Life on Ophiuchus during a livic raw could be a dangerous place for an old fashioned girl such as Lilitg-345.

She longed not only for her great-great-great s’erthafdnarg magical powers, she longed for the olden days when all she had to say was “beam me up Scottie” and sizzle, poof, waz-a-ma-taz she’d disappear.

Arriving on Serpentarius in mere sdnoces where she’d be safe and easily able to borrow a llec and enohp emoh. If no one answered, she was certain there she could hitch a ride on the nearest shooting star.

(PS...some of the words reversed may be something you recognize)
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25 comments:

  1. jeff campbellJanuary 22, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    Wow! You have a propensity for this sort of thing...well done...love the new language...Peace and blessings

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  2. 21 WitsJanuary 22, 2011 at 11:11 AM

    Are there flights for everyone to Serpentarius....and will it be costly if so? ;) Nice story!

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  3. JudieJanuary 22, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    I would hate to have that language in a spelling bee! I think you should do a Part Two. I want to know what happened!

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  4. lindaJanuary 22, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    This is the tops. Great great story.

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  5. BookieJanuary 22, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    Clever twist of language to tell the story!

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  6. Susan AndersonJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    Great job! And I loved your alien word scrambles!

    =)

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  7. TerraJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    oh, you actually did it! Way to go. Loved recognizing some of the words!

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  8. UnknownJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    oooh...a new secret language! and a good tale to boot! great job!

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  9. VikiJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:35 PM

    Thank goodness you gave a clue to figure out the words. I probably wouldn't have figured them out otherwise, you sly, clever girl, ha...

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  10. CBJanuary 22, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    That was really clever - I loved the story and loved figuring out your backward words.

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  11. faithJanuary 22, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    Wow, I think I killed some brain cells trying to figure out the backwards words. :) Creative!

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  12. Dazee DreamerJanuary 22, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    wow, you took that assignment and ran. I'm very impressed.

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  13. KatJanuary 22, 2011 at 9:06 PM

    I'm really impressed. Not only did you nail the Sci Fi thing, you created a new language. And all in 100 words? Amazing. Really great job! Kat

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  14. Alli BlueJanuary 22, 2011 at 9:50 PM

    Wow. If Cherie had not pointed out the "backward-ness" I would have gone to bed confused. All is well. Great story!

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  15. TgoetteJanuary 23, 2011 at 2:09 AM

    This was fun, Koby! It looks like you really got into this prompt and genre and had fun with it. Well done!

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  16. Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comJanuary 23, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    This is all kinds of creative, Koby. I especially like that Lilitg-345 is an "old fashioned girl." Funny! Thanks for this offering.
    xoRobyn

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  17. JanGrotewoldJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:45 AM

    Dear BBP: You clever girl you ....I laughed out loud...Your brother would have been proud... And so a I...LOL Mom.

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  18. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Heh heh, liked tahw uoy did htiw siht :)

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Heh heh, liked tahw uoy did htiw siht :)

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  20. AmesJanuary 25, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    Very funny using that ridiculous new astrological sign Ophiuchus. I wonder if that was someone just messing with the world. Ha ha "O Fu us". Very good.~Ames

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  21. TinaJanuary 25, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    Thanks for the hint. I'm brain-dead today. Really nicely done, such a clever idea to use a "code".

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  22. Nancy JaneJanuary 26, 2011 at 8:52 PM

    Good and scary once you cross the language barrier. Great story.

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  23. UnknownJanuary 27, 2011 at 5:31 AM

    Dear Koby,
    This was fun! Really a great sci-fi-feel to it. But I agree with Judie. I'd like to read a part two. What happens?
    Well done.
    Best wishes,
    Anna
    Anna's Blue Planet SC week 38

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  24. Rek SeshJanuary 27, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    Awesome...Sci- fi with a new language....creative and engrossing...I read cell on my own but dismissed it as my over active imagination....loved this wordplay...

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  25. JennyJanuary 29, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    You and Stephen King...redrum, redrum!

    Ever since I read Salem's Lot, I always look at words like that backwards! It hardly ever works but this time it did and I was really surprised!

    You are good at this style of writing. I think this one might be the hardest for me.


    Thanks for sharing.

    ynnej

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