Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest: 2005 Results
If you’re bored, the 2005 Results of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest are out. The contest is an international literary contest along the line of “once upon a dark and stormy night” and is complete parody.
My personal favorite entry is:
“Oh my God!” Amber whispered as the compressor throbbed to life, shuddered rhythmically towards its inevitable conclusion, and shot ninety pounds of sultry air through custom-bored, cold-drawn, boss-lock-fitted crimp-couplings as Chuck Key glanced up with a smile that only tire shop guys can smile.
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