I might as well start calling this website Outsider Pablo Collective, because he’s had more screen space on this site than anyone else. But, that’s what happens when you constantly come up with amazing ideas.
This latest, a contest, in which Pablo has put up over $200 of his own money (which I assume is some sort of emergency cash loan, Pablo), places the man firmly in the love-him-or-hate-him realm of writers. I, personally, love him. I sure as hell wouldn’t take him up on this bet.
Here’s some details, pulled from the contest’s dedicated site, Out of Bullets, Throw the Gun:
- 12-20 Crime/Noir authors will contribute Crime/Noir flash fiction pieces of their choosing to compile one collection.
- Pablo D’Stair will, in one consecutive 8 hour period, write a collection of approximate length (an equal number of stories, the lengths of which are up to D’Stair). This collection will be fully executed, from conception to finished product inside these 8hrs.
- Readers will decide (1) which collection they prefer and (2) from that preferred collection will pick their three favorite pieces, numbering these in order of quality (#1 is best, #2 is second best, #3 is third best)
Wow. For all the details, visit the Out of Bullets, Throw the Gun site.
Oh yeah…
Well I will, in one consecutive 8-minute period, while my feet are locked in stocks, and I’m suspended in mid-air from my ankles with a restraint brace, and lowered into a glass tank overflowing with water, and the restraint is locked to the top of the cell, write a collection of more than the approximate length (more than an equal number of stories, the lengths of which are infinite). This collection will be fully executed, from conception to finished product inside these 8 minutes. If not, Pablo D’Stair is to inherit my locking stocks, my restraint brace, and my glass tank, overflowing with water, for his next mind-breaking challenge.