Bizzarophobia: A Few Weird Phobias to Exist| Entries+Results P.26 - Page 23

Originally posted by: MinionBoss

Great entries by everyone! Us, at Crazy Creatives, had such a hard time voting and choosing some of the top entries. It took us 2 rounds before we were able to get our final 2 stories out of the above amazing entries.

We would now like to announce the runner-up and winner of this amazing contest.

Our runner-up is Physics_girl and their entry:

Cutting off the electricity supply was just a prank, but they didn't know about his uncle's punishment in childhood.

Congratulations and here's your prize!

And our winner is So-So and their entry:

A spider! Panically I slammed the brakes. A crash, my head hit the steering wheel. Then it got dark.

Congratulations and here's your prize!

Until next time from us at Crazy Creatives, ciao!

Wah! I´m speechless. Can´t believe it! Winning this contest means a lot me! I did not expect.

Thank you so much 🤗!

Thanks a lot for crazy creative team for organizing this contest .

It was so much fun to participate! And the badge ❤️… so beautiful! Thanks to the creators 🙏

Originally posted by: SoniRita

Congrats to winner and runner up🥳

Thank you 🥰

Originally posted by: BrhannadaArmour

I did join the forum and was welcomed, but I am unworthy in the sense that I haven't read the classics that everyone else is discussing avidly. Also, I don't understand Bangla.

So, I imagine that a mystery by Jatayu was found at the crime scene. Right?

If you interpret it that way, certainly. I thought of something more along the lines of there being no crime at all if the criminal knew Jatayu was around.


My two cents regarding your inability to read the classics, partly because you don't know Bangla: Ghanada and Tenida, to the best of my knowledge, remain untranslated, as does Professor Shonku. But Feluda has been translated, and not once but twice. I've read the translations myself because translation is something I'm interested in and I wanted to compare it to the original. I liked it, more or less, though the stories have been heavily edited sometimes (that's understandable, a riddle, pun or limerick in Bangla doesn't often translate well into English). The translations are by Gopa Majumdar and published by Penguin. You can buy them or get PDFs online. Also, do watch Sonar Kella and Joi Baba Felunath directed by Satyajit Ray himself. They're available with subtitles. His son, Sandip ray, has directed Feluda movies, too, but personally I'm not a fan of most of them.

As for Byomkesh, I don't know whether there are translations available. If you're interested, however, do watch the series starring Rajat Kapoor that used to air on Doordarshan. I haven't watched it, but those who have say it's one of the best adaptations and close enough to the books.

[Sorry if this is out-of-topic in this particular forum, but I couldn't resist. Anyone with any other inputs, please contribute, even if the discussion takes place elsewhere.]

Originally posted by: Sudharies

Congratulations to Winner and Runner up 🥳

Other entries were also very good. Great job writers 👏

Thanks a lot 😳

Originally posted by: Bee222

Congrats guys!! 🥳

@So-so, I liked your other entries as well ❤️ Great work! 👏

@physics-girl, aap to cha gaye ji! Last moment participation mein runner-up 😯 kya baat hai 😆👏

Congratulations again 🥳

Thank you so much 😳. Glad you like my entries ❤️

Originally posted by: Aquabutterfly

Congratulations to the winner and the runner up! 👏🥳

Thank you 🌺

Originally posted by: DelusionsOfNeha

Oohhho... That's quite a list and some amazing entries, aati hu padhne

Congratulations fellas!! 🥳

Thanks for the cute badge CCs 😳

Thanks a lot 😳

Originally posted by: Physics_girl

Congratulations So-So on winning.🥳 Along with your winning entry, all of them were wonderful❤️.

Congratulations Physics_girl for runner up 🥳👍🏼!

All the entries were great and should definitely be read❤️❤️

Originally posted by: Quantum-Dot

All the entries were just so good, it was very difficult to pick a few. Congrats So-So and Physics_girl for being the winner and the runner-up, respectively. Congratulations to other participants too for writing such awesome microtales.

Thank you so much❤️. It was a lot of fun to participate 🤗

Originally posted by: BrhannadaArmour

The badge is attractive, thank you, x.titli.x. Congratulations to the winners!

Thank you, organizers, I enjoyed the challenge of writing stories that revolve around phobias. You pretended that AubodroKhargosh's 15-word explanatory note for a 20-word story was its own story - that's a savage sense of humour!

So-So, I like how you created a sense of haphephobia with simple but effective sentences in this story. I especially like how the "washed" ... "wash" repetition brings out the "urgently" feeling.

2. He touched her hand lovingly. Disgust washed over her. She urgently needed to wash her hands!

So-So, this story effectively takes the reader into the claustrophobic space. Nicely written!

8. The door slammed shut! No escape! The thick walls seemed to be getting closer. Horror constricted my throat.

Sudharies, you managed to present several characters in a few words with this story.

8. Handsome man... Locked eyes...

Drew closer....

"Dance...?

Perceived shirt..

"Nope...."

His face fell

Friends scowled... "He's Hot"

"Excessive Buttons"....Nausea!

m4manju, this story nicely details the life of someone with anuptaphobia.

1. She dreaded her 30th birthday. No boyfriends yet! She spends sleepless nights thinking what if she can’t find one?

vaidharbhi95, the contrast between the principal character and others in this story effectively conveys how overwhelming ablutophobia is.

5. How people go on swashbuckling water adventures was beyond her. Akshita could hardly bathe without hallucinating about drowning to death.

HereAsMyself, when I looked up this story's reference (as I am unworthy of membership in the Bengali Literary Characters private forum), I chuckled at your sly humour.

5. 'Had your culprit been an ornithophobe, my pseudonym would have frightened him off.'
Prodosh Mitra smiles at the remark.

HereAsMyself, I am amazed by your creativity in this story!

6. Teaching in a school with a resident Basilisk isn’t easy, especially when your boggart is a mirror.

DelusionsOfNeha, this character's use of humour to cope with elevator phobia is refreshing.

1. Elevator door opens.

"I'll take the stairs."

"For 17th floor?"

"See you up there."

"How-"

"Rock climbing." She winked.

Aquabutterfly, the visual details in this story make it so convincing.

5. She felt them watching her at all times, their human-like eyes and wide smiles haunting her existence. Was this normal?

SoniRita, the abnormal reaction to something expected in this story is imaginative.

2. Snakes phobia so extreme that he had a heart attack when he saw snake on Lord Shiva's temple.

NINALOGY, I like your choice to arrange this story in this sequence to bring out how irrational the fear of solitude is.

6. The loneliness within him, silence of every moment he felt everyday, still remained, in spite of having 700 facebook friends.

Physics_girl, this story makes me want to know more.

5. She would have a room filled with trophies for her talent, but she never participated, in case she fails

Bee222, this is an intriguing situation.

2. Mortals have fears. Lord Phobos enjoys toying with them.

Until He falls for Harry, who only dreads fear itself — Him.

tournesol, this story puts a clever twist on phasmophobia, and the character's name is apt.

2. Swarup took a deep breath and smiled at the scary apparition in the dark. His therapist will be very happy.

https://www.indiaforums.com/fanfiction/2790

I have added seven of my ten stories to this book, using the "microphobia" tag.

Thank you so much for your beautiful review 🤗