Comments Made by Ben Paddon

Comment on Shakespeare's Cursed Grave Challenge

2008-10-06T18:19:34Z

Shakespeare’s epitaph has stuck with me since I learned it as a young boy. It’s a brilliant, mostly psychological deterrent to stop people from plundering the grave. It’s also, if the “Shakespeare was a bunch of writers” theory has any guff, a good way to stop people from discovering the thing is empty.

I had a stab at this challenge. Hopefully you’ll like it.

Comment on Too Nerd For Nerdcore

2008-09-22T17:45:05Z

If you like this, you’ll love MC Frontalot – www.frontalot.com – who is probably my favourite Nerdcore rapper. I long to eat his brain and gain his phat skillz.

Comment on Loss

2008-09-22T01:11:43Z

I hate “It was a dark and stormy night.” No idea why, but I do. I also hate it when people try to play with it because… well, it’s overdone, isn’t it? Nevertheless, tonight I found myself wanting to do something with it. I can only apologise :)

Comment on [Challenge] Revisit An Old Ficlet

2008-08-13T22:32:01Z

The closing date for this Challenge is August 30th, so that’s plenty of time. As I’ve said, there’s an actual, factual prize up for grabs here.

Comment on I'm the Easter Parade Horror!

2008-08-05T19:33:24Z

Very nice indeed :)

Comment on The Queens' Laments

2008-07-31T18:30:59Z

Fantastic. Bonus points for being the first (and, so far, only) entry in the Old Ficlet Challenge.

Comment on [Challenge] Revisit An Old Ficlet

2008-07-31T02:33:24Z

I’m not going to go into detail about what the prize is, but suffice to say it’s Good. At least, I think so. That said, I’m biased.

Comment on The Sting

2008-07-30T17:36:08Z

This ficlet was inspired by a news story recently posted over at BBC News – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7530666.stm

Comment on Getting Into Character

2008-07-22T02:08:58Z

Also, what do Whitney Houston and Sade have to do with my Ficlet? Answers on a postcard, kids.

Comment on Getting Into Character

2008-07-22T02:01:58Z

It’s repetition, not question. A mental checking of a box, as it were.

Comment on Peace

2008-07-17T20:43:17Z

Oh, wow.

Comment on Always Listen to Your Superiors {Make Someone's Day Challenge}

2008-07-14T00:51:13Z

Likable :)

Comment on Prescription For A Pope

2008-03-27T15:20:05Z

Very well written. Quite descriptive without really describing anything. The real question is, mas Medical Science really moved on that much?

Comment on To Serve Droid

2008-03-12T15:43:43Z

I am slightly ashamed to say that I hadn’t even noticed someone had written a sequel to my original story. Now I have discovered it, I have to say I love it – save for the change from present to past tense it continues the story wonderfully. Superb!

Comment on A Moment with a Hero

2008-03-11T21:01:16Z

On the subject of Poe smiling: His melancholy state was a result of his wife dying of tuberculosis two years after they were wed. Makes sense to me that if he’s died and he gets to spend an eternity with her again, he’d be all smiles again. If Heaven does indeed exist, he’s probably up there writing soppy romance novels.

But anyway: Thanks for the praise. :)