Contest: VOTE October Writing Contest - The Vote

[Count Zero]

First of all, thanks to @Dulak for successfully reviving the (more or less) monthly writing challenge. The challenge was:

New Beginnings:
Let's set a word goal around 10,000. Shorter or longer will be fine, I just want to get people writing...but let's not go 20,000, OK. People have to read your story, and hopefully a few others, and the idea is not to take away from other writing projects, but to get creativity flowing, and have fun.

Characters can be canon or original characters in the Trek Universe, including mirrors or alternates. The important part here is to show characters who have been out of play for a while getting back into the game somehow. I suppose this means that if you are introducing totally new characters, then some flashbacks are in order, so people can tell the difference between 'then' and 'now.'

And here are the entries:

Second Chance by @Bry_Sinclair
Spot's Goodbye by @Jayson1
Lights Out in London by @Tim Thomason
Unexpected Opportunities by @Dulak
Audacity Five by yours truly
Avoidance is Futile by @SolarisOne

Since there are quite a few entries everyone gets up to two votes. We did this in the past for contests with numerous entries. The poll is open to anyone and will close on Monday (morning European time). This should give you all ample time to read the stories. Please don't vote for yourself.

 

[SolarisOne]

Congratulations, @Bry_Sinclair! Your piece definitely deserved to win.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Thank you Solaris.

Though this does mean I now have to think of another good topic or face the contest dying once more!

 

[Count Zero]

Yeah, no pressure!
Congrats!