it's Bulwer-Lytton time again
That is, the annual "awards" have been announced for the
2005 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. The "winning" submission follows:
As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in chapter seven of the shop manual. [by Dan McKay of Fargo, ND]
I haven't taken a class with Dr. Rice (creator of the contest), but if I decide to take 18th C British Novel (not currently on my list) or History of Rhetoric (is currently on my list), he's usually the fellow who teaches those seminars.
