MAARC LXXVIII - Vote Thread!

**Alwyn** · November 18, 2018, 10:21 AM

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The Writers' Study Presents:
MAARC LXXVIII

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Submissions

Submission 1 Written in Sand

The AAR is a slower-paced more novel-like piece following the exploits of Mun'at Ha'Qadri, a Nabataean general who is tasked with uniting the tribes of Arabia, but has dreams of his own to conquer the settlements of the Nile. Along the way his men will encounter not just the perils of war but of exposure and the harsh realities of desert crossings, not to mention the arrogance and foolishness of princes.

Submission 2 The Last Chariots of the Tarquins

The AAR includes beautiful images, but is primarily a prose-based accounting of the journeys of Arnth and Avle, Etruscan brothers caught between the Gallic hordes and the ever-hungry hearts of the Ramnenses (Romans). Their journeys include the perils of blade and bow, but of hunger and thirst as well, of sickness and exhaustion, and the caprices of duplicitous politicians as well. It is a tragedy and it is an adventure, but most of all, The Last Chariots of the Tarquins is an experience, and one not to be missed.

Submission 3 God's Justice

The royal family is being targeted, the castles and cities of the Kingdom of Jerusalem are under threat, and the Saracens are as fearsome as ever. Good, hardened soldiers are as hard to find as allies, and the Kingdom is desperately short on men. A young prince, having just come of age, has to meander and find his way through various trials and tribulations in the timeless sands of the Holy Land.

Good luck to all the entrants!

**Swaeft** · November 18, 2018, 11:05 AM

Thanks Alwyn for the visitor messages, very effective reminders if I may say so

Voh-ted!

**Kilo11** · November 19, 2018, 10:03 AM

I too have now voted, and must say I feel a bit like biting my nails with so many open competitions whose votes are yet to be tallied. It is an exciting time, to be sure!