Trifecta: Week Forty-Eight

This weekend we threw a curveball at the Trifecta community and, as usual, you stood up to the plate and knocked it out of the park.  What we've learned about wishes is it's probably best not to make them.  Dreaming big and taking action seems the better choice.  But if you plan to keep on wishing, make sure you cover all your bases in the fine print.  You never know what fate might throw at you.

Misener Miscellany takes first place with a wry piece that speaks to the need for precise wording when wishing.

Marty suddenly realized he should have specified he was speaking metaphorically when he wished to “rocket straight to the top,” “burning brighter than a supernova,” having a golden parachute with “no strings attached.”

In second, Writing in the Margins, Bursting at the Seams showed us the dark way an all too common wish plays out all too often.  Rounding out the top three, Karen is Muttering shows us the true road to world peace.  Congrats to all our winners, be sure to check them out if you haven't already.  

The winner of Marilynne Robinson's book, Home, is Draug.  Congrats!



Send us an email with your mailing address and we'll get it right out to you. We'd love to hear your thoughts after you've read it. Thanks to all those who gave feedback. We have a new post up under the critique tab. There's not a prize for leaving feedback this week except, of course, for the gratitude of your fellow Trifectan who was brave enough to put himself out there.

In keeping with the month of ghosts and goblins and things that go bump in the night, our discussion topic for the week is things that scared you as a child.  I was deathly afraid of leaving a limb hanging over the bed.  I was certain that it would be  hacked off immediately. Monsters under the bed, clowns, snow (Chionophobia.  It's a thing.)  Whatever beasties haunted your dreams, we want to hear about them.  Maybe it will help us purge the demons.  Or at least transfer them to someone else.  

This week's word is:

SINISTER

1 archaic : unfavorable, unlucky
2 archaic : fraudulent
3: singularly evil or productive of evil

Please remember:

• Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.

• You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.

• The word itself needs to be included in your response.

• You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above. 

• Only one entry per writer.