I think this is the fastest turn around time for a contest that had more than one entry. Probably helps that Sherb was judging and is a speed reader on these things.
Okay to here are the results:
1. hetero_malk's 'The End of Creation'
2. Orange's 'Blood in the King's Court'
3. DBNB's 'End of the World as You Know It'
4. PerforatedPenguin's 'Emperor's Fireworks'
5. MiltonManThing's 'Slaying the Scourge'
6. Suranna's 'Cradle & Cane'
7. Wildblue's 'The Fury of the Forest'
8. ItzSugar's 'Mute'
9. CavusRex's 'Escape Velocity'
Well Malk beat the chicken soup out of all of you which probably makes sense given that he had enough on the line to motivate him that nothing less than total victory was going suffice.
Since originally this was supposed to be an amnesty contest I'm declaring that everyone that managed to turn something in gets out of the SHAME pit (Yes even Suranna) Though apparently most of you put up a good enough defense that your civilizations managed to endure the attacks before he went back into the warp.
The only exception being Rex since he apparently stumbled over the finish line with the place holding text that several pointed and laughed at, but well we can't expect much from outsiders and it just proves CYStian superiority. (Plus he didn't completely bomb out based on Sherb's ratings so he can crawl out right of the pit along side Suranna)
Also some monster come backs for quite a few folks who also managed to crawl out of the lower pit depths. Special shout-out goes to Orange who hasn't even been around for years and suddenly showed up to write the biggest story for the contest and coming in second place.
Alright that's a wrap for this contest, I think Sherb's throwing the next one whenever that is.