From: Douglas B. Killings Subject: Re: ADRICS 2000: Best Comedy Short Fiction Date: Tuesday, 9 May 2000 14:45 "Snarky!" wrote: > PAUL GADZIKOWSKI wrote: > > > > THE FATHER > > [picks the envelope off the podium, opens it] > > And the winner is: "19 May 1999" by D B Killings. > > SNARKY > > Thank you, Paul, and thank you...erm, Whoever you are... > Would Douglas care to accept the award for his story?.... DOUGLAS jumps up from his seat while all around him members of the ADF high-five each other. A few take out their Glock-9's and let loose a few celebratory rounds at the ceiling. DOUGLAS advances onto the stage amid a cloud of falling plaster and dodging bits of shattered crystal chandelier. DOUGLAS (taking statuette from FATHER) Thank you, thank you. (Looking at statuette) Gee, my very own Adric Award... I would like to thank everyone who voted for "19 May 1999"; it is a great honor, and I really do feel humbled by it all. I would also like to thank the other nominated authors, B.K. Willis and Clive May; I am indebted to both of them for their willing comments on and criticisms of my work, and for just being all around great guys. (Listening to shout from back of auditorium) Oh yes, I'm told that if I don't thank my wife and kids for allowing me the freetime to spend writing, I am dead meat. So, thank you Siobhan my wife, my daughter Megan, and my two sons Martin and Liam. DOUGLAS leaves the stage before more audience members groan at the acceptance speech. -- Douglas B. Killings, Video Czar, ChiCon 2000 (58th WorldCon) DeTroyes@EnterAct.Com Fanfiction Website: http://www.enteract.com/~detroyes/teotp/teotp.html "Any fool can walk on water if the world is cold enough."