Heh, a lot of these look familiar. I might go back through them again later, in knowledge that the quality is fantastic. Thanks for creating this thread.
Okay, I read your contest entry. It's quite well-written, particularly towards the end, but I'd watch some repetition. There are couple examples with "the warrior", and this one below is just another one:
"He looked behind him as he staggered up and found the Mahjarrat behind him."
You'd probably benefit to go back through and fix those up.
Would you mind giving mine a read, if you found the time? It's on my short story thread entitled "The Curse". I need to change a few details which don't really make sense, but I'd appreciate any feedback I can get.
Good luck with the contest. It's nice to see a couple of new names joining in, too, so we'll see how we fare.
Yes, I noticed some of those repetitions when I went through editing. I'm doing something new which is helping me a ton. I print out everything I write and I edit it on paper.Anyway, I will take care of those edits and get an updated version on the contest thread soon.