This reads so very naturally, which is impressive given its highly restricted nature. If this took a lot of effort and time, it shows and it seems to have been worth it. This story serves as a reminder to me that quality always pays off better than quantity, and for that I thank you.

Very beautiful analogies, and as August Rode said, this is a high quality piece especially when not using any e’s

I struggled with this, though I commend you on your clever use of sentence structure to avoid any ’e’s. I just didn’t get the half victory, I mean she left the bar, the bad place to make things simple. So she didn’t go to Chris, he didn’t win her? It didn’t feel like he wanted to..

Well, done. This was another good entry into the challenge.

Sorry it took so long for me to comment on this many horses to see about many different shoes. but this was a gem, i loved it. There was something about it i couldnt put finger on, then it hit me…With the sentence structure like that it gives the whole thing this mickey spilabe film noir feel. i loved it.

Writing a story without that notorious villain that shows up within most words, a tilting fork or a stupid grin, Damn him!