Welcome to the Steemit Story Chain

Hello to all you fellow Steemers and Steemians out there, I hope you are doing well. It's another Monday so that means another Steemit Story Chain is about to launch. I am asking you all to consider stretching your creative muscle and get writing a part of a story I will start. There are 100 Whaleshares on offer for the person who produces the most original and creative part of the story chain.

I want to express my gratitude to all those who contributed to the last story, which started off slow with two entries and then developed with more coming in later. So thank you to @dreamingirwin, @yardley-elbert, @krazykrista, @zues, @poeticsnake and @outerground, you all wrote some very creative parts of the story. It was a tough choice and with some disagreement about the winner to begin with, but eventually a winner was decided.

@dreamingirwin

You offered a polished introduction setting up a nice twist - the doorbell being rung by a little girl - which offered the rest of the writers a rich seam of possibilities. The part written by @krazykrista had a sort of mad logic. She attempted a narrator - something quite difficult to do in one paragraph - and it felt like it worked. Part four written by @zeus also had a madness, this time in the form of an unstable protagonist in a confused world.

The winner, @dreamingirwin, has won 100 Whaleshares. Please reply with your Bitshares account information and I will send the Whaleshares to your account immediately. Enjoy! If you don't have an account don't worry it's very simple and completely free to set one up here - https://bitshares.openledger.info/?r=akrid-1.

A reminder of the winning entry is featured below.

I stood there staring at my phone. Unable to respond. I simply stared, my mind exploding in thought. Who was this? Who do they think they are, just demanding I let them in. Of course something like this would happen. Stupid me. Then I looked at the shovel, they obviously want to test my humanity. 'Well, are you going to let me in ?' I was so lost in thought, I almost forgot the cause of it all. " Whatever, hold on a minute. I be there in a sec.", I responded. "You suck!", I said to myself after I ended the call.

Placing the shovel near the back stairs, I entered the house. As I went through the hallway into my kitchen I saw my old dusty baseball bat leaning against the wall in the open closet. I grabbed it just in case. I leaned the bat against the sink, as I washed the dirt from my hands and face. As I walked into the living room, I spotted a clean t-shirt on the sofa. Quickly I changed shirts and tossed the dirty one down into the basement. Walking to the door I inhaled deeply, in hopes of regaining my peace.

I've always hated the design of my front doorway. The windows are to far from the front door to see who's at the door. "Oh well, here we go. ", I thought out loud slowly opening the door. Again my mind went blank. Standing in front of me was a dainty figure, standing barely four feet tall. Long straightened white hair, being blown around by the wind. She turned around and looked at be with pleasant smile.

Then with raspy voice she calmly said, "Well are you going to let me in?"

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Moving on now to this week's Steemit Story Chain which is called Who Will Forgive Me Now? If you would like to enter the contest you need to first upvote and resteem this post. I have written the first part of the story below and then, using the comment box, you guys have to develop the story in whatever way you want. Be creative and original. You can change the genre from one part to the next if you wish, it is entirely up to you. A short paragraph or two is all we are after. And remember to number which part of the story you are writing.

This contest is sponsored by Whaleshares and I owe a big thank you to @akrid and @officialfuzzy. I would also like to thank @blocktrades for making Whaleshares possible. There is 100 Whaleshares for the winning entry. If you would like to learn more about Whaleshares and how they can significantly increase your post rewards please visit https://steemit.com/whaleshares/@eirik/guide-on-how-to-use-whaleshares-updated-version where @eirik will gladly explain more to you.

The inimitable @nikflossus will be helping me decide which one of your contributions is worthy of the winning prize. We are looking for:

• A strong sense of imagination
• Creative intelligence
• Originality
• Narrative fluidity (ensuring the story chain links smoothly)
• Use of language, grammar and syntax (we need to understand what you're saying!)

The winner will be announced in a week's time. A new post will be published then announcing the winner along with a new story chain.

Now without any further hesitation here is part one of Who Will Forgive Me Now?

It's still taking time to sink in. Nothing seems real at the moment. There was nothing else I could do. Every option exhausted. I had to make my decision and leave my family behind in that town. That was not my life, it was someone else's. I leave behind two daughters and a son. I also leave behind a good husband and a decent father. How could she walk out on her own family, they'll say? When you have done all you can and there is nothing more you can do, you either choose life or you choose the only other option available. And that option is not for me. I need a chance while there is still time. For now this room in this old lady's house is a chance. She'll want to know eventually. I will probably tell her everything, when I'm ready. But first I have a new life to begin.