Immortality in Hell
My January 2026 unofficial challenge results
I started 2026 with a new challenge, inspired by the success of a well-received challenge on Elon Musk, the alien I hosted at the end of 2025.
This challenge was to send Putin, who thinks he is immortal, to Hell. The Jan.20 deadline has passed, but I was too sick to finalize it right away. So I am doing it now by sending the tips out (check!) and putting this index story together. Rereading the entries gave me so much joy! They are all absolutely great and you should check them all out.
Here are all the glorious entries in the order they were submitted:
1. Raymond G. Taylor
2. Pamela Williams
3. Susan Payton
4. Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
5. Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred
6. Cristal S
7. Susan Payton, again
8. Gregory Payton
9. Andrea Corwin
10. Matthew J. Fromm
It was so much fun to host the challenge, and I thank everyone who participated for playing along.
The challenge itself with my starter drabbles is here:
And my own Drabbles on the theme, just for fun:
4. A longer story for Liam Storm's Catch-22 challenge:
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Lana V Lynx
Avid reader and occasional writer of satire and short fiction. For my own sanity and security, I write under a pen name. My books: Moscow Calling - 2017 and President & Psychiatrist
@lanalynx.bsky.social
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i missed this one...too many projects...will catch the next one. Will read some of the entries though.
Thank you for hosting!