"SB DISASTER OF THE MONTH" CONTEST: AND THE WINNER IS...

Dear friends,

the first part of the SB contest has ended. I have received your stories and I sent them to Lynda Myles (SB script writer). I thank you because all your stories are really funny and well written. Your ideas are very original and they reflect the irreverent style of SB. We have a lot of fun to read them all. But this is a "contest" and only a story can win. And now I’ll hand over to Miss Myles to crown the winner with the garland of thorns and sunflowers, grown under the California’s sun. This is a metaphor of life: joy and pain. I hope the winner does not consider this a too “new age” gift.

 Ms. Lynda Myles: “All the entries captured the zany qualities of Santa Barbara, which made them a lot of fun to read. I LOL'd many times! Here are some of my favorite lines -- Amy: "As they wait, Julia and Mason get locked in the wine cellar. As they argue about the law firm and the company, they succumb to passion and make love. Just then Gina walks in... "; Enzo: "A portion of the church yields and Sophia ends up under the rubble.  Gina was arguing with her before Sophia was buried by the collapse of the chapel and now she manages to save her," and Gabriele: "The flame of the lighter lights up the face of the mysterious Mr. Lew who turns out to be Eden Capwell, leaving everyone baffled… " (I should think so!) I chose Matt's because I thought his had the best qualities of the other submissions, plus a few more of its own. It flows smoothly from crazy event to even crazier event while keeping an impossibly "sane" tone. My favorite line is: "The wind is getting worse, a hurricane has shifted its trajectory and is heading straight for Santa Barbara. Its name? Eden! Hurricane Eden! Mason laughs bitterly, of course she had to come home now. No way she'll let a storm steal her thunder."

And now…the winner story! Congratulations, Matt Crider!

EDEN COMES BACK TO SANTA BARBARA DURING AN HURRICANE

“Most of the Capwell Family had long given up hope that Eden would ever return to Santa Barbara.  She had disappeared years before, her mind fractured seemingly beyond repair.   And although they still mourned her, they had all moved on with their lives.  Cruz once again married Santana Andrade and they built a strong marriage, even if it lacks fire.

CC, now in ill health, gets a letter from Eden.  She wants to see him.  But ONLY him.  If he tells anyone else, she will run away again and no one will ever find him.  Sophia and Mason know something is wrong,  They work together and retrieve the letter.  They decide to confront Eden first, in case it is an impostor.

Sophia shows up first to the run down hotel that Eden has directed CC her to meet her at.  There is no power because of the storm.  Mason tries to stall CC, but is unable to do so.  Mason gets in the car as CC takes off. The wind is getting worse, a hurricane has shifted its trajectory and is heading straight for Santa Barbara.  Its name?  Eden! Hurricane Eden! Mason laughs bitterly, of course she had to come home now. No way she’ll let a storm steal her thunder.

In the dark hotel room, Sophia confronts a blonde woman, who certainly bears an uncanny resemblance to Eden.  But it's too dark for Sophia to tell for sure and the woman doesn’t speak, She gets away from Sophia and runs outside as the storm reaches a fever pitch.  Sophia screams “Eden!” as CC loses control of his car, slamming into the blonde.

CC has chest pains as he and Mason get out of the car.  Sophia rushes toward them.

All are in shock as they look down at the blonde.  She has Eden’s face!  But as Mason points out, looking at the open robe. “That’s definitely NOT Eden. That’s not even a she!” The impostor is a MAN.

CC has a heart attack and falls to the ground, next to the man.  Before he passes out, he asks “Who are you?”

“Don’t you recognize me daddy?” The voice is decidedly male.

”That voice!” Sophia gasps.  “That’s Kirk Cranston”

Kirk laughs weakly as he fades away.  “And you will never find the real Eden, I made sure of that!”  With that, Kirk dies.

THE END (?)

                                         

                 

And now I have to tell you the theme of the next disaster contest:

BIRDS ATTACK SANTA BARBARA.

You can let your imagination run wild. You can enter all the characters that you want. Cross-over with other soaps or tv-series are allowed. You can choose who to kill and who to resurrect. I would recommend not exceed 30 lines.

Your story should be sent to  sb_disaster@aol.com    by April 30, 2012.

Pic #2 is taken from Capridge.com