Merry Widow
by Mike Lawless
Merry Black Widow
by Keith Graham
The Merry Widow
by Jeffrey P. McManus
The Merry Widow
by Bill Wright
The Merry Widow
by Lazarus
White Velvet Dress
by Phenokiie
Dora's Box
by William Doren
The Rise and Fall of My Roommates, and its Applications to Western Society
by Tuberider
The Merry Widow
by P.J. Wolf
The Merry Widow
by Zepp
The Merry Gladiator
by Colin Campbell
The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow was the second of the Renaissance BBS contests, held in the Spring of 1990. The enthusiasm for writing stories and poetry, and the uniformly high quality of the results, showed that the first contest was not a fluke. Santa Barbara BBS users really were committed to quality writing and capable of producing same.
Zepp, the sysop of Renaissance, moved to Northern California the following fall, and the publishing efforts went into the capable hands of Swagman and Colin Campbell over at The Dragon BBS, which ultimately became Swagland.
In this particular contest, the sole criteria for the stories/poems was that the subject be known, in some way, as The Merry Widow. As with Cosmic Charlie the Writing 101 gimmick of giving the writers a starting point produced an amazing variety of results.