All right, so here we're with the results of round 4, and believe me, this was a tough one! In the end, it comes down to BrianMullin0, johnnedwill, wdhenning, and Wuckster moving on to the semifinals. 

Our sincere commiserations to the others. We loved your stories and are super sad to see you go. But that's how things are, right? Hope to see you again in either the next Smackdown, the next Writer's Relay or contributing to Ooorah's Tevun Krus magazine!

Yeah, and now for the first round of the semifinals.

This round is sponsored by newlywrittenbooks and highfantasy. And of course we have a super special prompt for you:

Please write a story of 3500 words maximum using all of the following prompts:

1) Picture

2) Song

https://youtu.be/qDjPCMs7ivU

3) Random object

A lasso 

And to make things complete, we're asking you to blend high fantasy with science fiction this round, making your story high Sci-fantasy.

The best story/stories will be featured in the anthology of highfantasy and/or get a shout-out and a feature from the story in newlywrittenbooks's Share Your Story Quotes initiative.

Deadline for this round is Saturday, January 18th 2025 and maximum wordcount is 3500 words.

Find the mandatory submission form in the inline comments here >>>>>

Please, also add a link to your story in the comments to this chapter, so your fellow competitors can find it.

Have fun and good luck!