LitWit Challenge 3.11: Stabbed in the heart, the Yucch-meter's deliberations

Our photo of a guy with a broadsword through the heart elicited stories from a variety of genres. 1. john dorian's tale of lost love and regret. Nice effort, but the characters were too generic and featureless. The author describes the squabbles rather than letting the characters fight. The romantic element is restrained but still [...]