This is my first Tale on the site. I hope you all enjoy it! If you need me, I'll be staring at a rating module while mercilessly beating the refresh button.
There isn't enough here. It's an image but a story can be more than that.
Living the dream, or dreaming the life?
I for one enjoyed the brevity, if only because I imagine the reason further days or shifts weren't described was to illustrate that every single one is the same and emphasize the monotony of life after the Cake-pocalypse.
And if the whole world is crashing down… fall through space out of mind with me.
I was going to explain why I liked this tale, but ax did it for me. What he said.
Considering how the Keter Cakes SCP operates and is contained already, aside from the reference to fat crows and fat people, I don't see how this tale sets itself in a dystopia or just an average day of containment in a eutopia
a lovely idea. The worst part is, ironically, there isn't enough to satisfy me
Premise was interesting, and I do think this planet is big enough for multiple Keter Cakes stories. The problem really, as stated by other users above, is that there just isn't enough here. The snapshot is compelling, and makes me want to know more about the world you're building, and then it ends as things get interesting.
Cakework is an emotional, strong piece. I could not believe it when I started reading it, that Keter Cakes would be such a threatening, reality-breaking horror. I mean, sure, intelectually I could see why this would be absolutely horrid… but you made me feel it.
Unfortunately, this falls a bit short of other entries out there. It is strong, it is original… but I think I'll upvote it after the contest due to shortness. Otherwise, excellent work.
hahahahahahahaha oh gods
okay I do feel like you could've gotten a touch more out of this (not necessarily much longer, but get more out of what you already have), but I like what you did accomplish.
The tone of the story and the description of the cakes themselves really did it for me. Many good turns of phrase and details, too: "thick and sweet and noxious", the stifled sobs, "hideous, yellow glory". The entire wedding cake paragraph is glorious. As are the closing lines.
So yeah, you probably could've done more, but you did such a good job with what you did post that I don't care. +1