Contest: Decode Tarantino and Win Gum!

The Deal

So, nothing has gone like it was supposed to this summer. I could give you big, fat, sucky, juicy details, but I’d rather give you Juicy Fruit and talk pulp—PULP INK, that is. Nigel Bird and Chris Rhatigan invited me to be apart of their inspired, demented project last spring and I jumped aboard. Each author was provided a soundtrack title from Tarantino’s movie “Pulp Fiction” and asked to take their own spin. I was given “Jack Rabbit Slims” and had a blast writing it.  I was tickled to pieces reading this entire collection, and not only reading, but giggling away like a mad woman on a wild word hunt BECAUSE:


The Decoding

I have a Tarantino movie quote for you to uncover using the hints provided below. You don’t have to purchase PULP INK to participate in this contest, but it would help! You can purchase PULP INK at Amazon, B&N, and Smashwords.



The Prize

The first five people to decode the quote will win a pack of Black Jack, Juicy Fruit, Big Red, and  Bubble Yum automatically! All entrees will be entered for a random drawing. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a $25 Amazon card along with the afore mentioned bubblegum-ages.


The Rules

1. Send your decoded entrees to my regular email address:  jessjo (at) gmail (dot) com  with the subject heading of  BUBBLE YUM.

2. I will reply with a “Yay, you got it!” or “Loser! Back to the drawing board!” quickly as I can.

3. Everyone is welcome to play. Send as many entrees as you wish. Of course, stop when you get it right.

4. Cheat as much as you want with two exceptions: A. Don’t ask a  friend who has figured out what the quote is -- Bad! Bad! B. Please don’t paste your decoding entree guess as a comment in this blog post, send to me in an email under the BUBBLE YUM subject line. I would love to hear your fav Tarantino quotes in the comment section, however.

5. You have until midnight next Sunday. Winner announced next day.


The Bubble

Why does bubble gum keep coming up? First, I really love the thought of all my fellow readers and writers blowing gigantic Bubble Yum bubbles while nurses with big butterfly nets chase us around the gardens, down the valleys, over the bridges, and through the woods to grandmother’s house we… scratch that. There’s another reason, but you have to read “The $5 Mil Hak” in PULP INK to decode that.



Enough chat, more action: GO



The Blankety Blank Blank Tarantino Quote

The Word Hits Hints


1. The first word of the thirteenth paragraph of
    The Wife of Gregory Bell by Patricia Abbott


2. The first two letters of the second word of the first sentence of the ninth paragraph of
    Your Mother Should Know by Allan Guthrie


3.  First letter of the second word of the first sentence of the first paragraph of
     Zed’s Dead, Baby by Eric Beetner

     Second letter of the first word of the first sentence of the third paragraph of
     You Never Can Tell by Matthew C. Funk

     Third letter of the second word of the first sentence the first paragraph of
     A Corpse by Any Other Name by Naomi Johnson


4.  First word of the first sentence of the third paragraph of
     If Love is a Red Dress – Hang Me in Rags by Michael J. Solender

5. Eight word of the second sentence of the second paragraph of
    The Creation of Ice by Sandra Seamans

6. The first three letters of the fourth word of the first sentence of the first paragraph of
    The October 17 Economic Development Committee Meeting by Chris Rhatigan

7. Eleventh word of the first sentence of the second paragraph of
    This Little Piggy by Hilary Davidson

8. Third word of the first sentence of the fourth paragraph of
    Jungle Boogie by Kate Horsely

9. Last six letters of the sixth word of the fifth sentence of the fourth paragraph of
    Jack Rabbit Slim’s Cellar
    The $5 Mil Hak by Jodi MacArthur

10. Third word of the first sentence of the sixth paragraph of
      A Corpse by Any Other Name by Naomi Johnson


11. First two letters of the second word of the fifth paragraph of
      A Whole Lotta Rosie by Nigel Bird

12. Third word of second sentence of second paragraph of
      Padre by AJ Hayes


13. The second and third letters in the sixth word of the first sentence of
      Threshold Woman by Richard Godwin


14. Fourth word of fifth paragraph of
      Comanche by Jason Duke


15. Eighteenth word of the fourth sentence of the fourth paragraph of
      Requiem for Spider by Reed Farrel Coleman

16. First word of the first sentence of the third paragraph of
      A Night at the Royale by Chris F. Holm



17.  The fifth word of the fifth sentence of the fifth paragraph of
       The Slicers’ Serenade of Steel by Gary Phillips


18. First word of the third sentence of the first paragraph of
      The Lady & The Gimp: A Peter Ord Investigation by Paul D. Brazill


19. Ninth word of the third sentence of first paragraph of
      Clouds in a Bunker by David Cranmer


20. First word of the sixth sentence of the third paragraph from the end of
      If Love is a Red Dress – Hang Me in Rags by Michael J. Solender
      Hint: the word is the same as in word 24



21. The first three letters of the fifteenth word of the second sentence of the first paragraph of
      Surf Rider by Ian Ayris

22. Fifth word of the first sentence of the seventeenth paragraph of
      Misirlou by Jimmy Callaway


23. Second word of the third paragraph of
      Zed’s Dead, Baby by Eric Beetner


24. Ninth word of the seventh sentence of third paragraph from the end of
      If Love is a Red Dress – Hang Me in Rags by Michael J. Solender
      Hint: the word is the same as in word 20


25. Tenth word of first sentence of eighth paragraph of 
      The Only One Who Could Ever Reach Me by Matt Lavin


26. Sixth word of the the eighth paragraph of
      You Never Can Tell by Matthew C. Funk


27. First letter of the fourth word of the first sentence of the first paragraph of
     Redlining by Jim Harrington

      Third letter of the fourth word of the first sentence of the first paragraph of
      Redlining by Jim Harrington

       The third and fourth letters of the seventh word of the first sentence of the first paragraph of
       Redlining by Jim Harrington