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Post by Evan on Mar 9, 2012 14:42:32 GMT -8
This week, I'm looking for three sentence stories.
Write a story using only three sentences or fewer. You can message them to me or post them here. Feel free to enter multiple times.
Each person that submits an entry I deem to be good will get a clue towards the secrets of Mildville. 1 clue per person and only living people get a clue.
I will judge them and choose the one I think is best. I'll be judging mainly based on plot, and to a lesser extent based on elegance (i.e. if you utilize a three paragraph run-on sentence it'll be less elegant and I may not even count it).
On Monday at 5pm PST the game will close and I'll review the entries.
Here are a few three-sentence stories to get you thinking. Your story doesn't have to be scary, but it'll probably get you a bonus point:
"A little girl was playing in her room when she heard her mother call from down the hall. While she was running through the hall, a hand reached out from the closet and pulled the little girl inside. It was her mother, who whispered `I heard it, too.'"
"I was sitting at my computer looking at my room at midnight. There was a weird shadow in the corner, I couldn't quite figure out what was making it. Turning back to my computer, I saw the message, "can you get to the light switch before I grab you?"
"Baby Shoes. For Sale. Never Used" - Ernest Hemingway
Notice these stories don't necessarily have a traditional "ending," instead choosing the end to be ambiguous. That's fine.
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Super Sarah
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Post by Super Sarah on Mar 9, 2012 14:48:47 GMT -8
Could a haiku count as a 3 sentence story? ;D
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Post by Evan on Mar 9, 2012 14:52:14 GMT -8
Could a haiku count as a 3 sentence story? ;D A Haiku is a solid example of a three sentence story structure.
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Farrell
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Post by Farrell on Mar 9, 2012 15:27:20 GMT -8
She sank into the bath after a long day, but the papers were now signed and she was free of him. The warm water and fragrant bubble mix, that she had purchased on a whim from the supermarket, calmed her as she thought, "now I am free." She didn't notice her ex-husband enter the bathroom until he pushed her head under those same waters that now ushered her into a final peace.
My first attempt. I may be inspired to write another after reading other people's submissions.
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Post by Evan on Mar 9, 2012 15:38:06 GMT -8
She sank into the bath after a long day, but the papers were now signed and she was free of him. The warm water and fragrant bubble mix, that she had purchased on a whim from the supermarket, calmed her as she thought, "now I am free." She didn't notice her ex-husband enter the bathroom until he pushed her head under those same waters that now ushered her into a final peace. My first attempt. I may be inspired to write another after reading other people's submissions. I liked it!
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Super Sarah
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Post by Super Sarah on Mar 9, 2012 15:58:24 GMT -8
I stood in the shower after a long day at work. Suddenly, a tentacle gripped my leg and as I tried to see through my soapy eyes I realized I was surrounded by tentacles. I'd seen enough hentai to know where this was going.
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Amer
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My super power is tremendous wealth.
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Post by Amer on Mar 9, 2012 16:41:18 GMT -8
I stood in the shower after a long day at work. Suddenly, a tentacle gripped my leg and as I tried to see through my soapy eyes I realized I was surrounded by tentacles. I'd seen enough hentai to know where this was going. Forget the challenge. I want to hear the rest of this story. Continue...
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Post by Mike Lenin on Mar 9, 2012 16:47:24 GMT -8
The obvious course of action would have been for him to have resisted her advances. She was madly in love with him and showed him every way she could think of. The tragedy lies in the fact interspecies marriage is forbidden.
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Post by Evan on Mar 9, 2012 17:34:19 GMT -8
The obvious course of action would have been for him to have resisted her advances. She was madly in love with him and showed him every way she could think of. The tragedy lies in the fact interspecies marriage is forbidden. I like it! I think I'll enter a few, just for sport.
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Post by Evan on Mar 9, 2012 17:34:35 GMT -8
I stood in the shower after a long day at work. Suddenly, a tentacle gripped my leg and as I tried to see through my soapy eyes I realized I was surrounded by tentacles. I'd seen enough hentai to know where this was going. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Post by Paula - old account on Mar 9, 2012 17:58:53 GMT -8
One for the girls....
It had been a year since the accident; a year since she heard she would never walk again. No longer just her therapist, he approached her and offered his hand. They danced.
And, one for the guys....
With no time left on the clock, he knew victory depended on him alone. He glanced at the goalposts, strided purposefully as he focused on the ball, then he kicked. He watched....then fell to his knees.
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Super Sarah
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Post by Super Sarah on Mar 9, 2012 19:01:25 GMT -8
The obvious course of action would have been for him to have resisted her advances. She was madly in love with him and showed him every way she could think of. The tragedy lies in the fact interspecies marriage is forbidden. She greeted him with excitement as he arrived home from work, lavishing him with soft wet kisses. He became aroused almost instantly. "Do I have any more peanut butter?", he wondered.
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Super Sarah
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Post by Super Sarah on Mar 9, 2012 19:19:41 GMT -8
The shortest story: Dude. Dude? Dude!
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Post by Son Anheuser on Mar 9, 2012 20:03:52 GMT -8
As they danced an explosion ripped through the therapist's office. As smoke and debris filled the hallway she looked at her legs, shattered and ruined again; her therapist dead beside her. Anguish gave way to a building wall of anger; the aliens would pay, in blood.
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Post by Mike Lenin on Mar 9, 2012 20:07:18 GMT -8
The obvious course of action would have been for him to have resisted her advances. She was madly in love with him and showed him every way she could think of. The tragedy lies in the fact interspecies marriage is forbidden. She greeted him with excitement as he arrived home from work, lavishing him with soft wet kisses. He became aroused almost instantly. "Do I have any more peanut butter?", he wondered. She cried,the product of her longing for him to touch her all day. His inflamed passion advanced on her petite and fragile body. She could barely contain herself as he leashed her collar.
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Post by Paula - old account on Mar 9, 2012 23:16:53 GMT -8
As they danced an explosion ripped through the therapist's office. As smoke and debris filled the hallway she looked at her legs, shattered and ruined again; her therapist dead beside her. Anguish gave way to a building wall of anger; the aliens would pay, in blood. dude, that one was for the girls.
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Post by Son Anheuser on Mar 10, 2012 7:47:22 GMT -8
As they danced an explosion ripped through the therapist's office. As smoke and debris filled the hallway she looked at her legs, shattered and ruined again; her therapist dead beside her. Anguish gave way to a building wall of anger; the aliens would pay, in blood. dude, that one was for the girls. I fixed it
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Post by Evan on Mar 10, 2012 8:29:35 GMT -8
Tentatively, he opened the file. "Surely," he thought, "Amer couldn't have sent me every single possible combination of words in the universe."
That was the last Evan was ever heard from, again.
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Post by Evan on Mar 10, 2012 8:32:59 GMT -8
He shut the door, and opened the box. "Anchovies," he snarled with disgust, "and I tipped the guy, too."
That was Evan was ever heard from, again.
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Post by Mike Lenin on Mar 10, 2012 9:39:48 GMT -8
After sitting around and drinking all night, a moonlight stroll through the woods seemed like a good idea. "What is this strange sensation on my leg" he asked himself. A few moments later, he realized the legions of undead people surrounding him were neither his friends nor enemies.
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