We’d been driving for an hour.
Joe and I hadn’t said a word since the gas station, but the women were quietly chattering abo…
A sequel to Zombie Centralization
uselessness' inspiration
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Zombie Refugees used:
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Zombie Centralization used:
Arms full of junk food, I dropped a twenty on the counter and led the way back outside. To my surprise, I found Nicole drivin…
A sequel to Zombie Resistance
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Zombie Centralization used:
Before Joe could say anything, however, Nicole suddenly piped up from the backseat.
“I don’t feel so hot.”
“What’s wrong, h…
A prequel to Zombie Multiplication
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Zombie Centralization used:
“You’re damn right I want to talk about this.” Joe was a seething cauldron of crankiness. “You ever been in the bush with not…
A prequel to Zombie Refugees
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Zombie Resistance used:
“Joe, get off that man!” cried a woman’s voice. From the cooler emerged another person, a worried-looking matron who at least…
A sequel to Zombie Activism
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Zombie Resistance used:
We’d been driving for an hour.
Joe and I hadn’t said a word since the gas station, but the women were quietly chattering abo…
A prequel to Zombie Centralization
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Zombie Activism used:
The convenience store was empty. I ran down the aisles, not wanting to leave Nicole alone at the car longer than I had to. Pa…
A sequel to Zombie Capitalism
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Zombie Activism used:
Arms full of junk food, I dropped a twenty on the counter and led the way back outside. To my surprise, I found Nicole drivin…
A prequel to Zombie Resistance
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Zombie Capitalism used:
I grabbed the squeegee by the handle and carefully extracted it from the zombie’s head. It slid out with a squelch and an out…
A sequel to Zombie Emancipation
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Zombie Capitalism used:
“Joe, get off that man!” cried a woman’s voice. From the cooler emerged another person, a worried-looking matron who at least…
A prequel to Zombie Activism
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Zombie Emancipation used:
Zombie Karl Marx was holding the gas pump nozzle in his right hand and my collar in his left. “I think it’s about time you jo…
A sequel to Zombie Hegemony
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Zombie Emancipation used:
In a small cottage not too far away…
I looked at myself in the mirror. There was no denying that I was magnificent. I wa…
A prequel to The Coming of Lenin
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Zombie Emancipation used:
The convenience store was empty. I ran down the aisles, not wanting to leave Nicole alone at the car longer than I had to. Pa…
A prequel to Zombie Capitalism
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Zombie Hegemony used:
“Honey, I want some tuna.”
I looked over at Nicole, who was making hungry eyes at me in the passenger’s seat. She was beauti…
A sequel to Zombie Reification
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Zombie Hegemony used:
I grabbed the squeegee by the handle and carefully extracted it from the zombie’s head. It slid out with a squelch and an out…
A prequel to Zombie Emancipation
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Zombie Reification used:
“We’ve got to get out of the suburbs,” I told my very pregnant wife as I escorted her to the car. Thankfully the vehicle was …
A sequel to Zombie Proletariats
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Zombie Reification used:
Zombie Karl Marx was holding the gas pump nozzle in his right hand and my collar in his left. “I think it’s about time you jo…
A prequel to Zombie Hegemony
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Zombie Proletariats used:
I grabbed the mug from the nightstand and heaved open the window. Zombie Karl Marx had the crazed look of an undead Soviet la…
A sequel to Zombie Struggle
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Zombie Proletariats used:
“Honey, I want some tuna.”
I looked over at Nicole, who was making hungry eyes at me in the passenger’s seat. She was beauti…
A prequel to Zombie Reification
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Zombie Struggle used:
I arrived at the house around 3:30 and left the car in the driveway. “Honey?” I called as I ran up the stairs. I rounded the …
A sequel to Zombie Workers
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Zombie Struggle used:
“We’ve got to get out of the suburbs,” I told my very pregnant wife as I escorted her to the car. Thankfully the vehicle was …
A prequel to Zombie Proletariats
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Zombie Workers used:
That was too easy. The zombie problem over, I turned on my heel to head back to the office and return to work. The man in the…
A sequel to Zombie Union
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Zombie Workers used:
I grabbed the mug from the nightstand and heaved open the window. Zombie Karl Marx had the crazed look of an undead Soviet la…
A prequel to Zombie Struggle
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Zombie Union used:
I darted down the hall, grabbing the company fire axe on the way, and burst into the parking lot behind the building. Where w…
A sequel to Zombie Manifesto
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Zombie Union used:
I arrived at the house around 3:30 and left the car in the driveway. “Honey?” I called as I ran up the stairs. I rounded the …
A prequel to Zombie Workers
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Zombie Manifesto used:
Gasp! as the undead walk among us!
Scream! as reanimated corpses hunger for flesh!
Run! when they come after yo…
A sequel to Zombie Revolution
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Zombie Manifesto used:
That was too easy. The zombie problem over, I turned on my heel to head back to the office and return to work. The man in the…
A prequel to Zombie Union
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Zombie Revolution used:
I darted down the hall, grabbing the company fire axe on the way, and burst into the parking lot behind the building. Where w…
A prequel to Zombie Manifesto
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Zombie Revolution used:
The ad was a bit strange to me, almost ominous. But I was strapped for cash, and even grave-digging seemed a glamorous job no…
A sequel to Shifty Sights
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Tikbalang's Snare used:
Nathan’s face shown at the professor’s offer. “I’d… I’d be honored, sir!”
The professor beamed. “Now, I’ve chosen your part…A sequel to Assignment to the Jungle
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642 used:
10:1
Those who know in what I tend to take pride will probably have a good guess to what that ratio refers. But it’s numbers…
A sequel to Challenge by Numbers
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Deep Space Detainee used:
“There’s a problem.”
“I know, I checked the stabilizer pods yesterday and they were running a little hot. I’ll look into it….
A sequel to Deep Space Disaster
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Deep Space Detainee used:
Captain!
Corlin, what is it?
We’ve been attacked!
By who?
Pirates, sir.
But this sector hasn’t been attacked by pirates…A prequel to Deep Space Detainee: Pirates
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Deep Space Disaster used:
Up on the Brig…
“Ow ow ow; that’s one of only 2 ears I get!”
“An ear is hardly worth payment for what you did.”
“I told y…A prequel to Deep Space Disaster- To the Brig
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Deep Space Disaster used:
“Ollie, come with me.”
“Yes sir, captain sir. Where are we going, again?”
“To the brig.”
“To visit Lars?”
“Precisely.”
……
A prequel to Deep Space Detainee
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
Time slowed, and the sweat that was poring off me slowed to a trickle. The gunfire pounding my eardrums subsided to a dull _t…
A prequel to CoFeEE GoOD!?!
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
The ebony queen gathered her robes and sashayed across the black and white marble floor. All the knights could do was watch a…
A prequel to your move (precise maneuvers challenge)
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
In an instant, though an instant too late, the red haze of rage cleared. I could see.
My arm hung in an arc before me, grace…
A prequel to Backhand Fury: uselessness' PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
Breathless. Wind circulating all about him from all sides.
The last thing Paco remembered was putting on the parachute.
He h…A prequel to {Uselessness's Maneuvers Challenge}: Pulling the Cord
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
I was half-asleep, fully reclined on the sofa when I heard his voice. Penetrating deep into my subconscious, it broke my slum…
A prequel to Please God, Let It End (uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge!)
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
The sound of my heart could be heard amidst a high-pitched ringing as my mouth opened in a grimacing, silent scream. My lips …
A prequel to Office Tornado [PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge!]
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
John ran along the track. His muscles gleamed with sweat in the hot sun. Pound, pound, pound, pound. His feet hit the rubber …
A prequel to The Race
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
You know how some moments pass by so quickly that it is all you can do to keep your eyes open and hope you don’t blink and mi…
A prequel to When Ordinary Became Extraordinary [Precise Maneuvers Challenge]
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
As every good Alabamaian knows, a Tornado warning divides the masses into two groups: those who hide and those who watch. I u…
A prequel to Lightening Crashes {Uselessness's Precise Maneuvers Challenge}
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
Your preservation instincts surge, suppressing the flight instinct in time to see the approaching ledge. Your feet skitter ac…
A prequel to Momentum [PRECISE MANEUVERS challenge]
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
Neither fighter breaks eye contact as the explosions continue to echo through the cavernous lair. The man in the suit removes…
A prequel to Spy vs Villian [Precise Maneuvers Challenge]
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
My finger itched the butt of my silver revolver. I grasped it as the cowboy in the dark leather vest and cow-hide hat drew hi…
A prequel to Shootout
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
“Look, Peter, we need to talk,” Amber said, breaking my heart in the process.
A thousand thoughts flooded my consciousness, ...
A prequel to The Dagger (Precise Maneuvers Challenge)
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
He rarely held the honours that his brethren did but at this precise moment, he would take the spotlight and perform his role…
A prequel to Perfectionism (PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge)
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
The red velvet curtain rose along with the sound of a slow song. This dance had to be flawless. The routine starts with me pa…
A prequel to So, Do I Think I can Dance? (Precise Maneuvers challenge)
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
Sebastian gazed at the wide open night sky. Not one cloud, feathery, stony, or otherwise littered its expanse. He could hear …
A prequel to Sebastian
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uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS Challenge! used:
Free throws.
They’re the bane of my existence. The crowd’s anxiety, their disappointment (or joy, depending on which team yo…
A prequel to The Brink of Indecision(Uselessness's PRECISE MANEUVERS challenge)
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The CFO used:
The cleaning lady that doesn’t speak. She moves quietly in and out of offices with her head low in deference. No one notices …
A prequel to The Cleaning Lady
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The United States of Nuclear Holocaust used:
Satellites immediately detected the detonation and set alerts off on consoles across the EU, in China, and in Russia. Militar…
A prequel to The Response
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Experience used:
Avalon.
So I was in a place known as Avalon.
The golden figure beckoned me to follow. I looked around this world of light. ...
A prequel to Experience II
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Surprise Over Sirius II used:
“Report!” came the order.
Nevil eyed his status console and barked, “Turrets firing at 72.8kHz and blast beams are penetratin…A sequel to Battle over Sirius II: Amethyst Maneuvers
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Surprise Over Sirius II used:
The engineering station was lit up like tiki dance floor. The bridge quaked as the Amethyst was hit again.
“Hull breach,” cri…A prequel to Crashdown over Sirius II
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Maneuvers Over Sirius II used:
The Amethyst shook as a volley struck the port side.
“Cap,” came Pavel’s voice over comms, “we take another like that, and we…A sequel to Trouble at Sirius II: The Black Swan
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Maneuvers Over Sirius II used:
“Report!” came the order.
Nevil eyed his status console and barked, “Turrets firing at 72.8kHz and blast beams are penetratin…A prequel to Battle over Sirius II: Amethyst Maneuvers
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Getting Off Sirius II used:
“Get me the Gemstone, damnit!” Captain Trianna Locke shouted to comms.
“She hasn’t cleared the stockade; if i open a channel,...A sequel to Trouble at Sirius II: Decoy.
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Getting Off Sirius II used:
The Amethyst shook as a volley struck the port side.
“Cap,” came Pavel’s voice over comms, “we take another like that, and we…A prequel to Trouble at Sirius II: The Black Swan
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Escape From Sirius II used:
“Dispatch, this is 403. Requesting suborbit squad over these coordinates, copy?” Constable Hughes was a surly gun and mustach…
A sequel to Cornered on Sirius II
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Escape From Sirius II used:
“Get me the Gemstone, damnit!” Captain Trianna Locke shouted to comms.
“She hasn’t cleared the stockade; if i open a channel,...A prequel to Trouble at Sirius II: Decoy.
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Cornered on Sirius II used:
“Lower the shields! Now!”
Murphy was running for his life, screaming hoarsely into his lapel comm, stumbling through the des…
A sequel to Trouble on Sirius II
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Cornered on Sirius II used:
The Gemstone was a wreck, but she flew. One of the original saucer designs, she was divided into wedge-shaped rooms like a gi…
A prequel to Escape From Sirius II
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Trouble on Sirius II used:
“Dispatch, this is 403. Requesting suborbit squad over these coordinates, copy?” Constable Hughes was a surly gun and mustach…
A prequel to Cornered on Sirius II
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Adrenaline Junkies used:
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Today I wrote my 150th ficlet. So, it seems that it’s about time for another challeng…
A sequel to Make Me Laugh Challenge
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Bye, Bye Love used:
In fact, I wiped the floor with both of them. I was the last man standing. They were so broken and bruised that Jodi was besi…
A sequel to A Bit Of A Shock
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Bye, Bye Love used:
“Yeah, sure. But first can you make sure that the evil conniving bitch in the hall is gone? I don’t know how you were able to…
A prequel to Grasshopper Learns a Lesson
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Entering the Colosseum used:
“Actually, it’s sort of not,” I said.
Lurch hovered over me awkwardly, a look of concern etched across his pockmarked face. ...
A sequel to I Think He Really Meant It This Time
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Entering the Colosseum used:
Suddenly, Mendez and Tom were throwing punches at me. Jodi had thrust me right into the thick of it. She stood to the side,...
A prequel to Naked Male Insecurity
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Pizza Face News Flash used:
Reeling from the sudden turn of events, I staggered backward, eying Tom warily. Last time he clobbered me he only did it for …
A sequel to You Two Need To Take This Outside
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Pizza Face News Flash used:
I heard footsteps moving rapidly out of our dorm and into the hall, the echo of them being swallowed by Tom’s loud cry: _“JOD…
A prequel to Life Before Jodi
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The Game Within a Game used:
Completely terrified wouldn’t do my fit of panic justice. I had, after all, been staring at my completely bare chest like a m…
A sequel to He Put Two And Two Together
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The Game Within a Game used:
My mouth flapped open once or twice like I was a fish, but no sound came out. Tom looked at Mendez but Mendez just shrugged a…
A prequel to Realization
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Warning: Baggage Included used:
“Creepy a-hole,” I muttered under my breath.
The door opened. “You rang?” the R.A. said with an inordinately straight face…
A sequel to You Rang?
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Warning: Baggage Included used:
I walked away silent. Stunned.
The first month was hard. I couldn’t just walk around in my underwear, and if I went to the…
A prequel to New and Improved
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Something's Fishy used:
Mendez picked it up and shook it. “Hm, I can’t tell what it is. It’s heavy, though.”
“Fork it over, Mr. Rock Hard. I believe…
A sequel to Learning to Love Yourself
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Something's Fishy used:
I cornered Tom later that evening, in a rare Jodi-less moment. I showed him the book and explained the situation. He laughed …
A prequel to Cornered In A Rare Jodi-Less Moment
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Sometimes Working Out Just Doesn't Work Out used:
I honestly didn’t know why Mendez liked driving my car, especially since all he did was make fun of it.
“Jeez, nancy-boy, I …
A sequel to Rock Hard
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Sometimes Working Out Just Doesn't Work Out used:
Mendez picked it up and shook it. “Hm, I can’t tell what it is. It’s heavy, though.”
“Fork it over, Mr. Rock Hard. I believe…
A prequel to Learning to Love Yourself
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Maybe I Shouldn't Have Done That used:
NPR ran a program today about the William Carlos Williams poem, “This Is Just To Say,” and had people reading their own versi…
A sequel to "This Is Just To Say..." [The Apology Challenge]
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ChronOOPS used:
And that’s where Georgia enters the picture.
The first thing you have to understand about my sister Georgia is that she’s a …
A prequel to Why This Might Kind Of Be My Sister's Fault
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A Husband's Permission used:
This one isn’t easy. Each consecutive sentence must be one word longer than the previous sentence. You can start with as many…
A sequel to One More Word Writing Challenge
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Parallel Kingdoms: Unwelcoming Woods used:
I hadn’t used the magic palanquin since my last visit to the squarefinder, but I was pleased to see it in good condition stil…
A sequel to Parallel Kingdoms: The Magic Palanquin
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On Sea or On Land used:
Frida tried to maintain her composure. The ship was now passing through the strait between Pagensand and Schwarztonnensand wi…
A sequel to The River Cold and Vile
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On Sea or On Land used:
Frida made her way towards the truck, with Dieter keeping closely behind her, she reached the the truck as her eyes adjusted …
A prequel to National Service
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Parallel Kingdoms: The Magic Palanquin used:
Long ago I had learned to revere Charlie’s insight. His granite lips spoke truths beyond the vision of mortals, with a kindne…
A sequel to Parallel Kingdoms: Charlie's Story
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Parallel Kingdoms: The Magic Palanquin used:
With Charlie perched atop the roof as lookout, and I with pen and parchment, writing my request for the squarefinder, our mag…
A prequel to Parallel Kingdoms: Unwelcoming Woods
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Parallel Kingdoms: Charlie's Story used:
Two kingdoms were positioned alongside each other: Azuria on the north and Athentia on the south. Presiding over each was one…
A sequel to Parallel Kingdoms: The Outset
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Parallel Kingdoms: Charlie's Story used:
I hadn’t used the magic palanquin since my last visit to the squarefinder, but I was pleased to see it in good condition stil…
A prequel to Parallel Kingdoms: The Magic Palanquin
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Parallel Kingdoms: The Outset used:
Long ago I had learned to revere Charlie’s insight. His granite lips spoke truths beyond the vision of mortals, with a kindne…
A prequel to Parallel Kingdoms: Charlie's Story
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The River Cold and Vile used:
“This is the first time I’ve ever been abroad Roger.” Frida said, trying to take her mind of the circumstances in which she w…
A sequel to Some Foreign Field
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The River Cold and Vile used:
Suddenly Frida felt the submarine slowing, and she nearly lost her footing as it rounded a corner. The captain signaled a ful…
A prequel to On Sea or On Land
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Around the House with ThroatWolf used:
Hello again!
It feels marvelous to be back in the big, comfy, cushiony, community of the bright and brief!
Getting back into…A sequel to (Your Pen Name Here) CHALLENGE
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Becoming an Operative used:
As Margie followed the Prime Minister through the confines of the U-boat, she observed the crew at work. Fifty men, clad in t…
A sequel to The Secrets of U-110
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Becoming an Operative used:
“I’ve got about a million.” Margie said.
“That’s a shame”, the impostor replied, “because we have time for one.”
“Why me?”
...A prequel to Margie ends and Frida begins.
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The Secrets of U-110 used:
The room—or was it a submarine?—spun wildly.
“I… I don’t understand,” Margie mumbled, her forehead still smarting. She tried…
A sequel to Journey to Deutschland
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The Secrets of U-110 used:
“No more lies!” shouted Margie. “Tell me what’s going on at once!”
The impostor Churchill leaped to his feet and placed a ha…
A prequel to Becoming an Operative
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Journey to Deutschland used:
Margie looked up at Roger, “I’d sooner die than help scum like you.”
Rogers ears wiggled and a grin spread across his face….
A sequel to The Dastardly Turn of Events
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Journey to Deutschland used:
As Margie followed the Prime Minister through the confines of the U-boat, she observed the crew at work. Fifty men, clad in t…
A prequel to The Secrets of U-110
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Margie's Flashback used:
Roger was standing in the doorway with only the glint of his eyes and the barrel of a Mauser P27 visible in the shadows. Marg…
A sequel to The Turncoat Suitor
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Margie's Flashback used:
Margie looked up at Roger, “I’d sooner die than help scum like you.”
Rogers ears wiggled and a grin spread across his face….
A prequel to The Dastardly Turn of Events
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The Turncoat Suitor used:
She remembered it all. The terror of the blitz, the destruction of her home in Islington. Her rush to join the war effort and…
A prequel to Margie's Flashback
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The Princess Bride's Swampside Duel used:
At the edge of the Fire Swamp, the Spaniard drew his sword. Count Rugen, the six-fingered man, had nowhere to run save for th…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Pursuers Clash
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The Princess Bride's Pursuers Clash used:
Fezzik stared straight ahead, trying to focus on the figure of the man in black as he trudged into the Fire Swamp with overwh…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Jittery Giant
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The Princess Bride's Pursuers Clash used:
“Draw your sword,” Inigo called.
The six-fingered man sneered in response. “You’re a true gentleman.”
“I’ve been pursuing m…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Swampside Duel
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The Princess Bride's Jittery Giant used:
In Florin, the king’s word has always been taken seriously. Even when the king was at his most insane, the people respected h…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Kingly Confusion
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The Princess Bride's Jittery Giant used:
At the edge of the Fire Swamp, the Spaniard drew his sword. Count Rugen, the six-fingered man, had nowhere to run save for th…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Pursuers Clash
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The Princess Bride's Kingly Confusion used:
In the chapel, in the presence of the king and queen and bishop, the whole story had come out. Prince Humperdinck had not bee…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's (Almost) In-Laws
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The Princess Bride's Kingly Confusion used:
Fezzik stared straight ahead, trying to focus on the figure of the man in black as he trudged into the Fire Swamp with overwh…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Jittery Giant
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The Princess Bride's (Almost) In-Laws used:
Inigo joined the band of soldiers, led by Count Rugen, at the mouth of the Fire Swamp. Presently Fezzik joined him and gasped…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Fire Swamp Standoff
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The Princess Bride's (Almost) In-Laws used:
In Florin, the king’s word has always been taken seriously. Even when the king was at his most insane, the people respected h…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Kingly Confusion
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The Princess Bride's Fire Swamp Standoff used:
Inigo held his magnificent sword aloft and whispered a prayer.
“Father, I have come so close to avenging you. The six-finger…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Search Party
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The Princess Bride's Fire Swamp Standoff used:
In the chapel, in the presence of the king and queen and bishop, the whole story had come out. Prince Humperdinck had not bee…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's (Almost) In-Laws
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The Princess Bride's Search Party used:
Prince Humperdinck was pacing in the wedding chapel. “I should be married by now,” he muttered, “if Rugen’s confounded machin…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Original Abductor Arrives
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The Princess Bride's Search Party used:
Inigo joined the band of soldiers, led by Count Rugen, at the mouth of the Fire Swamp. Presently Fezzik joined him and gasped…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Fire Swamp Standoff
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The Princess Bride's Original Abductor Arrives used:
Westley was indeed dead, but the castle gate was open and that’s all that mattered to Vizzini. “Come with me, you two,” he sa…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Rescuers Have Words
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The Princess Bride's Original Abductor Arrives used:
Inigo held his magnificent sword aloft and whispered a prayer.
“Father, I have come so close to avenging you. The six-finger…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Search Party
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The Princess Bride's Rescuers Have Words used:
Westley was alive.
As it turns out, he’d spent several years developing an immunity to bitter chocolate, and nothing can sto…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Plot Twist
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The Princess Bride's Rescuers Have Words used:
Prince Humperdinck was pacing in the wedding chapel. “I should be married by now,” he muttered, “if Rugen’s confounded machin…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Original Abductor Arrives
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The Princess Bride's Plot Twist used:
“I would love to let you and your, ah, daughter, into the castle,” mumbled Yellin. “There’s only one problem: I have no gate …
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Been Kidnapped
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The Princess Bride's Plot Twist used:
Westley was indeed dead, but the castle gate was open and that’s all that mattered to Vizzini. “Come with me, you two,” he sa…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Rescuers Have Words
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The Princess Bride's Been Kidnapped used:
Vizzini sighed. “Do you know what’s happening today?”
“Sixty men are guarding the castle with their lives,” answered Yellin….
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Rescuers Negotiate Entrance
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The Princess Bride's Been Kidnapped used:
Westley was alive.
As it turns out, he’d spent several years developing an immunity to bitter chocolate, and nothing can sto…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Plot Twist
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The Princess Bride's Rescuers Negotiate Entrance used:
It was a lovely day in Florin, a lovely day for a wedding. “We’re here to see the vicar,” demanded Vizzini.
The man in charg…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Gatekeeper Speaks
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The Princess Bride's Rescuers Negotiate Entrance used:
“I would love to let you and your, ah, daughter, into the castle,” mumbled Yellin. “There’s only one problem: I have no gate …
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Been Kidnapped
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The Princess Bride's Gatekeeper Speaks used:
Prince Humperdinck was furious. “What do you mean, no one is watching the princess?”
“It is as you requested, sir,” Count Ru…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Missing Watchmen
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The Princess Bride's Gatekeeper Speaks used:
Vizzini sighed. “Do you know what’s happening today?”
“Sixty men are guarding the castle with their lives,” answered Yellin….
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Rescuers Negotiate Entrance
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
At first glance it wasn’t much, but while sitting beside him I looked around.
The walls were pale, showing the grimness of …
A prequel to The Room With Him (Living Description Challenge)
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
The church marquee enjoyed, whenever possible, being the embodiment of irony. If it had been capable of laughing, considering…
A prequel to The Mischievous Marquee (Living Descriptions Challenge)
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
Dust covered the wood floor. Empty, discarded papers lay scattered around the room. Boxes where piled in a corner, gathering …
A prequel to Memory (uselessness's living descriptions challenge)
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
The hardbacked books pressed against one another as they stood at attention lined perfectly in the bookshelves of the library…
A prequel to Tales Waiting to be Told {uselessness's Living Description's challenge}
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
Much more than an instrument this piece of wood is… It is art… Art that plays the music of my soul, the music that i _fee…
A prequel to Music is everything and everything is music (Living Description)
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
It stood there. Tall, thin, flat. It’s bright orange face lined with bold black letters.
Day in and day out it’s sandbagged…
A prequel to [Living Descrip. challenge] Sign Language (or otherwise known as Useful Until Useless)
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
It was a sunny day, and I was sitting on the park bench, as I had for the past 30 years. My normal activities included bird …
A prequel to The Park Bench (uselessness's Living Description Challenge)
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
I was sitting in my usual place by the side of the path, and I was a little angry that day. People had been sitting on me and…
A prequel to Inner Thoughts of a Park Bench [Living descriptions challenge]
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
It rolled in, blue and majestic, towering above the rest of the vast, shimmering sea. White foam, rumbling, lived at the top….
A prequel to The Majestic Rule Of The Mighty Wave (Living Description Challenge)
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
Hello. Yes, it’s who you think it is. It’s me; the blade of grass down here. I know you probably think you’ve gone insane, bu…
A prequel to Blade Of Grass {Uselessness's Living Descriptions Challenge}
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
I lie here, waiting for tomorrow, waiting for you to hold me again. You seem so eager to rid yourself of me at night, casuall…
A prequel to Used and Abused (living description) challenge
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
Eric waved to his diving partner, pointing in the direction of the underwater cave. His partner, Lazaro Bravo, was twenty met…
A prequel to Underwater World: Eaten Alive [Living descriptions challenge]
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
Liam dragged Quest under nonetheless, ignoring her protests.
They both descended into a black world, quiet and eerie, where…
A prequel to The Colors of the Spectrum (Living Descriptions Challenge)
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
The world outside my window assaults my senses as I gaze upon it.
The sky is the brightest blue, like a husky’s eyes gazing …A prequel to Outside My Window
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge! used:
One last story. That’s all I want, honestly. I don’t have much lead left, and I know you’re too lazy to go out and buy replac…
A prequel to Pencil's lament
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The Princess Bride's Missing Watchmen used:
“Don’t you understand?” Vizzini said almost loud enough for the castle guards to hear. “My plan was entirely dependent upon o…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Assault Plan B
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The Princess Bride's Missing Watchmen used:
It was a lovely day in Florin, a lovely day for a wedding. “We’re here to see the vicar,” demanded Vizzini.
The man in charg…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Gatekeeper Speaks
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A Toast to Seduction used:
Good gods, I’m already at 250 ficlets?! Wow! Then again, with 2 Eplets (still trying to get that as the official word for fic…
A sequel to 64k (250th Ficlet Challenge)
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Commando Marvin Lifelike Magnum Model Commercial used:
Cape Town 2008. Mrs Calvert and I are watching television.
As usual, all 97 channels have commercials on at the exact same t…
A sequel to [Challenge] Terrible Commercials
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The Princess Bride's Assault Plan B used:
“As I said before,” repeated Vizzini with an expectorant flourish, “I have a truly remarkable plan.”
Inigo was indignant. “T…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Assault Plan A
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The Princess Bride's Assault Plan B used:
Prince Humperdinck was furious. “What do you mean, no one is watching the princess?”
“It is as you requested, sir,” Count Ru…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Missing Watchmen
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The Princess Bride's Assault Plan A used:
“Hold it, hold it, hold it!” cried the boy.
His grandfather looked up from the book. “Yeah, what is it?”
“Westley already d…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Intermission
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The Princess Bride's Assault Plan A used:
“Don’t you understand?” Vizzini said almost loud enough for the castle guards to hear. “My plan was entirely dependent upon o…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Assault Plan B
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Reviving the Nightmare used:
“What?” I asked in shock.
“I was getting breakfast this morning and when I walked into the cafe, she was there with Mendez….
A sequel to Spiraling out of Control
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Reviving the Nightmare used:
I’ve never been more embarrassed in my life! How could I have been so wrong about Jodi?
After a few groggy moments, I hight…
A prequel to The Life and Times of a Nancy-Boy
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The Princess Bride's Intermission used:
Sadly, the old man was right. Inigo and Fezzik had rushed the miracle man, and in return, they got a pretty rotten miracle. T…
A sequel to The Princess Bride's Rescuer Trouble
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The Princess Bride's Intermission used:
“As I said before,” repeated Vizzini with an expectorant flourish, “I have a truly remarkable plan.”
Inigo was indignant. “T…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Assault Plan A
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The Princess Bride's Rescuer Trouble used:
I love, love, love movies!
So it’s no surprise my first challenge involves movies!
Take a movie you like and create an alte…
A sequel to (Alternate Movie Ending) Challenge
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The Princess Bride's Rescuer Trouble used:
“Hold it, hold it, hold it!” cried the boy.
His grandfather looked up from the book. “Yeah, what is it?”
“Westley already d…
A prequel to The Princess Bride's Intermission
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The Princess Bride's Rescuer Trouble used:
Right now you’re saying, “This isn’t the way I remember it ending.”
_Funny thing, I have to admit that I changed the endin…
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Nine used:
Within seconds, the alert was silenced and the capacity levels climbed again, stabilizing comfortably around 250%.
A series …
A sequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Eight
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A Change of Plans used:
Tom jumped up, scattering ice in all directions, and everyone in our aisle began protesting very loudly. I held my head in my…
A sequel to Put Me Out of My Misery
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A Change of Plans used:
The day after sushi.
I was lost in the sweet revery, walking back to the dormitory with my moderately annoyed roommate, T…
A prequel to Please Don't Harsh My Cool
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Return to Speculum used:
Jenny and I sat on the forested hillside overlooking the valley that was the meteor’s predicted point of impact, waiting. “I’...
A sequel to In Case of Disaster
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Desperation's Last Call used:
Ever think about unintended consequences?
Take that friend you carry around in your pocket. The little guy you flip open whe…
A sequel to Requiem for the Phone Booth
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Desperation's Last Call used:
I looked at it for a long moment. What was that doing here? A Terran telephone booth? They’d stopped using those long before …
A prequel to Call of the Why
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Oh Wretched Man That I Am used:
It had been three days and Jodi still hadn’t called. I was absolutely stir crazy, so I hoped catching a movie would be a good…
A sequel to Accelerated Heartbeats
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Oh Wretched Man That I Am used:
Tom jumped up, scattering ice in all directions, and everyone in our aisle began protesting very loudly. I held my head in my…
A prequel to Put Me Out of My Misery
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Eight used:
Dr. Markram arrived at the lab one cold December morning to find the team in a panic.
“What’s going on?” he shouted.
One of…
A sequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Seven
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Eight used:
On a private computer screen in the Oval Office, a message appeared without warning: “Hello, Jim.”
The President raised a cu…
A prequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Nine
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Seven used:
Some of the developers on the team grumbled about scope creep. One even resigned, but he was easily replaceable; the Blue Bra…
A sequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Six
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Seven used:
Within seconds, the alert was silenced and the capacity levels climbed again, stabilizing comfortably around 250%.
A series …
A prequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Eight
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Six used:
Dr. Markram anticipated the computer cloud would cover 115% of the project’s needs. Hopefully more, but no less. 125% would b…
A sequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Five
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Six used:
Dr. Markram arrived at the lab one cold December morning to find the team in a panic.
“What’s going on?” he shouted.
One of…
A prequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Seven
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Five used:
The next day, Dr. Markram told the team that he had secured anonymous funding for the Blue Brain Project to continue, and tha…
A sequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Four
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Five used:
Some of the developers on the team grumbled about scope creep. One even resigned, but he was easily replaceable; the Blue Bra…
A prequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Six
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Four used:
If the Blue Brain labs couldn’t support the simulation, it was time to scale up. Henry Markram was writing a virus.
Not a ma…
A sequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Three
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Four used:
Dr. Markram anticipated the computer cloud would cover 115% of the project’s needs. Hopefully more, but no less. 125% would b…
A prequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Five
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Three used:
Henry Markram was a genius in the same way that Victor Frankenstein was a genius.
As director of the Blue Brain Project, he …
A sequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Two
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Three used:
The six months passed with agonizing slowness. Dr. Markram did what he could on the project with the budget he had, sometimes…
A prequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Four (R_M)
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Three used:
The next day, Dr. Markram told the team that he had secured anonymous funding for the Blue Brain Project to continue, and tha…
A prequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Four
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Two used:
The Blue Brain Project was a novel idea: if we can’t create Turing-primed artificial intelligence through conventional progra…
A sequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter One
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Two used:
If the Blue Brain labs couldn’t support the simulation, it was time to scale up. Henry Markram was writing a virus.
Not a ma…
A prequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Three
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Digital Dawn: Chapter One used:
Henry Markram was a genius in the same way that Victor Frankenstein was a genius.
As director of the Blue Brain Project, he …
A prequel to Digital Dawn: Chapter Two
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Happy Thoughts: Wave 3 used:
“Sir, with the success of last year’s Constructive Rehabilitation Act, people are calling for more widespread adoption of the…
A sequel to Happy Thoughts: Wave 2
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Happy Thoughts: Wave 2 used:
“So, the good scientists down at SRI have a new invention, do they?”
“Yes sir, there’s an article about it this month in one…
A sequel to Think Happy Thoughts (It's The Law)
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Happy Thoughts: Wave 2 used:
“Harris, get in here!”
“Sir?”
“My contact at the NRA just informed me that the suicide rate among gun owners has nearly tri…
A prequel to Happy Thoughts: Wave 3
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Think Happy Thoughts (It's The Law) used:
“Sir, with the success of last year’s Constructive Rehabilitation Act, people are calling for more widespread adoption of the…
A prequel to Happy Thoughts: Wave 2
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The Terrible Queen of Nairdess used:
Eight hours later, Bristal’s gyrocopter gently touched down on a cobblestone landing strip beside a small island castle. The …
A sequel to Arrival in Nairdess
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Arrival in Nairdess used:
“Aw, jeez, Bristal! My wings are tired! Can’t we stop for a quick swim or some food? Please?”
“Quit your complaining, Mork. ...
A sequel to Journey to Nairdess
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Arrival in Nairdess used:
The Great Hall was a huge room carved out of a mountainside. Bristal had never seen anything like it, and neither would have …
A prequel to The Terrible Queen of Nairdess
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Journey to Nairdess used:
Okay, here we go y’all! This is number fifty and a friend told me that i had to make it a contest. Let’s see just how awesome…
A sequel to Awesomeness contest
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Journey to Nairdess used:
Eight hours later, Bristal’s gyrocopter gently touched down on a cobblestone landing strip beside a small island castle. The …
A prequel to Arrival in Nairdess
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WarGames used:
Write a story inspired by a 1980’s video game. (i.e. – Ms. Pac Man luv story, Asteroids Sci-Fi, etc.) – you name it. It can b…
A sequel to [CHALLENGE] 1980's Arcade Games
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Walking in a Ficlet Wonderland used:
This type of cooperation is what enables writers of all ages, from all backgrounds, with any level of expierience to create s…
A sequel to Acceptance Speech Cont'd
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Walking in a Ficlet Wonderland used:
Where is fiction king? Well, everywhere online. We all know that the blond, flirtatious, perfectly sculpted chat buddy is rea…
A prequel to Fiction is King [Acceptance Speech Fodder]
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Durango Vengeance used:
The frontier is a sea of fog, blue-green in the faltering sunrise, aspen mountaintops looming through it like an august chain…
A sequel to Durango, Colorado
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A Television Exodus used:
G’morning my fellow Ficleteers! Time for a Challenge!
If your muse is like mine, She will strike you like a sneaky snake; w…
A sequel to 17 Minute Out of Your Life Challenge
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Durango, Colorado used:
I haven’t held up a locomotive in years. And I thought I wouldn’t ever again, until Franz Harris came along. King of the Rock…
A prequel to Durango Vengeance
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Just One More used:
I’ve reached another personal milestone: 150 ficlets! Thanks to everyone for your ratings and words of encouragement; it’s _y…
A sequel to uselessness's SELFISH ALLEGORIES Challenge!
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When Good Supplies Go Bad used:
I’ve written 60 ficlets. Hooray! Here is my challenge.
Write a detective story. Pretty easy! Here is the catch – none of the…
A sequel to Hobo Beard Bob's Inhuman Detective Challenge
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uselessness's SELFISH ALLEGORIES Challenge! used:
“I’m so much cooler than all you losers,” Riko scoffed. Two beady eyes twitched atop his antennae.
“You arrogant decapod!” s…
A prequel to The Shellfish Allegory
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uselessness's SELFISH ALLEGORIES Challenge! used:
The day it rained pearls in Chicago was not the day of merriment anyone expected it would be. Not that anyone had actually ex…
A prequel to Just One More
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uselessness's SELFISH ALLEGORIES Challenge! used:
Once upon a time there was a carpenter and his beloved wife. They lived in a house on the edge of the woods, a house that the…
A prequel to The Carpenter and the Tower
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uselessness's SELFISH ALLEGORIES Challenge! used:
Jamie was in the way.
I tried; I tried to ignore him. There was no way that he could just waltz into good fortune while I’...
A prequel to Deadly [Selfish Allegories Challenge]
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The Course of Human Events used:
Yesterday Master put a new cage in our room.
Master had just cleared my dish. Ian hadn’t gotten any food because he misbehav…
A prequel to Another One
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Death and Road Trips used:
Esu, I thought, silently laughing to myself. So dirty. Everything sounds dirty backwards. I continued to munch rather feroc…
A prequel to Just Another Dirty Word (Fracture's Prequel Challenge)
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Death and Road Trips used:
Still in shock from the events of the morning, the brusque, odd nature of the phone call, and all the people in the office, I…
A sequel to Bags of Grandma [Fracture's Prequel Challenge]
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An Open Letter to YodaOnCrack used:
Dear stylorouge,
I was both shocked and fascinated to learn that you suffer from Chronic Masturbation. At first, I thought y…
A sequel to An Open Letter to stylorouge
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An Open Letter to YodaOnCrack used:
Dear Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars:
I still disagree with you on Baby Smiley-Sun and the Nazi. I don’t understand how you fou…A prequel to An Open Letter to Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars
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Stories of a 100-Volt Klutz used:
50 FICLETS!! Yeah, it took me a while, I had writers block for a very long time, plus school gets in the way…oh you a…
A sequel to And The Winners Are.... http://ficlets.com/stories/20437
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The Bunny and the Bird used:
I was excited to write a sequel to my series, so this would be my 251st ficlet, but whatever.
And, as traditionally traditio…
A sequel to 251st Challenge - The Forced Rhyming!
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Facebook Romance used:
Yay! I hit 25 ficlets that means I get to issue my first challenge right? Okay well this shouldn’t be too hard .
It’s the D…
A sequel to Digital Age Challenge
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Just Plain Alyssa used:
Note: There is no special occasion for releasing this challenge. But I really wanted to… so there.
I was sitting in the compu…A sequel to Alexis DeHearts 1st Challenge!!! What is Beautiful? NO MORE SUBMISSIONS!!!
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Of Shoelaces and an Untied Life used:
Well bugger me. I just noticed I’ve written more than 52 ficlets. This calls for a celebration of sorts – a challenge, perhap…
A sequel to Mundane Moments Made Magnificent - a Challenge
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Voyage on the High Seas of Awesomeness used:
A sunny day, and the neighborhood hums. I’m standing in my yard, under the shade of the massive elm, just drinking in the per…
A sequel to An Awesome Dream [LoA Challenge]
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Voyage on the High Seas of Awesomeness used:
The summer sun beginning to bake us through the leaves, we sat on the poop deck of our mighty craft. Granted, it only had one…
A prequel to Intellectual Broadside [LoA Challenge]
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A Long Stream of Continuation (2.4.2) used:
It was all over. She had decided to pull the trigger. Click…..
A sequel to A Long Stream of Continuation (2.4)
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Tesla: Back to the Trojan War used:
Edgar Allan Poe awakened again in the dark room and wondered what day it was. He’d lost all sense of time since being impriso…
A sequel to Holmes and Poe Pass the Time
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Tesla: Back to the Trojan War used:
Tesla cursed as he adjusted the controls of the Space-Time Machine. He had barely managed to get himself out of there before …
A prequel to Tesla Makes a Narrow Escape
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Holmes and Poe Pass the Time used:
Nikola Tesla was finally back in control of his space-time machine and all alone, no androids, authors or plot devices to get…
A sequel to Interstellar Tesla
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Holmes and Poe Pass the Time used:
“Maybe I should have learned Greek,” mumbled Tesla as the woman walked away, perplexed.
“That’s what I thought, too,” said a…
A prequel to Tesla: Back to the Trojan War
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Twain and Livingstone: A Curious Reunion used:
“How did it end up on this shithole planet?” Tom asked, removing the last of the stones. “And who buried it? Didn’t they know…
A sequel to Poe: One of a Kind
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Twain and Livingstone: A Curious Reunion used:
Poe’s eyes shot open and he sat up. He was on a repair table in the Asimov Android Company’s repair lab. A familiar looking m…
A prequel to Poe and Holmes: Locked Up
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A Long Stream of Continuation (2.2) used:
Her lip began to quiver. It was worse than she thought possible.
A sequel to A Long Stream of Continuation (1)
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Birthday Wishes used:
Close to aproaching 100 ficlets, I have decided to post a challenge. This one I think will be a lot of fun.
Take a scent, a…
A sequel to This Reminds me of... Ficlet Challenge
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Twain and Tesla and the Raiders of the Lost Morlocks used:
On the barren landscape of the planet I’ll Give It A Proper Name Later, Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla stood looking down at the…
A sequel to Twain and Tesla: Funeral for a Friend
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Twain and Tesla and the Raiders of the Lost Morlocks used:
“But, where are you going now?” Asked Twain, who felt this afternoon trip had gone on long enough, surely it was about time i…
A prequel to Twain & Tesla: This Time It's Farcical
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A Long Stream of Continuation (6) used:
The Disney Corporation started production on College: The Opera.
A sequel to A Long Stream of Continuation (5)
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A Long Stream of Continuation (6) used:
The Disney Opera would star Roseanne. Art in it’s rawest form. If Zac Efron would work for scale, he would play her grandson.
A prequel to A Long Stream of Continuation (7)
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A Long Stream of Continuation (4) used:
She was listening, in agony, to a song from High School Musical.
A sequel to A Long Stream of Continuation (3)
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A Long Stream of Continuation (4) used:
The Disney Corporation started production on College: The Opera.
A prequel to A Long Stream of Continuation (5)
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Twain and Tesla's Excellent Adventure used:
“Didn’t we fight him once before?” Poe asked.
“That was Jules Verne, you dope. Remember? Verntopia?” Twain said.
“Hell, the…
A sequel to Twain, Poe and Telsa: At War With the Emperor
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Twain and Tesla's Excellent Adventure used:
On the barren landscape of the planet I’ll Give It A Proper Name Later, Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla stood looking down at the…
A prequel to Twain and Tesla: Funeral for a Friend
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A Long Stream of Continuation (2) used:
She was listening, in agony, to a song from High School Musical.
A prequel to A Long Stream of Continuation (3)
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Before the Showdown used:
*My 160th ficlet. Time for a challenge!
I’ll keep it simple, a story about sports, any sport. Winter, Spring, Summer, or Aut…
A sequel to 160th Ficlet: Kermitgorf's Sports Challenge
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Twain and Poe Have Words with the Inventor used:
“You’re going too slow. We’ll never make the jump at this speed,” Edgar Allen Poe said in that smug tone that Twain hated.
M…
A sequel to Twain and Poe: Heroes of Space and Time
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Twain and Poe Have Words with the Inventor used:
“Hold tight, everyone!” shouted Poe. “It’s gonna be a bumpy one!”
The vessel juddered sharply, knocking the men to their kne…
A prequel to Twain, Poe and Tesla: Journey to the Center of the Future
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Bastiat's Great Fiction used:
238 comments… CHALLENGE TIME!!
:DDokay..
so im in the mood for—-
something insightful.
you’ve got to expain your.. tho… -
The Illustrious Vernor P. Walthamstone used:
Dearest Vernor:
I indeed share your fond memories of our last holiday together. I think, in fact, I shall hold it as a stand…
A prequel to The Capricious Gertrude O. Jedforest
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Merwin's Antipode (Part Six) used:
As he merged into the heavy Chicago traffic, his cell phone rang.
Margaret said a silent prayer for him; his gaze fell upon …
A prequel to Merwin's Antipode (Part Seven)
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Merwin's Antipode (Part Seven) used:
“You need to put this behind you. Then give it to her.”
“I do.” He glanced at the rose.
“Do you still have what I gave you?...
A prequel to Merwin's Antipode (Part Eight)
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Merwin's Antipode (Part Seven) used:
“I’m sorry, Julienne,” he cried, and collapsed on the roadside.
It should have been me. It should have been me.
He had no…
A sequel to Merwin's Antipode (Part Six)
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Merwin's Antipode (Part Eight) used:
The funeral home approached. Julienne. Julienne! Above the roar of the engine his conscience raged, a tumultuous screaming ni…
A prequel to Merwin's Antipode (Part Nine)
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Merwin's Antipode (Part Eight) used:
As he merged into the heavy Chicago traffic, his cell phone rang.
Margaret said a silent prayer for him; his gaze fell upon …
A sequel to Merwin's Antipode (Part Seven)
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uselessness: A Philosophical Exploration of the Pen Name That Has No Use used:
Cat the Dancing Mouse. It makes as much sense as two peas in a pod, as peapods never have two peas. Of course, I am referin…
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5 Things I've Never Told Anyone Online used:
1. I’m afraid that everybody hates me, I’m annoying, and dumb, and…
2. I wish that everything in my life could just be “no…
A sequel to A New & Improved 5 things I've Never Told Anyone, with a few touch-ups
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It's a Walk-In, Not a Walk-Out used:
It seems like only last week that I was hosting my first Ficlets challenge. Oh wait, it was last week. How quickly the time…
A sequel to uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge!
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WENDYS BACONATER hahahhahahaah used:
Yeah, it finally happened.
My 100th ficlet.
And, as so many before me, I am going to issue a challenge. Really, I’m going t…
A sequel to The Ficlet Quadrathilon (Fyora's 100th ficlet challenge(s) )
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WENDYS BACONATER hahahhahahaah used:
“No, no, no. This is not my vision! This movie won’t turn out right if you don’t say the lines!”
I approached him threaten…
A prequel to Defensive Acting
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WENDYS BACONATER hahahhahahaah used:
Rick looked at the headless corpse slumped down in the passenger seat of the El Camino.
“We should eat at McDonalds. It’s c…
A prequel to A Disturbing Sequel to WENDYS BACONATOR hahahhahahaah
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The Researcher's Friend used:
Cheese.
Cheesecheesecheesecheesecheesecheesecheese. CHEESE!
Found it.
Metaphorically of course.
Now to find some
Cheese….
A sequel to Random Outbursts of Songs feat. Cheese [[Worst Ficlet Challenge]]
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Rising From Ruins used:
Most of the challenges I’ve seen are in celebration of writing a certain number of ficlets, heck, all of them are. I’m not ag…
A sequel to 80th COMMENT FICLET CHALLENGE
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Rising From Ruins used:
As we cast our eyes upon our target, the sleepy village of Calodwell, a soldier cried in alarm, ” what devilry be this?! Not …
A prequel to The followed pursuit
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Surveillance used:
Another damn commercial. Damn it. Pay-per-view was the answer, but the bitching he’d get from his skank-of-a-wife wouldn’t…...
A prequel to Station Break
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Urgently Returning to the Building used:
The headache begins to subside. The doors of the freight elevator open with a swish. Chemical engrams are surfacing, letting …
A sequel to When Presence of Mind Has Left the Building
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Urgently Returning to the Building used:
Max grunts. “Day spa? I thought the entire building was a Shiguro front company, and data warehouse, and all the other -“
Yo…
A prequel to Building Suspense
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Eighties Hip-Hop Jam (Beatbox Not Included) used:
My name is Yoda
That’s what I told-ya
Come an inch closer and I’ll smoke-ya
with my light saber or a _jedi mind tric…
A sequel to The YodaOnCrack Rap Song
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Singular Ricky: Chapter Two used:
I loved the stories of Asimov and knew in my heart of hearts I would see them come true in my lifetime.
Positronic brains. W…
A sequel to Singular Ricky: Chapter One
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Singular Ricky: Prologue used:
I loved the stories of Asimov and knew in my heart of hearts I would see them come true in my lifetime.
Positronic brains. W…
A prequel to Singular Ricky: Chapter One
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Singular Ricky: Chapter One used:
“This is nothing like Bicentennial Man. I’ve created life.”
“What are you saying? You mean, like Frankenstein?”
“Not ex…
A sequel to Singular Ricky: Prologue
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Singular Ricky: Chapter One used:
When I first met Ricky, he was wearing an obnoxious floral-print shirt and spoke with a Cuban accent. I’m sure my friend must…
A prequel to Singular Ricky: Chapter Two
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
I wish I wasn’t here. I just want to go home. God, why can’t they just hurry up.
I know what will happen. Eventually it’ll b…
A prequel to The Only Escape is Death [Desperate Monologue Challenge]
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
Oh man, morning again? I always feel like I need two hours more sleep.
_Wait. Why is it still dark? It’s never this dark w…
A prequel to The Eyes Have It
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
I think the sun is getting brighter, no, hotter every passing moment.
I’m pretty sure those chubby little cactus out th…
A prequel to Chubby Cactus (uselessness's monologue challenge)
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
This music is driving me crazy! It makes me think of elevator tunes.
_Great! Just what I didn’t want to hear! The most an…
A prequel to Trapped in "Hold the Line" Hell {uselessness's Desperate Monologue Challenge}
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
So thirsty. Wish I’d remembered my tea before agreeing to sit in on this stupid meeting.
Oh God. I’ve got so much work to do…
A prequel to Random thoughts [uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge!]
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
_Walls. Bed. Concrete. A door. How the hell did I get here? Let me think…God, my mind is racing. I can’t seem to get a grip…
A prequel to The Cell (Desperate Monologue Challenge)
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
It’s been three days since they buried me alive.
They did it in the most humane way possible, really. A cube, six feet squar…
A prequel to Through the Cage (uselessness's desperate monologue challenge)
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
2:15 AM.
I wonder if you can die from sleep deprivation.
The truth is, I can’t stand laying here, knowing I’m awake. Knowin…
A prequel to Sleep Deprivation (Monologues Challenge)
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
“ARGHHHH!” I scream in outrage. Ever since that fateful day when that little witch Rammula locked my soul into this mirror i …
A prequel to Rammula's Mirror [monologues challenge]
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
Do I look alright? Is my hair still curled? It hasn’t come out already?! Whew! No, It’s fine. Let me check my lipstick…okay…
A prequel to First Dance [Desperate Monologue]
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
She sleeps so late…
God, couldn’t she sometime consider what I want? Once. Just… once. That’s all I’m asking.
Bitch.
...A prequel to Non-symbiotic
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
I watch as the small grains of sand drop, one by one. Outside of my distorted image, people walk by, not even noticing my des…
A prequel to _tick, tick, tick_{uselessness' challenge}
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
Oh, another blue wall stretching away into the distance, what a shock. Every wall has been blue and stretching away into the …
A prequel to Theseus Had It Easy (desperate monologue challenge)
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
I can hear him upstairs walking around on the tiled floor.
The basement door is locked of course, no matter how much I push,...
A prequel to Basement Blues{ Uselessness's Monologue Challenge}
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
I’m outside the car. Okay, physically I’m inside the car, but really I’m outside the car.
Oh, sure I could use a ride. Why …
A prequel to Riding In Cars With Exes
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
_How did he know I was home alone? How did he know the window would be unlocked? Oh God! Oh God! Why is he breathing so heavy…
A prequel to Hit or Miss (desperate monologue challange)
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
I want out. I just really want out. Is that so much to ask for? These voices are starting to scare me. I don’t know how much …
A prequel to My Own Jailer [Desperate Monologue Challenge]
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
I have never liked being trapped. Alone by myself never going to escape. Like a snake in its cage, I sit on the lonely seat, ...
A prequel to Trapped in my thoughts.
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
I feel so dumb. I thought he was so different, not the kind of guy who would do this. Look at him there, acting like he hasn’...
A prequel to Party Gone Wrong ((uselessness's monologue challenge))
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
_Why’s it so bright in here? So bright I can’t see anything- what an oxymoron. How did I get here? Oh man, what was I doing l…
A prequel to Into the Light
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
Bubbles. Sounds. Lights. I don’t know what’s going on anymore. It shouldn’t be this hot in here should it? How come everythin…
A prequel to Faintly Bewildered
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
Oh will this ever end! It is Saturday and I am traped doing these chores. Well I guess it is my fault I am grounded, I my gra…
A prequel to Grounded (Desperate Monologues)
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
So I’m staring at the doorknob. Why am I staring at my doorknob? I’m retarded. Ooh cool, if a move around it reflects all the…
A prequel to What happens when you assemble a doorknob incorrectly
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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge! used:
Mom was right. I’m not ready to live alone.
That light under the door, mocking me, I’m going cr