Ok, well, I was actually going to do this for my 50th ficlet, but I hadn't realized I had written it when I did. So anyway. This may not be _that_ creative, but I was thinking that I would start a short paragraph, then stop it at any random point. Someone else would take over, do about the same length, then stop the story short at a good point. Someone else would pick that up, and so on. Here are three to get started. Whoever wants to pick one of these up, do it. Oh, and change the story however you like. *1*. The glassy building loomed ahead, covering all else in the chilly October night. Cobwebs hung on every spire, cloaking the building in a musty layer. The girl shouldered her pack of dynamite and- *2*. Eddie _loved_ chocolate. No, that's an understatement. He _craved_ chocolate. No, he _lived for_ chocolate. So when the feisty chocolate-eating leprechauns of the North came to take it away he- *3*. The room was dank. Dark. Damp. I sat bound to the chair as the man pulled out- 2007-08-24T21:09:56Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/6723 <p>Very interesting challenges.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=8522 2007-08-24T21:09:56Z Alexa ♥ http://ficlets.com/authors/alexa1018 <p> EDIT : sry, I said &#8220;Glimpse&#8221; thing, didn&#8217;t I? Stupid me.</p> <p>p.s. congrats on 250, Laine!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6618 2007-08-06T02:44:36Z Stovohobo http://ficlets.com/authors/stovohobo <p>Haha, yeah, I can&#8217;t believe this &#8220;Glimpse&#8221; thing got so big! I&#8217;ve like never even had one ficlet on the &#8220;Most Active&#8221; list and this one&#8217;s there now.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6617 2007-08-06T02:43:00Z Stovohobo http://ficlets.com/authors/stovohobo <p>Hmm, so that&#8217;s how this all started&#8230; I&#8217;m using this for the 250th&#8230; When I hear that number, It makes me think of the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day parade&#8230; I don&#8217;t know why, it hasn&#8217;t been around <em>that</em> long.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6615 2007-08-06T02:32:07Z Laine the Grey http://ficlets.com/authors/lainegrey <p>Got it!!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6547 2007-08-04T18:14:37Z Sailor Emo http://ficlets.com/authors/live_2_love <p>I just picked up on both #1&#8217;s and # 3, I could&#8217;t think of any thing for #2 yet, but I &#8216;ll keep trying! Great Idea! I might have to steal it! lol</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6544 2007-08-04T17:57:00Z Sailor Emo http://ficlets.com/authors/live_2_love <p>Cool idea, Stovohobo! I continued the futuristic story thread of story 1, and started a second story 1 thread that&#8217;s a little more contemporary&#8230;</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6534 2007-08-04T12:45:08Z BARomero http://ficlets.com/authors/baromero <p>No one else had grabbed #2, so there ya&#8217; go.<br />Only 49 more &#8216;til you hit 100. Keep it up!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6531 2007-08-04T04:45:32Z Howie Amourscow http://ficlets.com/authors/user_396 <p>Thank you both! (And that&#8217;s 50 in ten days, so it better be good! ; ]</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6524 2007-08-04T03:48:41Z Stovohobo http://ficlets.com/authors/stovohobo <p>Magnifico!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6523 2007-08-04T03:45:19Z Richard Peck http://ficlets.com/authors/richardp <p>Yay for fifty! I&#8217;ve taken you up on your challenge!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6522 2007-08-04T03:42:46Z [pens&feathers] http://ficlets.com/authors/rhapsodyyinblu <p> EEERRGHH ! Why these stupid problems with bolding?!?!?! I do it right! Oh well. As long as you get it&#8230;</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/6723?basename=6517 2007-08-04T03:26:42Z Stovohobo http://ficlets.com/authors/stovohobo