Your task this week is woefully simple. Go to the comments, and deposit into these comments a title for a short story — not the story itself, and nothing in fact beyond the title.
Then, next week, I’ll pick a handful of the best, and we’ll use those as springboards for the next round of stories. Dig it? Good.
You.
Comments section.
A title.
GO.
Due by next Friday, April 29th, noon EST.
[EDIT: Only ONE title per person, please.]
thejameswhitman says:
The Thing in the USB Socket.
April 22, 2016 — 2:51 PM
moteridgerider says:
A confessional?
April 23, 2016 — 3:12 PM
thejameswhitman says:
Hahahahahaha! What gets put in the USB socket stays in the USB socket.
April 25, 2016 — 8:46 AM
annwjwhite says:
Red Rubber Boots in Flood Season.
April 22, 2016 — 2:51 PM
Christine says:
All the Children
April 22, 2016 — 2:53 PM
jasonmagnason says:
How to eat Hagus like a Boss
April 22, 2016 — 2:53 PM
Elaine says:
Do you mean ‘haggis’ or is hagus something I never heard of?
April 22, 2016 — 3:49 PM
moteridgerider says:
Maybe it’s Hagar, as in the Viking cartoon character? Not very palatable, the horned helmet tends to get stuck in the throat.
April 23, 2016 — 3:14 PM
Ruth Dupre says:
Dead Falls the Sky
April 22, 2016 — 2:55 PM
twistingsuburbia says:
Death Waits
April 22, 2016 — 2:57 PM
Marsha Holtgrewe-Posz says:
The Merry-Go-Round
April 22, 2016 — 2:57 PM
Lara says:
The Wooing of Benjamin Crumpetpants.
April 22, 2016 — 2:57 PM
Josh Neff says:
Even if Chuck doesn’t pick this one, I might use it anyway.
April 22, 2016 — 3:03 PM
karen j carlisle says:
Loving this one
April 23, 2016 — 3:06 AM
glenavailable says:
Not to get too erotic but this wooing – would it by chance involve any combination of maple syrup, honey, icing sugar or whipped cream?
Verb-wise are we talking drizzle, lick, dribble, spray, lather, drip and possibly smother?
And is the setting for Ben’s seduction more likely to be a beach, medieval castle, back alley of a nightclub named TECHNOIR, (alright, that’s from THE TERMINATOR) the lower deck of a cruise ship or 30 000 feet in the air?
Don’t tell me you haven’t got this far in your outlining yet?
April 23, 2016 — 4:00 AM
moteridgerider says:
I vote for melted butter. I just love the way it oozes through the holes n the crumpet. Mmmm – butter and holes.
April 23, 2016 — 3:19 PM
jennnanigans says:
Loose Tiger Paws
April 22, 2016 — 2:59 PM
kathleea says:
I’M IN LOVE WITH A ZOMBIE BUT HE DOESN’T KNOW I’M ALIVE
April 22, 2016 — 3:01 PM
annhowes says:
LMAO
April 22, 2016 — 8:50 PM
moteridgerider says:
Like it!
April 23, 2016 — 3:19 PM
Oh-no-leander (@OleanderPlume) says:
All the yes on this one!!!
April 23, 2016 — 8:22 PM
StarNinja says:
Didn’t I read this in the National Enquirer yesterday?
April 24, 2016 — 9:54 AM
glenavailable says:
Page 3 half way down left hand side.
April 24, 2016 — 6:31 PM
Maire Fisher says:
Splintered
April 22, 2016 — 3:02 PM
Kevin Wallace says:
A Keeper of the Lost
April 22, 2016 — 3:02 PM
denmaniacs4 says:
Over the Cliff and into the Ether
April 22, 2016 — 3:02 PM
Amos Knoll says:
The Orchid that blinked
April 22, 2016 — 3:03 PM
Sharon Peters says:
Fire in the Sty
April 22, 2016 — 3:03 PM
furyious says:
Dragon Poop for Sale
April 22, 2016 — 3:05 PM
carolynmcb says:
I love this one!
April 22, 2016 — 3:11 PM
moteridgerider says:
Good for the roses, I hear.
April 23, 2016 — 3:20 PM
Brittany DeBeeld says:
Bad Alien
April 22, 2016 — 3:07 PM
Brittany DeBeeld says:
Worse Than That
April 22, 2016 — 3:09 PM
Brittany DeBeeld says:
Whoops! I didn’t see the edit! *backs away slowly*
April 22, 2016 — 3:13 PM
carolynmcb says:
The Prematurely Plucked Pumpkin
April 22, 2016 — 3:09 PM
Susan K. Swords says:
A Day Off from Dying
April 22, 2016 — 3:10 PM
moteridgerider says:
I see potential in this one.
April 23, 2016 — 3:21 PM
Brittany DeBeeld says:
Happy Birthday, by the way
April 22, 2016 — 3:12 PM
Josh Neff says:
The All-Star Wendigo Band Meets the Phantom of Malachite Park
April 22, 2016 — 3:12 PM
moteridgerider says:
Bet it’s a better film than ‘Kiss meets the phantom of the park.’
April 23, 2016 — 3:23 PM
glenavailable says:
Now now. KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK (1978) may not have had the directorial finesse of a Michael Mann masterwork, but it did get a cinema release at the time over here in Australia and it holds fond( though admittedly quaint) memories for many people of a certain generation. Plus it was way better then the Gene Simmons vehicle RUNAWAY! (1984)
April 23, 2016 — 5:51 PM
moteridgerider says:
Aww, I quite liked runaway. Gene Simmons reverted to type. Just a shame he took his eye off the ball and neglected what he does best – stride the wastelands as a blood-spitting, fire-breathing demon Lord of thunder.
April 23, 2016 — 6:00 PM
moteridgerider says:
To be fair, I haven’t watched KMTPOTP all the way through. I’ve read about it through Paul, Gene and Ace’s biographies and none of them speak highly of the experience, but maybe I ought to judge for myself (goes looking frantically on e-bay for a vintage copy of the flick and … wtf, you can get a Kiss coffin? I wonder if I offered to pay $2 million, whether Gene would allow himself to be buried with me? Now there’s a premise for a short story.)
April 23, 2016 — 7:39 PM
glenavailable says:
In Australia the movie actually went by the title KISS & THE ATTACK OF THE PHANTOMS
(released 1979).
It was included in Volume 2 of the KISSOLOGY DVD set. I’m aware it’s got a reputation as a less than quality production and also that the band members don’t speak highly of it but to be honest, I enjoyed it both as a Kiss zealot and a movie buff.
http://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Kissology-II-1978-1991-KISS/dp/B000SAAPG6
April 23, 2016 — 10:51 PM
moteridgerider says:
Nice to talk with a fellow Kiss fan. Do you follow Ralph Vierra’s ‘Almost human’ video-blogs/facebook group?
April 24, 2016 — 11:12 AM
glenavailable says:
I’ve been calling myself a Kiss canonist for all these years and I’ve never heard of this guy?
Huge, huge thanks.
Viewing now.
April 24, 2016 — 6:49 PM
joshuamneff says:
I’m just happy someone got the reference. 🙂
April 23, 2016 — 5:52 PM
glenavailable says:
Of that you can be confident. Kiss fans are legion and believe me, there would be hundreds if not thousands who understood the reference.
April 23, 2016 — 6:19 PM
dangerdean says:
If One Day I Fail to Wake.
April 22, 2016 — 3:13 PM
Joe Parrish says:
A Bottle of White, a Dagger run Red
April 22, 2016 — 3:15 PM
otterpoet says:
The Despair Gallery
April 22, 2016 — 3:16 PM
alisondeluca says:
Love this! I can picture the cover image, too.
April 22, 2016 — 6:51 PM
otterpoet says:
Many thanks. Love to know what you’d do with the cover.
April 25, 2016 — 10:01 AM
Tim Whitcher says:
The Night Before
April 22, 2016 — 3:16 PM
Naomi says:
I’ve already got one by this title! Will be published soon in Forever Hungry Anthology.
April 22, 2016 — 4:15 PM
Nancy Schwarma says:
Wiping Away the Stains
April 22, 2016 — 3:18 PM
Tom Byrne says:
They Sat Outside Eating Cake
April 22, 2016 — 3:20 PM
Chani says:
No More Taco Tuesday
April 22, 2016 — 3:21 PM
caszbrewster says:
Never!
April 23, 2016 — 3:58 PM
Joanna Mueller says:
A fist full of weasels
April 22, 2016 — 3:23 PM
Kathleen says:
The Memory-Smith’s Widow
April 22, 2016 — 3:23 PM
caszbrewster says:
I dig this one.
April 23, 2016 — 3:58 PM
Krishnaa says:
Golfing with the Devil
April 22, 2016 — 3:24 PM
moteridgerider says:
A memoir by Alice Cooper?
April 23, 2016 — 3:24 PM
Jacey Bedford says:
A Visa for Planet Zog
April 22, 2016 — 3:30 PM
Jacey Bedford says:
Sorry, missed the edit. Ignore this one I can’t figure out how to delete it. I might write it myself.
April 22, 2016 — 3:37 PM
moteridgerider says:
Easier to get than a visa for Australia.
April 23, 2016 — 3:25 PM
Jacey Bedford says:
The Rule of the Perfect Fish
April 22, 2016 — 3:31 PM
dcxli says:
Acid Reign
April 22, 2016 — 3:32 PM
filwi says:
One Thousand Flowers
April 22, 2016 — 3:34 PM
Leah McClellan says:
Last Dance at the Sphincter of Oddi
April 22, 2016 — 3:34 PM
moteridgerider says:
How I remember those halcyon days.
April 23, 2016 — 3:26 PM
StarNinja says:
I took a right instead of a left that day and ended at the Sphincter of Odie. There was no dance there.
April 24, 2016 — 9:57 AM
Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner says:
The Moon and His Minions
April 22, 2016 — 3:34 PM
lwall6710 says:
Genuflecting Gerbils and snakes
April 22, 2016 — 3:34 PM
Mel says:
The Rest of the Four-Letter Words
April 22, 2016 — 3:36 PM
Gail Marsella says:
Peristaltic Panopoly
April 22, 2016 — 3:37 PM
moteridgerider says:
An all-seeing digestive tract? George Orwell only got it half right.
April 23, 2016 — 3:28 PM
the story hive says:
The Rune of Bad Hints
April 22, 2016 — 3:39 PM
Susan K. Swords says:
I really like this!
April 22, 2016 — 4:15 PM
Nicholas Conte says:
Still life with Weasel Cake
April 22, 2016 — 3:42 PM
Newt Johnson says:
Good Morning! I See the Assassins Have Failed!
April 22, 2016 — 3:45 PM
Newt Johnson says:
Axe Me Another, Or Heads! You Lose!
April 22, 2016 — 3:45 PM
Lara says:
Bless.
April 22, 2016 — 9:12 PM
Gareth Skarka says:
From Hell To Breakfast
April 22, 2016 — 3:49 PM
Sophie Giroir says:
Vultures in the Morning
April 22, 2016 — 3:53 PM
moteridgerider says:
I would have settled for pistols at dawn, but if you insist – it was your choice of weapons after all.
April 23, 2016 — 3:29 PM
StarNinja says:
I know my vulture is strapped to a stick of dynamite and stuffed in a howitzer but to be fair the instructions weren’t very clear about all this.
April 24, 2016 — 9:59 AM
moteridgerider says:
Lol
April 25, 2016 — 3:20 PM
Carl says:
I’m going to jump on the weasel bandwagon with: Weasel Bandwagon
April 22, 2016 — 3:54 PM
mannixk says:
ha! 🙂
April 22, 2016 — 4:02 PM
Tim R. says:
In The Wake of Her Veils
April 22, 2016 — 3:57 PM
mannixk says:
Louisa Tests the Infinite Monkey Theorem
April 22, 2016 — 4:04 PM
moteridgerider says:
Excellent – the complete works of Shakespeare every two hundred million years.
April 23, 2016 — 3:32 PM