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.]
Joe Turner says:
A Room With A Phew.
April 22, 2016 — 4:06 PM
StarNinja says:
Well done, sir. Well done.
April 24, 2016 — 10:00 AM
Ben says:
With Grave and Terrible Purpose
April 22, 2016 — 4:16 PM
Naomi says:
Jeremy Pocket and the See-through Wall.
April 22, 2016 — 4:17 PM
Joseph says:
Bite Me: A Love Story
April 22, 2016 — 4:18 PM
Tom Byrne says:
If you remember nothing else I told you, remember this: Never shower up close and personal with a porcupine
April 22, 2016 — 4:34 PM
wickedjade says:
The Glass Boot
April 22, 2016 — 4:35 PM
Karen Walters says:
The Silk Road Spice Merchant
April 22, 2016 — 4:40 PM
cjaybee says:
Malwhere
April 22, 2016 — 4:48 PM
Caelan says:
A Day of Truth and Mirrors
April 22, 2016 — 4:57 PM
moteridgerider says:
Nice!
April 23, 2016 — 3:33 PM
dickchudnow says:
One Sad Monkey
April 22, 2016 — 4:58 PM
M.A. Kropp says:
Kiss the Winter Moon
April 22, 2016 — 4:59 PM
Q. Kelly says:
The Lemon Man
April 22, 2016 — 5:01 PM
alisondeluca says:
Simple, evocative – I love this.
April 22, 2016 — 6:50 PM
moteridgerider says:
I think Robert Plant had this covered on Led Zeppelin 2.
April 23, 2016 — 3:34 PM
boydstun215 says:
Thursday Murder Crew
April 22, 2016 — 5:10 PM
moteridgerider says:
They provide an inferior service – only collect every fortnight.
April 23, 2016 — 3:36 PM
Mustang55 says:
Morning After Kill
April 22, 2016 — 5:27 PM
Thor P says:
Vivian Velociraptor: Dinosaur Detective
April 22, 2016 — 5:29 PM
Diana says:
Stargazer
April 22, 2016 — 5:38 PM
Julia Sullivan says:
Why The Fire Ate The Stick
April 22, 2016 — 5:39 PM
glenavailable says:
Has ‘Bestseller’ written all over it.
April 22, 2016 — 7:53 PM
Mary Sepulveda says:
Tracing the bloom
April 22, 2016 — 5:43 PM
mraf says:
Cantankerous Soar
April 22, 2016 — 5:48 PM
williamallenpepper says:
The Great Heart Implosion
April 22, 2016 — 5:50 PM
Debb bouch says:
The last encore
April 22, 2016 — 5:58 PM
moteridgerider says:
Sounds like quite an act.
April 23, 2016 — 3:38 PM
Robin K Hickson says:
The Almost But Not Entirely Unbelievable Tale of the Grasshopper and the Pomegranate
April 22, 2016 — 6:15 PM
Robin K Hickson says:
or…just to really shake it up a bit:
The Almost But Not Entirely Unbelievable Tale of the Grasshopper and the Pomegranate, Volume 2
April 22, 2016 — 6:19 PM
Linda S. Rhoades says:
The Fernald Contradiction
April 22, 2016 — 6:21 PM
Chris K says:
Darwin’s Fuck-bot
April 22, 2016 — 6:32 PM
glenavailable says:
Innovative but I think we’re talking niche market.
April 22, 2016 — 7:55 PM
moteridgerider says:
He was a mind ahead of his time. Shame he never got to write this paper up. It would have trumped Origin of Species.
April 23, 2016 — 3:40 PM
A Souza says:
Because He Lied
April 22, 2016 — 6:33 PM
Diedra Black says:
The Day I Sabotaged the Selfie Vats
April 22, 2016 — 6:33 PM
Myric says:
“…and the band played on.”
April 22, 2016 — 6:36 PM
Goth Kitty Lady says:
Jerry Got a Job
April 22, 2016 — 7:00 PM
Brian Lehman says:
An Imaginary Line Crossed
April 22, 2016 — 7:02 PM
Eric Hagen says:
When I Whisky After Midnight
April 22, 2016 — 7:06 PM
disperser says:
The Devil, The Elf, and the Lost Soul
April 22, 2016 — 7:22 PM
Jonny B says:
Why Carl Smoked the Devil
April 22, 2016 — 7:31 PM
StarNinja says:
Puff, puff, pass. In Hell!
April 24, 2016 — 10:02 AM
Mozette says:
The Butterfly Effect
April 22, 2016 — 7:48 PM
glenavailable says:
THE IMAGINARY ADVENTURES OF SIR TEN OF LITTLEDOUBT
(For readers aged 7-11 years)
April 22, 2016 — 7:52 PM
Betsy Miller says:
Behind the Front Man
April 22, 2016 — 8:13 PM
slayinggoliathblog says:
The Unfortunate Adventures of Hashtag, Yolo and Swag
April 22, 2016 — 8:15 PM
Mosie says:
Snow White and the Seven Witch Hunters
April 22, 2016 — 8:18 PM
Gayle Slade says:
The Unlucky Lesbian and How She Got Pregnant
April 22, 2016 — 8:24 PM
annhowes says:
The tune in the fork
April 22, 2016 — 8:47 PM
glenavailable says:
And the sequel?
THE TUNE IN THE FORK IN THE ROAD
April 22, 2016 — 9:00 PM
dcxli says:
Brilliant sir
April 22, 2016 — 9:37 PM
moteridgerider says:
… and there’s a third volume in the series – the fork in the tuna.
April 23, 2016 — 3:43 PM
aryquin says:
Two to Get Ready, but Only One May Go
April 22, 2016 — 9:08 PM
Andrew T says:
Double Slit
April 22, 2016 — 10:09 PM
thesexiestwriter says:
Redeye
April 22, 2016 — 10:46 PM
Amy E says:
A Fistful of Daggers
April 22, 2016 — 10:53 PM
Samuel hume says:
So many of these woulld be great band names. Meta-moooooo-rphisis
April 22, 2016 — 10:54 PM
PeggyC says:
Death’s Doorman
April 22, 2016 — 10:57 PM
Nicki says:
You Can’t Buy My Love with Peanut Butter
April 22, 2016 — 11:03 PM
moteridgerider says:
… but you can borrow my libido for a jar of jello.
April 23, 2016 — 3:46 PM
Allison Maruska says:
Your Onion Breath Was Destiny
April 22, 2016 — 11:09 PM
glenavailable says:
And the sequel..
GARLIC VOWS
April 22, 2016 — 11:40 PM
Doug Daniel says:
The Crimson Door
April 22, 2016 — 11:12 PM
Brian Lehman says:
A,B,C,D, Eggnog
April 22, 2016 — 11:39 PM
Christine LB Winter says:
The Misfortune of Crooked Boy’s Treasure
April 22, 2016 — 11:40 PM