The task here is as simple as it is delicate, as difficult as it is complicated — go into the comments and write one sentence. No more. Just one entry. This sentence should be no more than fifteen words long. It will not be two sentences, but rather, just one. It needn’t be an opening line or a closing line. It need only be a sentence in a story that has not yet been written.
Then, next week, we will use these sentences to create a new story.
Length: one sentence, up to fifteen words, entered into the comment section below.
Due by: 8/19, noon EST.
Imagine your sentence.
Choose it wisely.
Write it down for all to see.
AMM says:
She took a breath, said a prayer, and walked away from him for the last time.
August 12, 2016 — 1:08 PM
Jess says:
The water bloomed red and she sobbed under the weight of her responsibility for it.
August 12, 2016 — 1:09 PM
M. D. Flyn (@mdflynwriter) says:
I used this one. A Pyro’s Little Friend
August 24, 2016 — 9:33 PM
codenamenox says:
My office is in a street whose name you shouldn’t even try to pronounce.
August 12, 2016 — 1:12 PM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
The velvet sky splitting open heralded her arrival.
August 12, 2016 — 1:13 PM
djcracoiva says:
“You say time travel is impossible, when in fact nothing in this realm is impossible.”
August 12, 2016 — 1:15 PM
Laura Huber says:
Attached to the behemoth, was a chunk of metal & slamming it directly for my face.
August 12, 2016 — 1:19 PM
Laura Huber says:
This is 15 words this time and edited for length:
Attached to the behemoth, is a chunk of medal & slamming it for my face.
August 12, 2016 — 1:48 PM
KWPech says:
Skitter-clack chorus of heels on concrete echo of darkened storefronts, broadcasting their arrival.
August 12, 2016 — 1:20 PM
Chloe says:
He sucked a fish and sighed.
August 12, 2016 — 1:20 PM
StarNinja says:
The fish gave him a thirty percent tip for services rendered.
August 12, 2016 — 8:14 PM
Morgan Hazelwood says:
That’s when she knew it was time.
August 12, 2016 — 1:21 PM
The Writer says:
Flatulence filled the vehicle – I was nothing if not enamored.
August 12, 2016 — 1:22 PM
Hilbert's Concierge says:
Being dead once meant your descendants had no way to bother you.
August 12, 2016 — 1:23 PM
sara says:
When I first glanced out of the window, I saw nothing but trees.
August 12, 2016 — 1:23 PM
Hunter Stewart says:
“A doctrinaire is a fancy word for a person who has already bought someone else’s bullshit.”
August 12, 2016 — 1:24 PM
StarNinja says:
nice!
August 12, 2016 — 8:15 PM
mannixk says:
The boy has red cheeks, wiry hair, and the same unnerving smile as his father.
August 12, 2016 — 1:24 PM
unimplementable says:
The damp wool didn’t move at all in the cold wind.
August 12, 2016 — 1:24 PM
Tracy Kisgen says:
With daily practice he learned to extinguish the battles of the mind with simple solutions.
August 12, 2016 — 1:25 PM
Krishnaa says:
Yaraki closed her eyes, pinched her nose, and fired a shot from her weapon.
August 12, 2016 — 1:29 PM
Diana Hansen-Young says:
I sing, my lovely, for I am the gypsy who cuts skin like butter.
August 12, 2016 — 1:29 PM
Rick Chapo says:
Ah, lotion.
August 12, 2016 — 1:30 PM
Josh says:
It began with just a little one, but another 14 more soon came following after.
August 12, 2016 — 1:31 PM
Donald says:
Have you ever watched your own skin melt?
August 12, 2016 — 1:33 PM
L.A. Sutton says:
Something had shredded their flesh in mere moments like pieces of warm, wet tissue paper.
August 12, 2016 — 1:37 PM
Orangepeelqueen says:
Fortunately the idiots were incompetent, he wasn’t dead.
August 12, 2016 — 1:37 PM
Eric Goebelbecker says:
“I said, drop the ukulele and put your hands on your head.”
August 12, 2016 — 1:38 PM
conniejjasperson says:
Getting Bastard John’s corpse into the shallow grave took some effort, but Billy managed it
August 12, 2016 — 1:39 PM
Pat Boylan says:
“We have spoken before, you and I.”
August 12, 2016 — 1:40 PM
C. Rasmussen says:
Simply getting from point A to point B was never going to be as easy.
August 12, 2016 — 1:41 PM
C. Rasmussen says:
And dammit, I forgot to take out the ‘as’ when I edited for length, so here is the real version:
Simply getting from point A to point B was never going to be easy.
August 12, 2016 — 1:45 PM
David Penny says:
He picked up the object, some kind of rusted shears, and walked into the sunlight.
August 12, 2016 — 1:41 PM
Harmonia says:
‘Children and fish do not have a voice,’ said her father while slitting her throat.
August 12, 2016 — 1:47 PM
Mary Layton says:
And then we turned, shielding our eyes as the supernova filled the sky.
August 12, 2016 — 1:48 PM
lisacle says:
Everyone in my family dies in the summer.
August 12, 2016 — 1:53 PM
Catkins says:
nice 1
August 15, 2016 — 11:32 AM
Eileen says:
Love this one.
August 15, 2016 — 12:48 PM
cameronwalker27 says:
She held hands with a thin man, a patient wearing only trousers and stolen boots, until he, too, was pulled into the shadows.
August 12, 2016 — 1:53 PM
cameronwalker27 says:
Oops. Going to have to take ‘detail-oriented’ off my resume! This is much longer than 15 words. (sheepish face emoji)
August 12, 2016 — 9:48 PM
Lisa May says:
Despite the apparently solid roof over her head, she couldn’t dispute that it was raining.
August 12, 2016 — 1:54 PM
Kate says:
The next day was a blank–just rain, cops and the ringing in my ears.
August 12, 2016 — 1:54 PM
SamKD says:
When I finally got inside, my bush was burning.
August 12, 2016 — 1:55 PM
Awkwardly Alive says:
She had never thought of it like that before.
August 12, 2016 — 1:56 PM
Awkwardly Alive says:
Love this one.
August 12, 2016 — 1:56 PM
otterpoet says:
Etch plummeted through neon stars and gleaming steel, a shadow against Heaven’s chromatic beauty.
August 12, 2016 — 1:56 PM
paTrick says:
She looked him dead in the eye and jumped off the rainbow.
August 12, 2016 — 1:58 PM
Robbie Walters says:
Confusion is normal the first time you die.
August 12, 2016 — 2:03 PM
Jodi McMaster says:
Two vomits later, she regretted buying the cherry red heels, even at 75% off.
August 12, 2016 — 2:04 PM
Susan K. Swords says:
I can relate to this already…
August 12, 2016 — 2:09 PM
Kaleiyah-P says:
He peeled the duct tape from my mouth and wept.
August 12, 2016 — 2:05 PM
Ali Stevenson says:
I’ve always known I’d find a dead body some day.
August 12, 2016 — 2:05 PM
lcbennettstern says:
The president hung up the phone, and burst into satanic laughter.
August 12, 2016 — 2:07 PM
Joan Buffandeau says:
It was after midnight and the Moon was full and I heard a horrible scream.
August 12, 2016 — 2:07 PM
Judie Troyansky says:
Kali removed the vodka as Azrael snored, “It’s not ‘Death takes a holiday’¬–Death is hungover.”
August 12, 2016 — 2:08 PM
Susan K. Swords says:
The smoke he exhaled curled to the ceiling and took the form of a naked woman.
August 12, 2016 — 2:09 PM
Theo Taylor says:
If I had known today was going to be the last day of my life, I might not have slept in so late.
August 12, 2016 — 2:09 PM
Andrew Troy Keller says:
Lisa smiled, slipped off her blue dress and waited for Brad to start fucking her.
August 12, 2016 — 2:16 PM
StarNinja says:
“Sorry honey, not tonight. I have a killer headache.”
August 12, 2016 — 8:18 PM
riptorn41 says:
There was a lot to look at, but the blue horse ultimately caught Dylan’s attention.
August 12, 2016 — 2:22 PM