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Started 1 day, 1 hour ago (2009-11-30 14:39:00)
by belloq99
Regardless of whether you've seen one of the two twilight zone episodes or the film, the point remains that the plot was supposed to be a short examination of morality. The story seems to warn against greed on the outside, but on the inside it is also trying to teach a lesson on human nature. You have this box. One press and you're rich, but someone you don't know dies. The message is ...
Started 1 day, 12 hours ago (2009-11-30 03:55:00)
by w-three
This is the first part of a story I have been working on. Eden Adam awoke to the sound of his alarm: another day, another cycle of repetition in his uneventful and boring life. Not that he didn't appreciate being one of the first humans to be part of the colonization of the recently found `Paradise' planet, as they called it: yet it was not what he expected. The idea of being part ...
Started 1 day, 16 hours ago (2009-11-29 23:26:00)
by rapidarketidings
We’ve been at war for years. Nobody quite knows how long. Endless days fade into endless nights turn into endless dawns with the guns still firing. And now we are finally, finally sent home. We are exhausted and weary, mad and forlorn. We are deaf from the roar of the weaponry, blind from the bright smoke and flashes, and our throats are raw from yelling against the screams of man and machinery. ...
Started 1 day, 18 hours ago (2009-11-29 21:41:00)
by emilycross
In light of recent events *cough* publishers weekly *cough* *cough* British Fantasy Society *cough*thought this piece of news would be nice change. An all-female shortlist has been revealed for the BBC National Short Story Award, with Orange Prize-winner Lionel Shriver battling four other authors for the £15,000 prize. Author of the Orange-winning We Need to Talk About Kevin author , ...
Started 1 day, 18 hours ago (2009-11-29 21:11:39)
by shortstoryman
I know it's long and it isn't finished yet. How do you guys like it so far? Where should I go from here? Should I just scrap it all together? Help me out please! I’m drowning in my memories; conceptually I can’t breathe. Or did I mean figuratively I can’t breathe? No, I meant literally I can’t breathe. “Oh my God, DOCTOR, He isn’t breathing again!” screams the nurse. The doctor runs in ...
Started 1 day, 19 hours ago (2009-11-29 20:22:00)
by ghibli92
This is a slash story, so beware if you're not into that thing. It's not explicit; but there is some mild situations; PG13. Johan Wagner slowly removed his shirt, breathing slowly and in length, dragging out each breath as long as possible. His mouth was ever-so-slightly open to let each ragged breath escape, his deep-set brown eyes gazed ahead, almost as though they...
Started 2 days ago (2009-11-29 15:38:13)
by servalan
The lovely Carole spotted info about Jason reading a short story on radio this week, and posted it on MP. I checked the BBC Radio 4 website and found this: " National Short Story Award The five stories shortlisted for the National Short Story Award will be broadcast on Radio 4 at 3.30pm every weekday afternoon from Monday 30 November to Friday 4 December ...
Started 5 days, 4 hours ago (2009-11-26 11:13:00)
by Mu'minah2
The Pen Writing Competition < short story writing for the Muslim youth Salam! So there's this competition being held and we need as many entrants as possible. Get your kids, nephews, nieces, students involved because we need to get the youth doing more for Islam. For more details visit: www.thepencompetition.webs.com...
Started 4 days, 22 hours ago (2009-11-26 17:18:00)
by tanya2612
Finish the short story.... Ed's childhood sweetheart (charlotte) decides to go travelling for six month. Ed wishes to go with her but considers his acting career to be more important. They decide to stay together and continue there relationship when she comes back. Once gone, his acting career takes a turn for the worse and he has ...
Started 6 days, 1 hour ago (2009-11-25 14:11:00)
by WAH_Mama
Since having my daughter who is 2 1/2 and finding out we are expecting another little in March 2010 I've wanted to stay home full time and raise her myself! So I went in search of a home business even though I never thought someone like me could be a stay at home mom -- I'm no doctor's wife. What I found is the most positive experience that has enabled me to be home with her and ...
Started 6 days, 2 hours ago (2009-11-25 13:56:00)
by WAH_Mama
Since having my daughter who is 2 1/2 and finding out we are expecting another little in March 2010 I've wanted to stay home full time and raise her myself! So I went in search of a home business even though I never thought someone like me could be a stay at home mom -- I'm no doctor's wife. What I found is the most positive experience that has enabled me to be home with her and ...
Started 4 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-27 10:41:00)
by LiLLy16
Hey guys, I'm writing a story about a teenaged girl living in Dublin in 1921, the midst of the Irish war for freedom. I want her to be involved in the IRA. But what kind of jobs would the IRA have a teenaged girl do? I need ideas and possibly historical background. Would she be assigned to spying (if so how and on what), fighting, or sabatoge (if so what?) PLEASE HELP! THANK ...
Started 4 days, 23 hours ago (2009-11-26 17:00:00)
by Dr. Linguini ♥
Hello. I need help creating a scene where my character, the little kid, meets his neighbor who is a murderer. I cant think of anything and I just need a couple ideas. I was thinking of starting of at night when the family is watching the news and they hear a report of the murderers latest victim. And then I need a scene where the little kid meets his new neighbor. And the murderer thinks of...
Started 6 days, 8 hours ago (2009-11-25 07:29:00)
by Magic Eight Ball
It was then, and only then, when my rather blank mind rebooted, and switched itself back in reality. It missed all the rest, all that it was supposedly supposed to stop from coming true. But that's how my brain works, it shuts off my eyes, so I don't notice what im doing until I feel ALL of the pain. Then my eyes become clear. My eyes can now see what my mind was making my hands do. Only one drop...
In my lit class we need to analyze and write about a short story writer. I can't decide between Nathaniel Hawthorn, Flannery O'Connor, or David Sedaris. Thoughts??? Thanks
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-24 05:06:00)
by Aliana R
I am writing a short story...here is a little bit of it.... “We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.” - Orson Welles I gazed at the red indented chair that stood neatly beside and behind me. Today was like no other---alone again. I focused on one voice in the corner of the room...
