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50 word stories

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    Maljonic

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    I got this idea from the Terry Pratchett website, via Babayaga's Hut. You have to write a story using exactly 50 words, not including the title. It helps if you write it in word or similar so you can use the 'word count' to keep checking and altering.

    The Great Escape, by Jonathan Malory.

    Everything in place, the night sky clear; spangled with glittering pinpricks of hope. The full moon lit the way to freedom, their breaths steamed in the springtime air as the grass over the fence waved to them.
    Slowly, full of anticipation, the sheep turned to each other and glared silently.
    Maljonic, May 30, 2003
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    Something a little bit controversial...

    Buzz; that rush that fills you up... the heat rises and the adrenalin pumps, your head whirls and your eyes roll into the back of your head… your jaw tightens… you peak… nothings better, nothing can come close to this amazing brilliant feeling… everything’s beautiful, you feel it intensely – ecstasy!

    I thought maybe I would write about something intense. **Gingerly awaits the onslaught of disapproval** Let me know what you think anyway... Cat xcx
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    Maljonic

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    no disapproval here... :hippie:
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    She pushed the door slowly, scared of what she might find. A slightly stale smell filled the darkened room. Her fingers fumbling, something slimy and wet touched her leg. She was filled with dread...oh what horror...yet she know she had to start and clean her teenage sons room.
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    The End, there that makes 50 ;) Nice little story too :)
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    Heres one I made earlier:

    Twas a cold harsh day that fell upon the town. Gales like you’ve never seen before, a huge roar of thunder bellowed down with lightning as its wicked accomplice. I am strong, fearless, I can defeat this evil, evil what I hear you say?
    The evil of the...................................Mother-in-laws visit !!!!

    Its probably crap but hey ho :?
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    Maljonic

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    not at all, it's good; I like it! It's all about imagery; the thunder with lightening as its evil accomplice is great :)
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    Why ty :) I'll try and do a better one next time tho
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    Maljonic

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    we must strive for perfection eh? Now I sound like Harold Bishop :)
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    Not striving for perfection Harold :wink: ..............only to improve :)
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    Maljonic

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    I'm going to try and think of another one today while I'm out cycling in the countryside...
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    Flashpoint
    by, Jonathan Malory.

    The heat, don’t want to say it’s unbearable; what in hell does that mean? I’d be dead if it were. Its cloying tendrils are everywhere; sometimes like scolding blankets, other times like microscopic glowing pokers to every nerve ending. Water, water, why are you deserting me; can I survive this?
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    This is quite bizarre, I just posted what I did last night on the TP website and thought, hmm that looks about the size of one of those little stories; so I counted it and it's exactly 50 words! Spooky:)

    here it is:
    Erm, What I Did Last Night by Jonathan Malory

    It had been really hot here all week, until last night. I went to the local pub with a couple of friends and we sat outside in the garden. A terrific summer storm came along with proper industrial size rain and everything; great sheets of lightning lit the sky, fantastic!
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    My first attempt, written fairly quickly and without much idea of what it would be about. My first draft, I mean my first draft before I hit the delete key, came in at over 100 words. Because of this I had to make a few cuts, alter the story to get it under 51.

    "David just wanted friends." by D'baser

    David Smith, he had no friends, nobody wanted to be with him. They called him boring, dumbass and four eyes…his workmates were so mean and nasty. But David had something they didn’t have, a colt 45. They screamed and they begged for mercy; “Who’s four eyes now!?” said David.

    So what do you think?

    :shock:
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    did David grow up to be Dirty Harry? ;)
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    That's an idea, perhaps I could pen the idea to movie execs!?

    Prequels are all the rage these days.
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    Maljonic

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    Death Wish 0.001
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    DESERTION..'You cant leave us. I cant cope without you,' she cried. She knew she sounded desperate but didnt care. 'What will I tell the kids? Theyll be devastated if you go.'Sorry love'he said. She watched helplessly as the childrens clown left for his next party.
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    DESERTION..'You cant leave us. I cant cope without you,' she cried. She knew she sounded desperate but didnt care. 'What will I tell the kids? Theyll be devastated if you go.'Sorry love'he said. She watched helplessly as the childrens clown left for his next party. :eek:
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    Maljonic

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    :joker: LOL :) LOL:) LOL :) LOL:) LOL :) LOL:) LOL :) LOL:) :joker:

    nice one.
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