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Legion
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:03 am    Post subject: 1 Reply with quote

The Guardian prints a story in140 characters or fewer. i like this and Hemingway's 5 word story. Seemed a nice idea and I thought we could play a game where each poster submits a story, shorter by one character. I tried this on a different forum and it died on its arse.

Thought i'd try here, see how it goes


So,as a starter...



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I woke, a body beside me, my arm pinned and numb. As I crept out, a small voice spoke "Are you Mummy's friend?", "No" I say "Not any more".
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Death Mage
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:45 am    Post subject: 2 Reply with quote

Do paraphrases count?
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The accumulated filth will foam up about their waists and all the whores look up and shout, "Save us!" I’ll look down, and whisper, "No."

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:07 am    Post subject: 3 Reply with quote

I didn't count. I think I'm a bit longer.

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Reds advance, smaller, but faster... so many. I lose a leg defending Queen, fight on. I collapse at Her feet, lose more legs, a mandible, and she is lost.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:38 am    Post subject: 4 Reply with quote

Death Mage wrote:
Do paraphrases count?
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The accumulated filth will foam up about their waists and all the whores look up and shout, "Save us!" I’ll look down, and whisper, "No."


I think he meant *original* content, though you get points for the particular source of your swipe.
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Jack_Ian
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:33 pm    Post subject: 5 Reply with quote

I will die today.
Executed for cowardice.
No final words.
The truth will die with me.
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Legion*
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:45 pm    Post subject: 6 Reply with quote

Just to be clear, and not arsey, i was expecting a story of 139 characters (i don't mean like 101 Dalamtians). Including spaces.


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:52 pm    Post subject: 7 Reply with quote

You could start a rules game and make that the first rule?
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DM*
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:27 pm    Post subject: 8 Reply with quote

When you said "one less", I thought you meant decrease the character count each time, so the stories got smaller and harder to write.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:29 pm    Post subject: 9 Reply with quote

When you said "one less", I thought you meant decrease the character count each time, so the stories got smaller and harder to write.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:07 pm    Post subject: 10 Reply with quote

When you said "one less", I thought you meant decrease the character count each time, so the stories got smaller and harder to writ.
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Legion*
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:45 pm    Post subject: 11 Reply with quote

DM* wrote:
When you said "one less", I thought you meant decrease the character count each time, so the stories got smaller and harder to write.


Erm... that is what i meant.
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Death Mage
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:28 pm    Post subject: 12 Reply with quote

Ok, becuase when I copied and pasted yours to do a character count, it came up 139. Hence why mine was 138.

And, seriously, my phone apparently sucks at posting once only.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:10 pm    Post subject: 13 Reply with quote

OK! I'll get it rolling then…
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I woke, a body beside me, my arm pinned and numb. As I crept out, a small voice spoke "Are you Mummy's friend?", "No" I say "Not any more". (139)
I will die today. Executed for cowardice. They may note my defiance and wonder, but in the end the truth will die with me. No final words.  (138)


Perhaps you might include the stories in the first post within CODE tags, as above. That way we can keep track of it and the mono-spaced font means that we need not count characters.
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groza528
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:22 pm    Post subject: 14 Reply with quote

I don't know about the rest of you, but with word wrap I have to zoom out a couple of times in order for the monospacing to help.
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itisally
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:19 am    Post subject: 15 Reply with quote

I call this one "First Time Parent"

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I woke early, 2 am. He is crying again. We rock slowly. I long for sleep; they tell me this will pass. His eyes closed? Me too. Its 4 am.


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