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I have come from a distant galaxy to observe all of you Earthlings, but so far, I haven't seen anyone worth abducting.
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three word story
write a three word story that leaves a lot of unanswered questions. then, choose twelve filler words so it fits the fifteen word limit (but trust me, they are just as important ;) )
jshneidy in Flash Fiction

My dearest mother,

If you vote for Trump, forget you ever met me. Enjoy Florida.

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Once Upon a Time... This 15-word challenge is actually an 11-word challenge, because the first four words have to be: "Once upon a time"! (humor, as ever and always, is greatly appreciated!)
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Mandirigma in Comedy

words

Once upon a time the story didn't begin or end because I ran out of

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Who's ready for another 15-worder?! Here it is: Say something about yourself from the perspective of an inanimate object. Compliments and insults are equally encouraged.
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dustygrein in Comedy

The Laptop

He turns me on, then gently bangs me with his fingers, expertly pressing my buttons.

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Every word must contain a Q- none may be repeated
Dargan in Poetry & Free Verse

Conquistador Reconquered

Kumquat banquet,

quetzals, jonquils,

queued eloquently...

Iraq quickens qualms;

quietly, queries quiver.

Loquacious quotes 

conquer quietude.

Questing pique,

quirks equally opaque,

queue sequentially...

consequently,

quiet obloquy

requires quaffing Seroquel,

quizzical quills quieted.

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The first line of almost any story can be improved by making sure the second line is, "And then the murders began." Give it a try!
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HermitThrush

Serious Business

She frowned at me and said, "Objectively, Star Trek the Original Series was not actually a good TV show." And then the murders began.

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Alliterate an amazing adventure
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jboulette5671 in Poetry & Free Verse

Laps Lapse

Slowly swimming

Sun soft stream

Suddenly

Seaweed strangles

Sings sad song

Snares swimsuit

Saps swimmer strength

Swimmer struggles

Succumbs

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Describe your soul mate
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jboulette5671 in Poetry & Free Verse

You

My soulmate would be

Someone who doesn't lie to me

Someone I feel no need to lie to

Someone, trustworthy, that's who

Someone I can talk to

Someone who will listen, too

Someone

Like 

You

Challenge
Make vegetables beautiful
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Stori in Poetry & Free Verse

You aren’t seedy to me, veggie.

No rotten apples or things going bananas! 

All eyes on you potato! Lookin' sharp ;)

A tomato by any other name would smell as sweet, and they have been a veggie since 1893 during Nix v. Hedden. A unanimous court decision said they made the cut! 

But peaches won't because they are defined botanically and not, in the special way the ta-mat-toe is. It is the exception to the rule!

Broccoli is cool as is it's cousin cauliflower, I like to roast it till I've blackened it's little veggie soul and douse it in herbed butter and devour it before it's cold...... 

But it ain't pretty when me an vegetables meet, I introduce them to meat and shit gets a little salty after that...

But vegetables are beautiful, 

I find that a fact.

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In ten words or less, write your life story
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starryEyes in Fiction

Perseverance

She persisted through hill and dale by God's strength alone.

(Life story in < 10 words)

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Inside out yourself- what would your emotions look like? What would they say? What does it look like in your brain's control center?
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Black Wine Blood

Mirrors screaming within shadows,

exploding creativity from inside out,

atoms of colors echoing artist within,

cracks of existence paved over by cement,

black wine blood leaking from seeping hurt,

reflections bouncing the inside of me.

Visions of darkness reach tendrils to sky

but slick raincoats of my soul don’t

prevent the insistent drenching inside.

Mournful questions never answered,

living instruction manuals never heeded.

Death sleepwalks in procession toward me

in simmering stew of temper and ruin.

Pink sinews from aged time imprison me,

arteries of black blood drip upon face.

I face the squashed American dream

in barrenness of broken stones,

trampled bones flowing to oblivion,

a morbid home for unclear paths

bathing in gloom where it all began.

I yearn to bring the outside in

to tread in new footprints before

all hope is lost and I’m trapped

         IN THE INSIDE!