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I have countless unfinished stories, things I pen and abandon more quickly than you can utter Shakespeare’s name. Too lazy to start anything anew or to complete any existing project, I discovered the following tidbit on my hard drive and decided to post it here. It is meant to be a sequel to Season of Rain. And completely unrelated … I’ve just discovered the old post has a comment from Minnie’s matron of honor. So that’s where it was. Now…

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Lisa Andel’s rules: Topic: Must include one of the five senses — taste, touch, sight, sound, or smell. Even if you just name your character “Smelly Bob” it qualifies. Length: 100 words A sharp tap on the nose woke Bandit. “Wake up and smell the dragon dung. Time to rise!” The words rang like a church bell, and he’d have protested had it not been for the slicing pain in his skull. His mouth tasted of cotton, and his eyes…

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Dionne Galace aka Bam‘s rules: Story: I want something nuclear. And I want it hot… like summer-hot. I want to be able to feel the heat (as in the weather) and smell the sunblock lotion. But that’s just the background. On top of that, I want sexual tension and your hero and heroine […] just aching to tear off each other’s clothes off. [O]ne caveat: no explicit language and no overly purple prose. Can you convey sex without using sexually…

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Kayelle Allen‘s and Lila Dubois‘s rules: Goal: Use as many descriptive words as you can cram in the paragraph. Length: 100 words The alabaster complexioned anchorite, the erstwhile poetaster, concluded from decades of solitary ratiocination that his unique aptitude of penning poesy in describing his singular steadfast adoration could not suffice. Only a constant demonstration, thrice-daily rituals swollen with emotion, could properly express his need. Blinded by lust, he’d worship the object of his affection from afar, unable to caress…

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Minnie’s rules: Topic: A modern-day fairytale that starts from what is the traditional ending: “And they lived happily…” Length: 295 words And they lived happily ever after … until their wedding night. Cinderella had no practical knowledge of lovemaking, and her theoretical knowledge wasn’t much more helpful. She knew that married couples disappeared behind bedroom doors early in the evening, made a lot of unusual sounds ranging from the loud and grotesque to the whispered and giggled, and came out…

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