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Topic: Share your Title & Synopsis!
Posted By: Ornery Angel
Subject: Share your Title & Synopsis!
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 8:47pm
I'm in group 73...we had Horror, a sandbar, and a balloon. Here's my title and synopsis:

The Heads in the Clouds Massacre
Serenity Adams was dying to party in the mountains with her boyfriend. She should have been careful what she wished for.


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Posted By: patsy
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 8:59pm
Too early for this!  Wait til after midnight :D



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Posted By: Laura
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 9:02pm
Heat 26--Fairy Tale, a nightclub, and a piggy bank. I found this prompt incrediblyyyyy difficult. Really thought I wouldn't have a story to submit!


Mr. Knight

A crown princess searches for her Mr. Right.


Posted By: Alex_Ben
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 9:05pm
Originally posted by patsy patsy wrote:

Too early for this!  Wait til after midnight :D


Agreed. I'll check back in a bit. But I'm excited to read some of the other stories.


Posted By: JessBarratt
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 9:44pm
I'm in group 77, and had Comedy/ A Thrift Store/ A Vacuum Cleaner

Title: Suck it, Ms. Bea

Synopsis: At a Vacuumers Anonymous meeting, Ms. Bea makes great strides with her treatment.


Eeeehhh heheheh I feel so devilish about my assignment because I never write comedy, but seem to have come up with something that someone, somewhere, might actually chuckle at >:]

Luck all!



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Posted By: Balabean
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 9:48pm
My prompts were RomCom, a tropical island, and a brick.

The Sweet Sting of Love

A man and a woman find romance at a Bahamian resort, but it comes with painful consequences.


Posted By: Balabean
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 9:50pm
Originally posted by Ornery Angel Ornery Angel wrote:

I'm in group 73...we had Horror, a sandbar, and a balloon. Here's my title and synopsis:

The Heads in the Clouds Massacre
Serenity Adams was dying to party in the mountains with her boyfriend. She should have been careful what she wished for.


Ooh. I'm picturing heads floating like balloons. Dying to read this. 👏


Posted By: Zblugg
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 9:51pm
Originally posted by patsy patsy wrote:

Too early for this!  Wait til after midnight :D


Quote for truth.

Wait a bit, guys!


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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 9:55pm
Originally posted by patsy patsy wrote:

Too early for this!  Wait til after midnight :D


Lest you turn into a pumpkin. Or a gremlin. (I know, I have it in reverse. See what getting political satire will do to a girl?)

But Patsy is right - it's too early!


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Posted By: Ornery Angel
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 9:56pm
Sorry...I wasn't thinking!


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Posted By: ottersdaughter
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 11:42pm
Group 1 - Sci-fi, a rooftop pool, almond milk

Playing with Gravity

A young xeno-ecologist and her microgravity engineer partner have designed and successfully built an ambitious rooftop xenogarden on one of Earth’s most exclusive asteroid hotels. They’ll be in great shape if they can just get the water to stay in the pool. 



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Posted By: ottersdaughter
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 11:44pm
Originally posted by JessBarratt JessBarratt wrote:

I'm in group 77, and had Comedy/ A Thrift Store/ A Vacuum Cleaner

Title: Suck it, Ms. Bea

Synopsis: At a Vacuumers Anonymous meeting, Ms. Bea makes great strides with her treatment.


Eeeehhh heheheh I feel so devilish about my assignment because I never write comedy, but seem to have come up with something that someone, somewhere, might actually chuckle at >:]

Luck all!


Definitely going on the to read list!


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2017 ShSc HM
2016 FFC & ShSc Finalist


Posted By: Zblugg
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2017 at 11:51pm
Ok. Here goes...

Group 8 - Drama / A botanical garden / A fish hook

Hooked

An old man looks for closure, but closure is never an easy catch.


I was dismayed at first at having pulled drama, and my synopsis doesn't tell much, really, but I'm actually very happy about how this one turned out. Here's to hoping the judges will agree with me!

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Posted By: justmel
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:00am
*taps foot waiting for the clock to strike . . four minutes left . . . three . . . two . . . one . . .
Group 67: Fantasy, a commuter ferry, a tranquilizer gun

Saving Atlantis

 

The manager of a theme park gets an unexpected welcome from the sea.

 


Posted By: TheDustyZebra
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:03am
Group 50: Mystery, a warehouse, a canoe

Title: No Darkness but Ignorance

Synopsis: An old railroad warehouse is doomed to fall off into the river soon, and rumor has it that its old ghosts have come back for the ride. A suicidal girl goes to join them, but discovers the secret truth — and redemption.



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Posted By: C McM
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:03am
Group 57: Spy genre, a submarine, ice cream

Title: No Safety

Synopsis: What happens when security protocols are used against the people they are designed to protect.


Posted By: MegOverman
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:05am
Group 17
Historical Fiction
A mansion
A kitten

Through Rosie-Tinted Glasses

Synopsis: At 23, Rosemary Kennedy was nothing like her ambitious siblings. A botched medical procedure that her father hid from the family for decades ensured she never would be.


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Have a glass of wine and take it like a writer.

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Posted By: Shadies01
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:06am
Group 3: Mystery/ a stockroom/ A set of antlers. 
And, of course, I made it a storage room instead of a stock room because apparently reading comprehension is hard for me at 1 AM and why ever would I double check such minor details like the actual assignment? 
 

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Andi inherits a house from a stranger and finds answers in the storage room to questions she didn’t even know she had.




Posted By: jenspenden
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:06am
Group 40: Comedy, bartending school, sandpaper.

Bottoms Up 
Brief Synopsis: A millennial needs a job to handle life’s necessities, like yoga, Netflix, and Starbucks. He decides to try bartending (#thestruggleisreal). 


This is my 17th round of NYCM, but it's my first attempt at pure comedy. No idea if I nailed it, but I had SO much fun. Tongue Congrats to everyone who submitted a story! 


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Posted By: #franticham
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:06am
Group 36: ghost story/ a ballet studio/ a bicycle

Title: OMG I’m
Literally Dying

Synopsis: Snarky teen ballerina may not give a grand jeté about dancing, but there is something strangely alluring about the musical ghost that haunts the studio.


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Hello!!! Terribly excited about all this!!! :D

(July 2017) Flash Fiction Challenge Round 1 http://bit.ly/2tHGs6x" rel="nofollow - OMG I'm Literally Dying!!!


Posted By: MattrickBT
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:06am
Group 41 - Sci-fi, a field of poppies, a pillow

Divergents

Synopsis: A 21st-Century man cannot escape his dreams of The Second Battle of Ypres in World War One, and his waking life is fading away.


Posted By: Lookit There
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:09am
Suspense; a railroad sleeping car; sushi

     The Necklace

 

Aboard an overnight train in 1932, Koji attempts to reclaim what is rightfully his. If he can get away with the crime its return requires.


(Don't worry, I hate it, too.)


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Posted By: Scarlet Screenwriter
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:09am

48 - Political Satire, A Mayor's Office. A Magnet ...


A FATAL ATTRACTION

 

When the popular Mayor of Glen Falls, Randy Nusskern, runs for his fifth term,

he assumes it is just a formality. Then, the results come in.

 








Posted By: A_Zint
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:10am
Group 78
Sci-fi, a man-made island, and a skeleton. 

Zulu

Under threat of the government, Dr. Pomsky, a neuroscientist and microbiologist, is enlisted to create a genetically modified person that can carry out the government’s needs. The genetically modified person is to be created through the use of selective synapse pruning, and regrowth of desired neurons through the use of stem cells.

I have never written sci-fi before (nor do I watch or read anything regarding sci-fi), so I had to look to my major for ideas. I hope this is sci-fi enough! 



Posted By: De Chelonian Mobile
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:10am
Group 13  Suspense / A Farmhouse / A Corkscrew

I did not love suspense

Twisted

 

     A secluded farmhouse is the perfect place for a deranged stalker to get twisted.



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Posted By: ASharedNarrative
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:10am
Group 39: Horror, A Dog Show, Pasta


Causal Effect

My best friend, Jack the Jack Russell Terrier, died six years ago. I killed him today.


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Posted By: milesmum
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:12am
Suspense/an airplane cockpit/an eraser

By This We Know Love

I watched Satan fall from Heaven like lightning

~Luke 10:18



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Posted By: Imaginative Insanity
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:12am
Group 27: Fantasy| A copper mine| A tuxedo

Makeshift

A mother learns to forgive her son's betrothed for attracting a cult of evil sorcerers to their sleepy town.

Best of luck to everyone!


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Posted By: Alex_Ben
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:13am
Group 4: Thriller/Backstage of a theatre/oyster

Thy Drugs Are Quick

Tom agreed to help his older brother Dan design props and costumes for Dan’s junior high students’ production of Romeo and Juliet. But Tom becomes infatuated with the actress playing Juliet, and now, on opening night, he waits backstage while she prepares for her first entrance.



Posted By: AndrewShootsScores
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:13am
Group 2: Romance / A harbor / A bandage

Here's where I landed. Happy-ish with the results. 

The Van Gogh Cat

 An amateur art buyer makes an impulse purchase.



Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:14am
Group 48 - Political Satire, A Mayor's Office, A Magnet

The Winner
He battled the Crooked, the Little, and the Lyin’ to win the title of Emperor. But nobody could have known that being an Emperor would be so complicated!



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Posted By: localhomiesexual
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:14am
Originally posted by MattrickBT MattrickBT wrote:

Group 41 - Sci-fi, a field of poppies, a pillow

Divergents

Synopsis: A 21st-Century man cannot escape his dreams of The Second Battle of Ypres in World War One, and his waking life is fading away.


Definitely looking out for this one!

Group 62 — Action/Adventure — A slum — A chainsaw

Rout(e)

In the year 2164, born in a world of pulsing electrons and cyberspace, two stowaways seek to escape the confines of the Net and its society.


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FFCH2 2017 — Harlowe and the Frost King


Posted By: #franticham
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:15am
Sounds great!!! :)

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Hello!!! Terribly excited about all this!!! :D

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Posted By: stephenmatlock
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:16am
Group 69   Drama  |  Beauty Pageant  |  Cash Register

Skim Milk Masquerade
Fish Creek, Arkansas is where dreams come true for one lucky contestant every year, but the new girl in town learns that when you stand up for who you really are, you always win.


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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:16am
Originally posted by Scarlet Screenwriter Scarlet Screenwriter wrote:


48 - Political Satire, A Mayor's Office. A Magnet ...


A FATAL ATTRACTION

 

When the popular Mayor of Glen Falls, Randy Nusskern, runs for his fifth term,

he assumes it is just a formality. Then, the results come in.

 






Hey, groupmate! Look forward to reading!


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lisafoxiswriting.com
My short story collection, Core Truths, is now available wherever books are sold.


Posted By: Émile
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:17am
Drama / Beauty pageant / a cash register

The paper dress.

Alan, John, Mark and Tom are trying to survive a heatwave, far from any other human being, when Alan makes the seemingly absurd decision of holding a beauty pageant.

(My synopsis sucks, completely forgot to edit it. I submitted the thing at 5.59 anyway.)


Posted By: Lord Xoon
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:17am
Group 5 - Fantasy, a swamp, a yoga mat

AN ACCEPTABLE OFFER

 Dalla beseeches an ancient power for aid against an invincible foe, but the Crone’s help comes with a steep price.

My fear is that I played it too safe. The story is fine, but it might be too cliche.  Oh well, look forward to the critique and learning where the points come from. 



Posted By: JessBarratt
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:17am
Originally posted by ottersdaughter ottersdaughter wrote:

Originally posted by JessBarratt JessBarratt wrote:

I'm in group 77, and had Comedy/ A Thrift Store/ A Vacuum Cleaner

Title: Suck it, Ms. Bea

Synopsis: At a Vacuumers Anonymous meeting, Ms. Bea makes great strides with her treatment.


Eeeehhh heheheh I feel so devilish about my assignment because I never write comedy, but seem to have come up with something that someone, somewhere, might actually chuckle at >:]

Luck all!


Definitely going on the to read list!

Wee thanks!


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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:17am
Originally posted by stephenmatlock stephenmatlock wrote:

Group 69   Drama  |  Beauty Pageant  |  Cash Register

Skim Milk Masquerade
Fish Creek, Arkansas is where dreams come true for one lucky contestant every year, but the new girl in town learns that when you stand up for who you really are, you always win.

Hi, Stephen! Look forward to reading this! :)


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lisafoxiswriting.com
My short story collection, Core Truths, is now available wherever books are sold.


Posted By: seawhere
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:18am
Group 41: Sci-Fi / A field of poppies / A pillow

First We Dream

Ta-bith is a member of the Dreamer Corps, and her visions may help guide those on her generational vessel to their new planetary home. She longs for the day she can look up and see sky, but there’s another longing she harbors, one that, in her world, can never be fulfilled.



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Posted By: JessBarratt
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:19am
Originally posted by JessBarratt JessBarratt wrote:

I'm in group 77, and had Comedy/ A Thrift Store/ A Vacuum Cleaner

Title: Suck it, Ms. Bea

Synopsis: At a Vacuumers Anonymous meeting, Ms. Bea makes great strides with her treatment.


Eeeehhh heheheh I feel so devilish about my assignment because I never write comedy, but seem to have come up with something that someone, somewhere, might actually chuckle at >:]

Luck all!


Youch--does this count against contestants for the contest?


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Posted By: Sarah.ford12
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:19am


                        Unworthy
A man forces a woman to become the victim of her own prejudice.

Group 15 Thriller, sewer, gin and tonic

Another dark story written for an NYC challenge! Glad to submit, I haven't moved in awhile and I think my children's kindles have swallowed them...I heard them playing hide and seek in their minecraft world....Tomorrow its back to that 1980's summer we've been having...outside!

Best of Luck Everyone!!!!


Posted By: stephenmatlock
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:20am
Originally posted by Émile Émile wrote:

Drama / Beauty pageant / a cash register

The paper dress.

Alan, John, Mark and Tom are trying to survive a heatwave, far from any other human being, when Alan makes the seemingly absurd decision of holding a beauty pageant.

(My synopsis sucks, completely forgot to edit it. I submitted the thing at 5.59 anyway.)


I hope you share this. I would love to see what others did with this prompt.




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Posted By: Trond24
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:20am
G48: political satire, mayor's office, magnet.

Escalation City

 A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

 It wasn’t just the Second Amendment that was carried to extremes…



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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:21am
Originally posted by Trond24 Trond24 wrote:

G48: political satire, mayor's office, magnet.

Escalation City

 A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

 It wasn’t just the Second Amendment that was carried to extremes…


Hey, groupmate! We survived! Can't wait to read this!


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lisafoxiswriting.com
My short story collection, Core Truths, is now available wherever books are sold.


Posted By: stephenmatlock
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:22am
Originally posted by lisafox10800 lisafox10800 wrote:

Originally posted by stephenmatlock stephenmatlock wrote:

Group 69   Drama  |  Beauty Pageant  |  Cash Register

Skim Milk Masquerade
Fish Creek, Arkansas is where dreams come true for one lucky contestant every year, but the new girl in town learns that when you stand up for who you really are, you always win.

Hi, Stephen! Look forward to reading this! :)


I am not so confident anyone will like it. It was a "Oh well, here goes" type of story where the plot/theme just fell out and insisted I write about it.


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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:24am
Originally posted by stephenmatlock stephenmatlock wrote:

Originally posted by lisafox10800 lisafox10800 wrote:

Originally posted by stephenmatlock stephenmatlock wrote:

Group 69   Drama  |  Beauty Pageant  |  Cash Register

Skim Milk Masquerade
Fish Creek, Arkansas is where dreams come true for one lucky contestant every year, but the new girl in town learns that when you stand up for who you really are, you always win.

Hi, Stephen! Look forward to reading this! :)


I am not so confident anyone will like it. It was a "Oh well, here goes" type of story where the plot/theme just fell out and insisted I write about it.

I love your writing, and can't wait to immerse in Fish Creek, Arkansas. :)




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lisafoxiswriting.com
My short story collection, Core Truths, is now available wherever books are sold.


Posted By: GallifreyGirl
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:25am
Group 1: Sci-fi / a rooftop pool / almond milk (I only hope this thing is sci-fi)

Aquacultural Appropriation

A mermaid contemplates her new life on land.




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Posted By: LyndaD
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:25am
Group 20
RomCom
A treehouse
A toaster oven

 

No Girls Allowed 

 

Reggie’s lonely summer without his best friend is transformed by a kitten – and a girl.



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Posted By: iliketowrite
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:25am
40- Comedy/Bartending School/Sandpaper

Two Chuck Minimum

A millennial and an Average Joe walk into a bar------tending school. Hilarity ensues.

I don't love my title, but it was the best I could do. The story definitely makes up for it, I hope.


Posted By: MattrickBT
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:25am
Originally posted by localhomiesexual localhomiesexual wrote:

Originally posted by MattrickBT MattrickBT wrote:

Group 41 - Sci-fi, a field of poppies, a pillow

Divergents

Synopsis: A 21st-Century man cannot escape his dreams of The Second Battle of Ypres in World War One, and his waking life is fading away.


Definitely looking out for this one!

Group 62 — Action/Adventure — A slum — A chainsaw

Rout(e)

In the year 2164, born in a world of pulsing electrons and cyberspace, two stowaways seek to escape the confines of the Net and its society.


Do they all get posted to be read, or do we do that ourselves?


Posted By: PRamm
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:26am
Group 1: Sci-Fi / A rooftop Pool / Almond Milk
Tequila Shot
Synopsis:   A drink might just be enough to save someone forty-eight light years from home


Posted By: Carriebeth
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:27am
Group 11: romance/ tour bus/ hair dye

             Home Is Where the Bus Is
Synopsis: When an interior designer decorates a wrestler’s tiny abode, it inadvertently becomes a passion project.


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Posted By: JessBarratt
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:27am
Originally posted by PRamm PRamm wrote:

Group 1: Sci-Fi / A rooftop Pool / Almond Milk
Tequila Shot
Synopsis:   A drink might just be enough to save someone forty-eight light years from home

Already liking where this is going...


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Posted By: Émile
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:27am
Originally posted by stephenmatlock stephenmatlock wrote:

Originally posted by Émile Émile wrote:

Drama / Beauty pageant / a cash register

The paper dress.

Alan, John, Mark and Tom are trying to survive a heatwave, far from any other human being, when Alan makes the seemingly absurd decision of holding a beauty pageant.

(My synopsis sucks, completely forgot to edit it. I submitted the thing at 5.59 anyway.)


I hope you share this. I would love to see what others did with this prompt.




I'm not quite sur how to upload it but I'll try.  Would love to read yours as well.


Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:27am
Originally posted by MattrickBT MattrickBT wrote:

Originally posted by localhomiesexual localhomiesexual wrote:

Originally posted by MattrickBT MattrickBT wrote:

Group 41 - Sci-fi, a field of poppies, a pillow

Divergents

Synopsis: A 21st-Century man cannot escape his dreams of The Second Battle of Ypres in World War One, and his waking life is fading away.


Definitely looking out for this one!

Group 62 — Action/Adventure — A slum — A chainsaw

Rout(e)

In the year 2164, born in a world of pulsing electrons and cyberspace, two stowaways seek to escape the confines of the Net and its society.


Do they all get posted to be read, or do we do that ourselves?

When NYCM gives us the all-clear (in about 72 hours), there's a subforum on here where we can post if we wish. Totally optional. 


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lisafoxiswriting.com
My short story collection, Core Truths, is now available wherever books are sold.


Posted By: jenspenden
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:27am
Originally posted by iliketowrite iliketowrite wrote:

40- Comedy/Bartending School/Sandpaper

Two Chuck Minimum

A millennial and an Average Joe walk into a bar------tending school. Hilarity ensues.

I don't love my title, but it was the best I could do. The story definitely makes up for it, I hope.

HA! Well, that's great. We both decided to mock millennials. LOLLOLLOL


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Posted By: MattrickBT
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:27am
Originally posted by seawhere seawhere wrote:

Group 41: Sci-Fi / A field of poppies / A pillow

First We Dream

Ta-bith is a member of the Dreamer Corps, and her visions may help guide those on her generational vessel to their new planetary home. She longs for the day she can look up and see sky, but there’s another longing she harbors, one that, in her world, can never be fulfilled.



Yours is definitely more overtly science fiction than my entry is, seven of 41!


Posted By: GallifreyGirl
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:28am
Originally posted by PRamm PRamm wrote:

Group 1: Sci-Fi / A rooftop Pool / Almond Milk
Tequila Shot
Synopsis:   A drink might just be enough to save someone forty-eight light years from home

Hey there, Groupie! Can't wait to read this one!


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Posted By: seawhere
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:28am
Originally posted by lisafox10800 lisafox10800 wrote:

Group 48 - Political Satire, A Mayor's Office, A Magnet

The Winner
He battled the Crooked, the Little, and the Lyin’ to win the title of Emperor. But nobody could have known that being an Emperor would be so complicated!



I really hope you post this! Would love to read it!


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Posted By: Vernacula
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:29am
Group 79
Fairy Tale
Boxing Match
A Plunger


Cirque du Fae

A young man falls under the spell of a glamorous creature, but to love her is to defeat her.


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Posted By: localhomiesexual
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:29am
cool beans
thanks for the clarification lisa
if you decide to post mattrick, I'll def keep an eye out
regardless, I hope you're satisfied with your work! great job making it out through the first challenge!


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Posted By: MattrickBT
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:29am
Originally posted by lisafox10800 lisafox10800 wrote:

When NYCM gives us the all-clear (in about 72 hours), there's a subforum on here where we can post if we wish. Totally optional. 


I don't do critiques anymore, but I'm more than willing to read and let mine be read. Thanks!


Posted By: PRamm
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:31am
Hey yeah :) this is my first time entering, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it all goes. Keen to seen the forums in a couple of days when some stories are shared. 


Posted By: Nomadess
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:31am
Lots of interesting submissions so far. Can't wait to read them.

Group 71 here: RomCom, scene of a car accident, bag of money

Red Nose Day

Tony’s casanova ways have always been triumphant with women, unlike the damaged cars he tows away everyday. A serendipitous  encounter with an old flame might prove otherwise and trigger a cascade of precipitous events.




Posted By: Lynne
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:31am
Wow - some great teasers. I know what I'll be doing for the next ten days - reading voraciously.

Heat 25 (hi AllisonM) - Romance, Strawberry field, golf ball

Fade to Black

Synopsis: A young woman refuses to settle for anything less than her one true soul mate.




Posted By: PRamm
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:33am
Originally posted by GallifreyGirl GallifreyGirl wrote:

Originally posted by PRamm PRamm wrote:

Group 1: Sci-Fi / A rooftop Pool / Almond Milk
Tequila Shot
Synopsis:   A drink might just be enough to save someone forty-eight light years from home

Hey there, Groupie! Can't wait to read this one!

Hey yeah :) this is my first time entering, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it all goes. Keen to seen the forums in a couple of days when some stories are shared. 


Posted By: JessBarratt
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:33am
Originally posted by ottersdaughter ottersdaughter wrote:

Originally posted by JessBarratt JessBarratt wrote:

I'm in group 77, and had Comedy/ A Thrift Store/ A Vacuum Cleaner

Title: Suck it, Ms. Bea

Synopsis: At a Vacuumers Anonymous meeting, Ms. Bea makes great strides with her treatment.


Eeeehhh heheheh I feel so devilish about my assignment because I never write comedy, but seem to have come up with something that someone, somewhere, might actually chuckle at >:]

Luck all!


Definitely going on the to read list!

And also, holla to another Canadian in the running! Was just in Van actually :D


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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:34am
Originally posted by seawhere seawhere wrote:

Originally posted by lisafox10800 lisafox10800 wrote:

Group 48 - Political Satire, A Mayor's Office, A Magnet

The Winner
He battled the Crooked, the Little, and the Lyin’ to win the title of Emperor. But nobody could have known that being an Emperor would be so complicated!



I really hope you post this! Would love to read it!

Thank you! :) And definitely posting... that's where the fun happens!


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Posted By: A_Zint
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:35am
This is my first time competing as well! Good luck! 


Posted By: seawhere
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:36am
Originally posted by MattrickBT MattrickBT wrote:

Originally posted by seawhere seawhere wrote:

Group 41: Sci-Fi / A field of poppies / A pillow

First We Dream

Ta-bith is a member of the Dreamer Corps, and her visions may help guide those on her generational vessel to their new planetary home. She longs for the day she can look up and see sky, but there’s another longing she harbors, one that, in her world, can never be fulfilled.



Yours is definitely more overtly science fiction than my entry is, seven of 41!


I've had sci-fi before and have been far less overt in the past. It's my favorite genre to read but I have a hard time writing it!


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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:37am
Originally posted by Lynne Lynne wrote:

Wow - some great teasers. I know what I'll be doing for the next ten days - reading voraciously.

Heat 25 (hi AllisonM) - Romance, Strawberry field, golf ball

Fade to Black

Synopsis: A young woman refuses to settle for anything less than her one true soul mate.



Hi, Lynne!

Ever since I saw your prompts that song (Strawberry fields... nothing is real...) has been stuck in my head!

Love the title of your story - can't wait to read!


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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:39am
Originally posted by seawhere seawhere wrote:

Originally posted by MattrickBT MattrickBT wrote:

Originally posted by seawhere seawhere wrote:

Group 41: Sci-Fi / A field of poppies / A pillow

First We Dream

Ta-bith is a member of the Dreamer Corps, and her visions may help guide those on her generational vessel to their new planetary home. She longs for the day she can look up and see sky, but there’s another longing she harbors, one that, in her world, can never be fulfilled.



Yours is definitely more overtly science fiction than my entry is, seven of 41!


I've had sci-fi before and have been far less overt in the past. It's my favorite genre to read but I have a hard time writing it!

I hear ya! Especially with little room to maneuver in. Just had it for Screenplay - I tried to save the world from alien invasion in eight pages. Tough to do. :)  

And I remember you from last year! Will you post your story?


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Posted By: sinister
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:40am
Vacuum cleaner, thrift store, comedy.


The Good Ship Pontiac

 

 

Synopsis: Edgar and Bianca attempt to fit themselves and a vacuum cleaner into a classic American roadster.  It does not go well.  


Posted By: stephenmatlock
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:41am
Originally posted by Émile Émile wrote:

Originally posted by stephenmatlock stephenmatlock wrote:

Originally posted by Émile Émile wrote:

Drama / Beauty pageant / a cash register

The paper dress.

Alan, John, Mark and Tom are trying to survive a heatwave, far from any other human being, when Alan makes the seemingly absurd decision of holding a beauty pageant.

(My synopsis sucks, completely forgot to edit it. I submitted the thing at 5.59 anyway.)


I hope you share this. I would love to see what others did with this prompt.




I'm not quite sur how to upload it but I'll try.  Would love to read yours as well.


Just remember: DO NOT UPLOAD HERE. Wait until they open the FFC2017 forum, then follow the instructions there. Feel free to ask around in the forum for help.

The essential steps are:
1. DO NOT POST HERE. Post in the FFC2017 forum
2. Upload your document to Google docs (or the like)
3. Create a link to your document and save it.
4. Create a post in the forum with your group/title/synopsis, and put the link in that post to your online document.

There are more niceties. But that's the essentials.

The reason we post in the separate forum is that it is "private" for NYC Midnight participants only. It's not available to the public, and search engines (like Google) don't pick it up. If you want to sell your story, almost every publisher insists on a story that hasn't been public before.

Best of luck with the judges!



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Posted By: MattrickBT
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:41am
Originally posted by lisafox10800 lisafox10800 wrote:

Originally posted by seawhere seawhere wrote:

Originally posted by MattrickBT MattrickBT wrote:

Originally posted by seawhere seawhere wrote:

Group 41: Sci-Fi / A field of poppies / A pillow

First We Dream

Ta-bith is a member of the Dreamer Corps, and her visions may help guide those on her generational vessel to their new planetary home. She longs for the day she can look up and see sky, but there’s another longing she harbors, one that, in her world, can never be fulfilled.



Yours is definitely more overtly science fiction than my entry is, seven of 41!


I've had sci-fi before and have been far less overt in the past. It's my favorite genre to read but I have a hard time writing it!

I hear ya! Especially with little room to maneuver in. Just had it for Screenplay - I tried to save the world from alien invasion in eight pages. Tough to do. :)  

And I remember you from last year! Will you post your story?


Mine is more a quasi-time travel/multiverse theme, but it doesn't contain any actual science or aliens or space or anything like that. It's very abstract.


Posted By: JessBarratt
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:41am
Originally posted by sinister sinister wrote:

Vacuum cleaner, thrift store, comedy.


The Good Ship Pontiac

 

 

Synopsis: Edgar and Bianca attempt to fit themselves and a vacuum cleaner into a classic American roadster.  It does not go well.  

Ooooh, competition heh? I see! I see!



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Posted By: sootfoot5
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:42am

         A Gift of a Feather
Gr. 67
Fantasy
Commuter Ferry
Tranquiler Gun

It takes more than luck to get a commuted prison sentence when

you’re taken for a ride on the commuter ferry



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Posted By: Lynne
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:42am
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Hi, Lynne!

Ever since I saw your prompts that song (Strawberry fields... nothing is real...) has been stuck in my head!

Love the title of your story - can't wait to read!


Hi Lisa - I was reading about your Pol Satire journey and knew you'd knock it out of the ballpark remembering your Fairy Tale in shorts!

Lynne


Posted By: Émile
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:42am
Thanks!


Posted By: JennC
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:42am
Group 54 - Suspense / An Airplane Cockpit / An Eraser


The Ride of Your Life


Synopsis:
Two friends prepare for takeoff. 
Little do they know all 'hail' is about to break loose.

Well, that was fun. I haven't gotten Suspense since my very first FFC, so I was kind of excited to give it another go. Hopefully you all had an enjoyable weekend of writing. Can't wait to read your stories once we're allowed to post them. :) 


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Posted By: seawhere
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:48am
Originally posted by lisafox10800 lisafox10800 wrote:


I hear ya! Especially with little room to maneuver in. Just had it for Screenplay - I tried to save the world from alien invasion in eight pages. Tough to do. :)  

And I remember you from last year! Will you post your story?


I'll probably post this one. I have issues with posting my stuff!! We'll see how I feel after a fresh read in a day or two Smile


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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:48am
Originally posted by Lynne Lynne wrote:

Quote

Hi, Lynne!

Ever since I saw your prompts that song (Strawberry fields... nothing is real...) has been stuck in my head!

Love the title of your story - can't wait to read!


Hi Lisa - I was reading about your Pol Satire journey and knew you'd knock it out of the ballpark remembering your Fairy Tale in shorts!

Lynne

Heart

As painful as the idea of Political Satire was, believe it or not I actually had a lot of fun with it! Would I want it assigned again? Nah... 


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Posted By: Vernacula
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:53am
Originally posted by lisafox10800 lisafox10800 wrote:


As painful as the idea of Political Satire was, believe it or not I actually had a lot of fun with it! Would I want it assigned again? Nah... 


Sorry to have missed you in beta this time around! So glad you had fun. Look forward to reading your story!


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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:54am
Originally posted by Vernacula Vernacula wrote:

Originally posted by lisafox10800 lisafox10800 wrote:


As painful as the idea of Political Satire was, believe it or not I actually had a lot of fun with it! Would I want it assigned again? Nah... 


Sorry to have missed you in beta this time around! So glad you had fun. Look forward to reading your story!

Same here! :) 


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Posted By: vlad_the_impala
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 12:57am
Hi all.

Not seen any other Group 80's here, so here goes.

I had: Sci-Fi / A Sporting Goods Store / Dental braces


One Shot


In the near-future, a father and daughter set off for a hunting trip in the mountains – but just what is being hunted?




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Posted By: Suave
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 1:01am
Originally posted by Ornery Angel Ornery Angel wrote:

I'm in group 73...we had Horror, a sandbar, and a balloon. Here's my title and synopsis:

The Heads in the Clouds Massacre
Serenity Adams was dying to party in the mountains with her boyfriend. She should have been careful what she wished for.


I, too have 73 - horror, sandbar, balloon.

The Book

Synopsis:

Often, the best gift is one that you never expected.


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Posted By: ShroudedWolf
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 1:06am
Group 58- Suspense, Crawlspace, Stethoscope

Unexpected Repairs

A man sacrifices his Saturday to take care of a home maintenance problem. What he discovers ends up a problem for the entire world.



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Posted By: annelindleyk
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 1:15am
Group 33-- a ghost story, in a boathouse, with a sandbag.

I got tips from friends who know a lot more about birds than I do.


The Last One

Fred Sterling was obsessed by a rare bird, not to mention young, wealthy, and doomed. Grad student Isabel Hicks shares his obsession, but can she escape his fate?






Posted By: AllisonM
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 1:19am
Group 25 - Romance / a strawberry field / a golf ball

"Her Ever After"

Thirty-five-year-old Ellen waits for love in a strawberry field, reliving memories of a life she has yet to lead.

(Also, hi Lynne!)


Posted By: DavHaz
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 1:24am
Group 25: Romance/A strawberry field/A golf ball

Old Wounds


A man returns to his hometown for a wedding. There, he confronts his high school bully who is harbouring a secret from their childhood.



Posted By: uglypantsuit
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 1:37am
Group 51: Comedy/A bridge/A heart-shaped locket

Field Study

A refugee to Planet Earth attempts to calculate the formula for the perfect date, but he fails to account for the impossible contradiction of the human race.



Posted By: Anirena
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 1:45am
Group 70: Fairy tale/An aviary/A sword  I actually had a lot more trouble with this than I expected...hard to write fairy tale and not feel like its all too cliche x.x Ended up going with the one I wrote in the last 2 hours....so its meh.

The Marvelous Traveling Aviary

Two young children dream of traveling the world and seeing faraway places but things don’t go their way when the faraway places travel to see them.







Posted By: LaissezFaire
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 1:46am

Group 34:   historical fiction / university library / microphone


Enigma


In 1964, an MIT graduate student rebuilds her father’s antique wireless radio and spends late nights listening to and decoding amateur Morse code broadcasts. After stumbling upon an encrypted message she was never supposed to hear, she finds herself fighting to stay one step ahead of the bodies.

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Posted By: vanwijk88
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 2:09am
Group 55: Horror/Supermarket/Earring

ALMA

A young woman investigates disappearances in a post apocalyptic haven only to discover a grisly truth 


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Posted By: topangarose
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 2:11am
Originally posted by Ornery Angel Ornery Angel wrote:

Sorry...I wasn't thinking!


Don't be sorry! It's not as if posting these early this affects the comp or anything official in any way.

There's nothing that says these couldn't be posted early, as people get their stories posted.  It's just a thread, not an official forum of some kind. No need to apologize!!

IT'S JUST FOR FUN!!!!! NO RULES!


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Posted By: MattrickBT
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 2:12am
Originally posted by LaissezFaire LaissezFaire wrote:


Group 34:   historical fiction / university library / microphone


Enigma


In 1964, an MIT graduate student rebuilds her father’s antique wireless radio and spends late nights listening to and decoding amateur Morse code broadcasts. After stumbling upon an encrypted message she was never supposed to hear, she finds herself fighting to stay one step ahead of the bodies.


Turing reference what?


Posted By: JDS
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 2:24am
Francine's Return

Aging relatives reunite. Francine recounts a sudden experience that occurred while waiting to be fetched from a hotel lobby.

Group 18, comedy, a hotel lobby, a cough drop


Posted By: sootfoot5
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 2:38am
Originally posted by topangarose topangarose wrote:

Originally posted by Ornery Angel Ornery Angel wrote:

Sorry...I wasn't thinking!


Don't be sorry! It's not as if this affects the comp in any way. There's nothing that says these couldn't be posted as people get their stories posted.  It's just a thread, not an official forum of some kind. No need to apologize!!

And this is the woman who wrote the Manifesto!  So listen to her Ornery Angel - Ms. Topangarose really knows!



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Posted By: Tazenhani
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2017 at 2:47am
Group 33
Ghost Story / Boathouse / Sandbag


Daniel's Choice

Awoken by haunting sounds coming from the decrepit boathouse on his property, Daniel stumbles upon a gathering of restless souls.  Unwillingly, he finds himself in the precarious position of having to decide which of them will be allowed to return to the world of the living.




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