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Topic: Titles and loglines!
Posted By: Suave
Subject: Titles and loglines!
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:01am
145 - Action/adventure - flight or fight response - a person with a glass eye.

Northern Zoo and Rescue, Way Out of Town, Alaska.

 When suddenly your own survival is all you can think about, and then you’re someone’s only hope. That’s when you find out who you are, and if you can live with it or die with it.



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Posted By: Random
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:02am
Group 115: Action/Adventure - A Pacifist - Unfair

The Smell of Life

A team of elite soldiers sent to bring one of their own to justice are faced with an enemy they can’t defeat



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Posted By: Cat Logan
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:04am
Group 17: Mystery; A tasting; A wannabe

High Crimes



In the newly carved-out landscape of legal marijuana products, 

one company finds murder on the menu.




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Posted By: Emmageek
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:06am
Group 136:  Sci-fi; Room Service; Ambassador

I’ll Have Mine With Wine

 Thomas John Adams’ brings news to his lifelong colleague on the day before a new vote.  It would bring change to both their lives and a beginning for others.




Posted By: MrLipto
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:07am
Group 83

Drama / a once in a lifetime opportunity / a publicist


The Betta

Here, today, are Jay and Mona, middle-aged, while over here is a progression of moments from their life together. They are bound to one another, like the past and the present, like fact and fiction.



This one got... experimental.



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Posted By: steph9289
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:09am
Group 79: Ghost Story / An audition / A divorcee

Shout-out to my very last-minute betas who totally saved my ass! And helped me write a killer synopsis! :)

Pinecone Paradise


A newly divorced woman auditions for a dating show hoping to find love. But, the spirit of a past relationship gone bad has other plans for her.




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Posted By: crez
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:10am
Group 48: thriller / overconfidence / a sharpshooter

 

A Perfect Plan

 

The grandson of a decorated war veteran must arrive in time to stop a thug and restore his own good name.




Posted By: northernwriter
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:11am
Originally posted by Suave Suave wrote:

Action/adventure - flight or fight response - a person with a glass eye.

Northern Zoo and Rescue, Way Out of Town, Alaska.

 When suddenly your own survival is all you can think about, and then you’re someone’s only hope. That’s when you find out who you are, and if you can live with it or die with it.


I can’t wait to read this! I live in Alaska!


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Microfiction 2021: 4th place overall
Flash Fiction 2020: 8th place overall


Posted By: Lookit There
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:12am
Group 91: Comedy/Denial/A Gambler

Dracularry

 

Everyone knows you should never invite a vampire into your home, right? Well, apparently everyone except Seth.



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Posted By: Emmageek
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:12am
Originally posted by Suave Suave wrote:

Action/adventure - flight or fight response - a person with a glass eye.

Northern Zoo and Rescue, Way Out of Town, Alaska.

 When suddenly your own survival is all you can think about, and then you’re someone’s only hope. That’s when you find out who you are, and if you can live with it or die with it.


Suave is this for the short story or round three?


Posted By: Phobos
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:12am
Heat 101: Romantic Comedy / Soul-searching / A pizza delivery person

Delivery for Two in the City of the Saints

On a hot summer night in the Big Easy, Janis finishes her last delivery of the night.  Or is it?



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Posted By: Puckerby
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:12am
Group 48: Thriller/overconfidence/a sharpshooter



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Posted By: jdadams1
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:12am
41 - Romance / A train journey / A snowboarder

From Pepper Valley

The doctor at a remote boarding school reconnects with an old friend through a series of letters.



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SS 1: https://bit.ly/48L11Dj" rel="nofollow - I Am a Murderess. But I Am Also a Panda.


Posted By: Briana Una
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:12am
Group 118 - sci-fi/a furniture mover/shopping

The Fruit of Knowledge

Geoffrey Hammers used to be a businessman; now he delivers furniture.  As far as he’s concerned, every freedom the androids have was taken straight from him.


Posted By: ruagray
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:13am
Group 127: Drama - Possessive - A Plastic Surgeon

The Nonillustrious Medical Career of One Hans Kruger

A life in the medical profession is one of hardship and, while others cause harm, Hans just wants to help. Does Hans have the strength to persevere in such an uncaring world?




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FFC#1 - https://tinyurl.com/r27ruy36" rel="nofollow - He Just Needs Another Drink (horror)


Posted By: northernwriter
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:15am
Group 50: comedy/wedding planner/customer service 

The Anti-Wedding Planner

After being dumped over and over, Brad turns his relationship failures into a breakup business as an Anti-Wedding Planner. Will breaking up Sarah and her boyfriend give Brad that last five-star customer service review he needs to make his bonus, or will it just lead to more heartache?


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Microfiction 2021: 4th place overall
Flash Fiction 2020: 8th place overall


Posted By: Epicurioso
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:16am
Group 123   Crime Caper / Freelance / A photo retoucher





Another Level


A freelance photo-retoucher joins a group of thieves on a daring mission.  Soon he is embroiled in otherworldly danger that could land him in mortal peril.




Posted By: Reez
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:17am
Group 47: Sci Fi / adoption / a butcher

                                DEAR 18-YEAR-OLD-SELF

Haunted by the death of his father, a boy searches for the one fundamental answer. In return, his older self writes to him with a letter of instruction.


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MFC/Final https://rb.gy/iboxr" rel="nofollow - A Whistle and a Cry
MFC250/R1 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r1-g13-expecting-ghost-story_topic57098.html" rel="nofollow - Expecting


Posted By: FirstHorseman
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:17am
Heat 110: Suspense - Beauty - Maintenance Worker

Her

A young maintenance worker falls head over heels for a beautiful young woman. Unfortunately for him, she’s not all that she seems to be.


Posted By: Reez
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:18am
Originally posted by northernwriter northernwriter wrote:

Group 50: comedy/wedding planner/customer service 

The Anti-Wedding Planner

After being dumped over and over, Brad turns his relationship failures into a breakup business as an Anti-Wedding Planner. Will breaking up Sarah and her boyfriend give Brady that last five-star customer service review he needs to make his bonus, or will it just lead to more heartache?


Love the sound of this!

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Posted By: crez
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:18am
Originally posted by northernwriter northernwriter wrote:

Group 50: comedy/wedding planner/customer service 

The Anti-Wedding Planner

After being dumped over and over, Brad turns his relationship failures into a breakup business as an Anti-Wedding Planner. Will breaking up Sarah and her boyfriend give Brady that last five-star customer service review he needs to make his bonus, or will it just lead to more heartache?

OMG, this sounds hilarious! LOL


Posted By: sinister
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:20am


26/Sci Fi/mercenary/job interview



Ferryman

 

Synopsis: A mercenary, taking a prisoner to his execution, has a choice to make.  


Posted By: paulene.turner
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:20am
Group 8: romance, a hobby, a security guard


The Cafe Under the Stars

An art thief, a gallery guard with a detective's instinct for lying. What could possibly go wrong?


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Posted By: The.Black.Violet
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:23am
GR 73: Histfic/A Portage/A Person with Dwarfism

The Ghost of The Diolkos

An Athenian trader hears whispers in the dark, but when a shocking piece of information is revealed will his whispers save him or doom him?

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CH1 Flash
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2021-CH2 Flash
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Posted By: akismt
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:26am
Group 128: fairy tale, fearless, a foster parent


Basilah, the First Orphan

An abandoned child searching for a home visits three distant lands to discover whether she is beautiful, wise, and brave enough to be loved.



Posted By: Flake Cosmo
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:26am
Heat 73: Historical Fiction/a portage/a person with dwarfism

For a Shipload of Silver and Gold

A court dwarf for King Philip IV of Spain finds himself in a bind, kidnapped by a band of pirates after being sent to entertain the Governor of Panama City. He must use his intelligence and his sense of humour to try and turn the outcome of a poorly planned scheme to his favour.

(It's not the exact synopsis, I accidentally saved over it (just the synopsis, not the story) after submitting it, but it's as close to it as I remember)


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SSC2020 R1G73: https://bit.ly/2tV4VLS" rel="nofollow - For a Shipload of Silver and Gold


Posted By: td333777
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:27am
Group 74: Fairy tale, hidden ability, snob


All Good Calamari Wizards Drive Escalades

A father's storytelling creativity is pushed to the limit by his skeptical son.


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FF '17 - 1st, SSC '18 - 2nd, FF '20 - 7th


Posted By: OrangeWedged
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:29am
Heat 138: Historical Fiction / Disowning / A newspaper delivery person

ON BLUE RIDGE ROADS

Disowned by his moonshiner family, a young man becomes a Prohibition agent under an assumed name to enact his revenge.


Posted By: sammybina
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:29am
Heat 70: Comedy; DIY; A Machinist

Microfreeze: Why One Should Always Follow the Instructions


A machinist son is called home by his clueless father after the latter’s DIY project goes chillingly wrong when the instructions are ignored during assembly.



Posted By: scribingpenguin
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:30am

Group 91 - Comedy/Denial/A gambler


The Extinction Lottery 


The year is 65,000,000 BC, give or take a few, and the end is nigh. Can Michael the Allosaurus convince his reluctant friend to join him on their last great adventure?



Posted By: Rachel M
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:30am
Originally posted by td333777 td333777 wrote:

Group 74: Fairy tale, hidden ability, snob


All Good Calamari Wizards Drive Escalades

A father's storytelling creativity is pushed to the limit by his skeptical son.

Can't wait to read this one!


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https://bit.ly/441rqug" rel="nofollow - 100 MF R2
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Posted By: Rachel M
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:31am
Originally posted by akismt akismt wrote:

Group 128: fairy tale, fearless, a foster parent


Basilah, the First Orphan

An abandoned child searching for a home visits three distant lands to discover whether she is beautiful, wise, and brave enough to be loved.


Ooh this sounds good


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Rachel M Archive


Posted By: Rachel M
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:38am
Group 62:: Thriller/an investment/an addict

This Morning, Last Night
A reluctant FBI informant chases a criminal and a high


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https://bit.ly/441rqug" rel="nofollow - 100 MF R2
Rachel M Archive


Posted By: taaaylor
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:40am
Group 99: mystery, an emergency, a coder

Dead Space

When the pilot of their spacecraft turns up dead, mission specialist Mina Glass must find the killer before they strike again.

Bit of a meh title/summary for me this time but I barely submitted by 11:57 so I'm happy to even have an entry done in time lmao


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Posted By: DContara
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:40am
Group 41: Romance / A train journey / A snowboarder

Border Crossing

Different worlds meet when a single mother and her young son encounter a fellow passenger on an overnight train across the Alps.



Shout out to my amazing beta readers! I've let down a bunch of you as a lot of your great comments didn't make it because I ran out of time, but you made my week. Thank you!


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Posted By: paulene.turner
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:41am
Look at all those insanely creative stories that have been conjured from nothing over the past week. It's quite awesome to see all those incredible ideas pouring forth.



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Posted By: SLSingleton
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:43am
Group 22: crime caper, a cyber attack, a receptionist 

"A" for Effort
Three friends come together to change their lives for the better in some less than legal ways. 

Had to leave it intentionally vague to preserve the ending :) 


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Read my Flash Fiction 2020 Challenge 3 Story - Where There's a Will... [URL=https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic36620_post386608.html#386608[/URL]


Posted By: billyliggett
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:45am

SWAN SONG


A diva, past her prime, gives her final performance before a hungry crowd.

Group 125 | Horror | An Ego Trip | A Singer


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Finalist: 2019 Microfiction


Posted By: SLSingleton
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:45am
Originally posted by scribingpenguin scribingpenguin wrote:

Group 91 - Comedy/Denial/A gambler


The Extinction Lottery 


The year is 65,000,000 BC, give or take a few, and the end is nigh. Can Michael the Allosaurus convince his reluctant friend to join him on their last great adventure?


I can't wait to read this!


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Read my Flash Fiction 2020 Challenge 3 Story - Where There's a Will... [URL=https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic36620_post386608.html#386608[/URL]


Posted By: crez
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:47am
Originally posted by billyliggett billyliggett wrote:

SWAN SONG


A diva, past her prime, gives her final performance before a hungry crowd.

Group 125 | Horror | An Ego Trip | A Singer

Great logline!!!


Posted By: SwoodDude
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:54am
Originally posted by billyliggett billyliggett wrote:

SWAN SONG


A diva, past her prime, gives her final performance before a hungry crowd.

Group 125 | Horror | An Ego Trip | A Singer

Oh lawd 
I've got a bad feeling about this, Scoob


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Oh no


Posted By: SwoodDude
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:04am
Heat 128 Fairy tale/Foster Parent/Fearless

The Winters of Vjarket
A son of dragons ventures into the world and finds home
 
It's an absolute mess I'm an absolute mess Good luck to you akimst, same heat!


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Posted By: AlexSammich
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:05am
Group 48: thriller / overconfidence / a sharpshooter

 

Revenge Is the Name of the Game


     After half of my team is shot - including my brother - I will show them who has the real skills. I will take them all.



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Posted By: Rae Chell
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:13am
Group 90: Horror - Family Feud - Filmmaker

The Finisher

Terri was in need of a very specific kind of help when she hired Winston. But his help ended up being a whole lot more than she bargained for.



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- Carpe Diem -

R1 https://tinyurl.com/2p8657ub" rel="nofollow - Moldable


Posted By: LyndaD
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:17am
Group 98
RomCom/Infertility/Opera Singer


Suite Music

An aging, almost-made-it rock star helps an opera diva let go of her negative self image.




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https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic57721_post622417.html#622417" rel="nofollow - SS R1 First Contact (romance)



Posted By: OnyxLily
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:17am
Group 23: Romantic Comedy - a new pet - a wrestler

Like cats and dogs

What on earth would make Jake think we needed a cat? Things were changing, and I knew exactly who to blame.




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SSR1 https://bit.ly/41oGVuO" rel="nofollow - Memory of bone & blood (1st)


Posted By: akismt
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:18am
Originally posted by LyndaD LyndaD wrote:

Group 98
RomCom/Infertility/Opera Singer


Suite Music

An aging, almost-made-it rock star helps an opera diva let go of her negative self image.



Oh... this sounds lovely!


Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:18am
Hi, everyone! Group 5: comedy, an apprentice, being on a strict diet. 

Taste the Rainbow

When little Polly gets a chance to become a magician’s

apprentice, her life becomes much more colorful.

Image result for skittles rainbow

Huh. Considering how much I love rainbows, it's odd that this is my first rainbowy story! 

 




Posted By: VFX_Starship
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:18am
Originally posted by scribingpenguin scribingpenguin wrote:

Group 91 - Comedy/Denial/A gambler


The Extinction Lottery 


The year is 65,000,000 BC, give or take a few, and the end is nigh. Can Michael the Allosaurus convince his reluctant friend to join him on their last great adventure?


Hahaha! Im already laughing from the synopsis. I can't wait to read this one!


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Posted By: northernwriter
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:20am
Originally posted by akismt akismt wrote:

Oh... this sounds lovely!

You can click on Post Options, then click “quote post” and type in your comments in the blank space after the quote so we know which post you are referring to. 


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Microfiction 2021: 4th place overall
Flash Fiction 2020: 8th place overall


Posted By: A.J. Gemick
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:21am

Heat: 145 – Action/Adventure, fight or flight response, a person with a glass eye

 

Pay the Devil His Due

Two agents board an airship for a straightforward undercover mission, but success may hinge on being able to outrun the past.

 



Posted By: akismt
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:21am
Originally posted by northernwriter northernwriter wrote:

Originally posted by akismt akismt wrote:

Oh... this sounds lovely!

You can click on Post Options, then click “quote post” and type in your comments in the blank space after the quote so we know which post you are referring to. 

Yes, I believe I fixed it. 


Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:22am
Originally posted by akismt akismt wrote:

Originally posted by northernwriter northernwriter wrote:

Originally posted by akismt akismt wrote:

Oh... this sounds lovely!

You can click on Post Options, then click “quote post” and type in your comments in the blank space after the quote so we know which post you are referring to. 

Yes, I believe I fixed it. Rookie mistakes are bound to happen... especially after 4 glasses of red. ;)

There's wine? Where? Where? 


Posted By: OnyxLily
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:23am
Originally posted by td333777 td333777 wrote:

Group 74: Fairy tale, hidden ability, snob


All Good Calamari Wizards Drive Escalades

A father's storytelling creativity is pushed to the limit by his skeptical son.

This sounds amazing!


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SSR2 https://bit.ly/3MTEqMD" rel="nofollow - House of Whispers
SSR1 https://bit.ly/41oGVuO" rel="nofollow - Memory of bone & blood (1st)


Posted By: VFX_Starship
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:23am

Mystery/A Blind Date/A Mother in Law


The Everlasting Gobstopper

Somebody stole Elon Musk’s special gumball




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Posted By: akismt
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:25am
Originally posted by northernwriter northernwriter wrote:

Group 50: comedy/wedding planner/customer service 

The Anti-Wedding Planner

After being dumped over and over, Brad turns his relationship failures into a breakup business as an Anti-Wedding Planner. Will breaking up Sarah and her boyfriend give Brad that last five-star customer service review he needs to make his bonus, or will it just lead to more heartache?


Fun! Excited to see how this turns out! 


Posted By: Sugar Stripes
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:28am
Group 87: Ghost story, breaking a habit, a bride

Check Again 

After her husband leaves her, a woman takes comfort in the company of her dog as strange things start to happen around the house.




Posted By: akismt
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:30am
Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:

Originally posted by akismt akismt wrote:

Originally posted by northernwriter northernwriter wrote:

Originally posted by akismt akismt wrote:

Oh... this sounds lovely!

You can click on Post Options, then click “quote post” and type in your comments in the blank space after the quote so we know which post you are referring to. 

Yes, I believe I fixed it. Rookie mistakes are bound to happen... especially after 4 glasses of red. ;)

There's wine? Where? Where? 


Anyone using Blanche as their avatar can have any drink they want. :)


Posted By: DContara
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:44am
Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:

Hi, everyone! Group 5: comedy, an apprentice, being on a strict diet. 

Taste the Rainbow

When little Polly gets a chance to become a magician’s

apprentice, her life becomes much more colorful.

Image result for skittles rainbow

Huh. Considering how much I love rainbows, it's odd that this is my first rainbowy story! 

 



Oh my. Please tell me you put the picture on the title page of the submission LOL
 




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Posted By: DContara
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:46am
Originally posted by jdadams1 jdadams1 wrote:

41 - Romance / A train journey / A snowboarder

From Pepper Valley

The doctor at a remote boarding school reconnects with an old friend through a series of letters.


Glad to see a heatmate here. Can’t wait to read this!


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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:51am
Originally posted by akismt akismt wrote:


Anyone using Blanche as their avatar can have any drink they want. :)

It's Dorothy Zbornak, but I'll drink to Blanche too!! Woo hoo!! Gotta love Blanche!! LOL

Originally posted by dcontarato dcontarato wrote:


Oh my. Please tell me you put the picture on the title page of the submission LOL
 


Woo hoo! I think it'd anger the judges, but I always pick one for when I post my story here! It can be fun to find a matching internet image for our stories!! Big smile


Posted By: ZoeLou
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:56am
Group 99 - mystery/an emergency/a coder

The Paradise Project

For six years Alexis has been working on ground-breaking genetic research that promises to return extinct species to earth. However, not everyone supports this advancement, and betrayal comes from those she’d least suspect.

This prompt completely stumped me at first, interested to see where everyone else went with it!




Posted By: DContara
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 1:56am
Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:

Woo hoo! I think it'd anger the judges, but I always pick one for when I post my story here! It can be fun to find a matching internet image for our stories!! Big smile

I actually used internet pictures as well for research, but the picture of my train compartment wasn’t as colorful as yours Smile


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Posted By: akismt
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 2:08am
Originally posted by Akismt Akismt wrote:


Anyone using Blanche as their avatar can have any drink they want. :)

Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:


 
It's Dorothy Zbornak, but I'll drink to Blanche too!! Woo hoo!! Gotta love Blanche!! LOL


Oy!


Posted By: Charlie272
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 2:09am
Group 5: Comedy, apprentice, strict diet

ANDY ANDERSON, APPRENTICE DETECTIVE

Andy needs a job and Solomon needs an apprentice. One of them needs a doughnut.



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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 2:13am
Originally posted by dcontarato dcontarato wrote:


I actually used internet pictures as well for research, but the picture of my train compartment wasn’t as colorful as yours Smile

Ooooh, a colorful train compartment would be so pretty!!

Originally posted by akismt akismt wrote:


Oh my! Now I’m really slipping! 
Bartender, I’ll have another!

Oh, I hear ya. Pass the wine! 

Originally posted by Charlie272 Charlie272 wrote:

Group 5: Comedy, apprentice, strict diet

ANDY ANDERSON, APPRENTICE DETECTIVE

Andy needs a job and Solomon needs an apprentice. One of them needs a doughnut.


Oh my gosh, Charlie, you're in my group!! How exciting!! Can't wait to read your story!! And I too need a doughnut. 


Posted By: Bowbina76
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 2:15am
Group 103    Romance/elderly care/therapist

Ruby’s Diner

 

Mike, a lonely physical therapist, finds the love he was looking for had been there all along.



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https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic42314_post438776.html#438776" rel="nofollow - The Harvest on Erhat


Posted By: taaaylor
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 2:22am
Originally posted by ZoeLou ZoeLou wrote:

Group 99 - mystery/an emergency/a coder

The Paradise Project

For six years Alexis has been working on ground-breaking genetic research that promises to return extinct species to earth. However, not everyone supports this advancement, and betrayal comes from those she’d least suspect.

This prompt completely stumped me at first, interested to see where everyone else went with it!




Ooo hi groupmate! I'm excited to give this a read. :) I went for a sci-fi/mystery blend too! More space than near-future, but cool that we both thought in a similar genre direction.

Nice job!


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Posted By: grimmer
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 2:22am
34 - Political Satire - A diagnosis - A man with a missing tooth


LET GO


After he receives a cancer diagnosis, Robert Wilson is informed by a dispassionate representative that his company has decided he is simply too costly to keep on.



Posted By: Lexiconundrum
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 2:31am
Originally posted by northernwriter northernwriter wrote:

Group 50: comedy/wedding planner/customer service 

The Anti-Wedding Planner

After being dumped over and over, Brad turns his relationship failures into a breakup business as an Anti-Wedding Planner. Will breaking up Sarah and her boyfriend give Brad that last five-star customer service review he needs to make his bonus, or will it just lead to more heartache?

I cannot wait to read this:)


Posted By: deniseha
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 2:40am
Group 129
Spy, midlife crisis, a martial artist

The Year of the Rat

 

Synopsis: An aging martial artist feels young again when he meets a new friend, but what is the source of that renewal?




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FF 19 C2 GR100 https://tinyurl.com/yxrwcsw2" rel="nofollow - Hoku


Posted By: PaulBlakeAuthor
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 2:53am
Group 77 - Horror, Ambition, a Painter

Title: The Offer

 

Synopsis: After an argument with his girlfriend due to his lack of ambition, Joel meets an old man who offers him fame in exchange for carrying out an errand.




Posted By: Mumser
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 2:59am
Group 98
Romantic Comedy, Infertility, an Opera Singer

George and Firenza

George’s STAR program is in crisis, putting the entire Holst Space Station energy supply at risk. On top of it all, Commander Testa has introduced a glamorous new music program, one that George’s new Noise Cancellation device isn’t able to quash—but maybe that’s a good thing.




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https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic57914_post624663.html#624663" rel="nofollow - R1SSC The Bellegartin Quest (Fairy Tale)


Posted By: crez
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 3:02am
Originally posted by Charlie272 Charlie272 wrote:

Group 5: Comedy, apprentice, strict diet

ANDY ANDERSON, APPRENTICE DETECTIVE

Andy needs a job and Solomon needs an apprentice. One of them needs a doughnut.


This sounds hilarious!


Posted By: Reasonably_Crazy
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 3:37am
Group 5: Comedy/Apprentice/Strict Diet

Widdershins
Marissa arrives at the witch’s hut and quickly discovers that being a witch’s apprentice is nothing like she imagined. For one thing, her mentor is dead when she gets there.



Posted By: justmel
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 3:38am
Group 35: Crime Caper, Cosmetic Surgery, a Comedian



Posted By: Reasonably_Crazy
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 3:40am
Originally posted by Cat Logan Cat Logan wrote:

Group 17: Mystery; A tasting; A wannabe

High Crimes



In the newly carved-out landscape of legal marijuana products, 

one company finds murder on the menu.



This is the frontrunner for best pun in the title


Posted By: lgeverdell
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 3:47am
60 - drama / smartphone addiction / personal trainer 


App For Life 

An app-savvy personal trainer must face the real world for once in her life. 


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Posted By: sidle_by
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 3:50am
Group 99: 
mystery/an emergency/a coder

Lesser Things

An MI6 agent dies and comes back again. If only she could remember how it happened.



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FF23 Rd1 - https://tinyurl.com/4wcy82d5" rel="nofollow - Special Frame Diner


Posted By: SJR090
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 3:51am
Host

Beneath Will’s human flesh beats an alien heart; it’s the only thing keeping him alive. When an unusual storm begins to build over base, Will realises he has to do something before his heart becomes the thing that kills him.

Heat 52; Suspense. A Transplant. A Meteorologist.


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Posted By: sidle_by
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 4:06am
Originally posted by taaaylor taaaylor wrote:

Group 99: mystery, an emergency, a coder

Dead Space

When the pilot of their spacecraft turns up dead, mission specialist Mina Glass must find the killer before they strike again.

Bit of a meh title/summary for me this time but I barely submitted by 11:57 so I'm happy to even have an entry done in time lmao

Originally posted by ZoeLou ZoeLou wrote:

Group 99 - mystery/an emergency/a coder

The Paradise Project

For six years Alexis has been working on ground-breaking genetic research that promises to return extinct species to earth. However, not everyone supports this advancement, and betrayal comes from those she’d least suspect.

This prompt completely stumped me at first, interested to see where everyone else went with it!



yay group mates!! but also nooo these sound really awesome LOLLOL congrats on getting them done, i'm looking forward to reading them (assuming y'all post)


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Posted By: OnyxLily
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 4:23am
Originally posted by Reasonably_Crazy Reasonably_Crazy wrote:

Group 5: Comedy/Apprentice/Strict Diet

Widdershins
Marissa arrives at the witch’s hut and quickly discovers that being a witch’s apprentice is nothing like she imagined. For one thing, her mentor is dead when she gets there.


I definitely want to read this! Widdershins is one of my favourite words :) 


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SSR1 https://bit.ly/41oGVuO" rel="nofollow - Memory of bone & blood (1st)


Posted By: taaaylor
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 4:31am
Originally posted by sidle_by sidle_by wrote:

yay group mates!! but also nooo these sound really awesome LOLLOL congrats on getting them done, i'm looking forward to reading them (assuming y'all post)


I definitely will! I'm so stoked to read yours too.

Originally posted by sidle_by sidle_by wrote:

Group 99: 
mystery/an emergency/a coder

Lesser Things

An MI6 agent dies and comes back again. If only she could remember how it happened.


The implications of this are BADASS, btw


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Posted By: Monsieur Renard
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 5:00am
147 Drama - a bachelorette party - a smoker

Shoreditch Diamonds

Shoreditch is the rough and ready party district that lurks beneath London's mournful drizzle. Smashed bottles, cocaine, and pungent cannabis is rife - and it's among this bacchanalian carnage that Jen's life forever takes on a sharper edge. 



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R2 G86: https://bit.ly/457i1Bi" rel="nofollow - A Normal Junket Thing


Posted By: Monsieur Renard
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 5:08am
Originally posted by SJR090 SJR090 wrote:

Host

Beneath Will’s human flesh beats an alien heart; it’s the only thing keeping him alive. When an unusual storm begins to build over base, Will realises he has to do something before his heart becomes the thing that kills him.

Heat 52; Suspense. A Transplant. A Meteorologist.

I'll watch out for this one! Nice longline. 


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R2 G86: https://bit.ly/457i1Bi" rel="nofollow - A Normal Junket Thing


Posted By: Twerteen
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 5:13am
Group 18: Fairy Tale/a protest/a pet shop owner

Magic Tears

A young woman proves forgiveness can be the most powerful of all magic.

First time ever writing a fairy tale...thank you to all my BETA readers who helped me grow this into something solid!

Where's all my heatmates at?!?!


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https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r1-g65-on-being-a-mother_topic55592_post593719.html?KW=#593719" rel="nofollow - 500 Word Rd1 On Being a Mother


Posted By: Suave
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 5:54am
Originally posted by SJR090 SJR090 wrote:

Host

Beneath Will’s human flesh beats an alien heart; it’s the only thing keeping him alive. When an unusual storm begins to build over base, Will realises he has to do something before his heart becomes the thing that kills him.

Heat 52; Suspense. A Transplant. A Meteorologist.


Looks interesting!


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Posted By: Alex Grey
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 6:02am
Group 39: Romantic Comedy - Overcompensation - A Game Designer

Checkmate!

When a chess Grand Master tries to teach the members of a retirement community how to play the noble game, he learns a hard lesson about how the queens really dominate the game of kings.


Hated to use the word "queens" in the logline - I'm really sorry, but it doesn't involve flamboyant men dressed in colourful women's clothing (but, in hindisght, maybe it should have.). :-)


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Posted By: toeditishuman
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 6:22am
Group 62: Thriller/An investment/An addict

The Big Rip

After his gambling addiction lands him with debts he can't pay, a disgraced space engineer is forced to take part in his government's most important – and deadly – project: preventing the heat death of the universe. But while Neva has heard the stories of crew members who never returned, he doesn’t realise until he’s been sent out into space himself that they might have been the lucky ones.


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Posted By: Seacore
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 6:35am

Heat 128


Fairy Tale / Fearless / A Foster Parent


Truth and Fire


A brother and sister are abandoned in the forest by their widowed father and stepmother. Lost and alone, an old woman finds them and invites them back to her hut.


Hooray! At least two heatmates



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Posted By: fioOxf
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 6:36am
Group 117   Comedy / successful / a palaeontologist


Another Manhattan

 When New Yorker Jennifer Rockweiler escapes her glamorous but demanding life for the calm and tranquillity of a small Cornish village, she finds a whole lot more than just peace to write her book.


The worst prompts ever for spelling!! LOL And my logline isn't much better... Thankfully I'm moderately happy with the story.




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Posted By: Snarkmaiden
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 6:46am
Heat 75: Crime caper / a reunion / a police officer

Standerd Poodell

When an up-and-coming musician realises that a washed-up Eighties rock star is his biological father, he and his bandmates pull out all the stops to sneak into their reunion gig and claim his birthright.



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SC R1: https://tinyurl.com/4mcs6kua" rel="nofollow - Sanctuary (drama)
SSC R1: https://shorturl.at/azIT4" rel="nofollow - Speechless (romcom)


Posted By: nod1v1ng
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 6:51am
Heat 70: Comedy / DIY / A machinist 


A Pinterest Christmas 

Voice message, December 19, 2019 3:02 PM. 

“Hi Sky, it’s Mom––just wanted to tell you how excited I am for your spectacular Christmas extravaganza; I know it’s going to be an over-the-top, not-to-be-missed experience!”




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Posted By: SJR090
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 7:01am
Originally posted by Briana Una Briana Una wrote:

Group 118 - sci-fi/a furniture mover/shopping

The Fruit of Knowledge

Geoffrey Hammers used to be a businessman; now he delivers furniture.  As far as he’s concerned, every freedom the androids have was taken straight from him.

That synopsis is really clever, I'm very intrigued!


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Posted By: Metchr
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 7:10am

Group 96/Genre: Comedy/Action: Trespassing/Character: Private Investigator







The Great Cookie Caper


Max, challenged by his latest investigation, is faced with the realization that trespassing is sometimes necessary to discover the truth. 




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Posted By: bookmama
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 7:23am
Heat 119. Action/adventure / penniless / recruiter

A Place of Safety.

Chris is pulled out of his comfortable existence into the world of someone having uncertainty and fear. Does he risk his family and home for the sake of someone he doesn't even know?


Posted By: jenspenden
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 7:31am

I’m Not Scared

Brief Synopsis: A fiery past, a virus outbreak, and blood-thirsty monsters. Nothing scares Amelia as long as she has her dead brother’s favorite action figure by her side.


Group 148: Horror / Bodybuilding / A House Sitter




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Posted By: Alyxbee
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 8:01am
Group 34: Political Satire // Diagnosis // Man with a missing tooth

All This Over a Pothole?



A head-on collision puts Rex Torraine in the hospital. With the workforce at its lowest in decades, and the medical sector growing stricter every day, his fate is ripped out of his hands




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Posted By: Cat Logan
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 8:12am
Teehee, thanks! Ten to midnight, I literally had head in hands trying to think of a better title than the one I had!

Whoops, messed up on quoting...


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Posted By: Rosie J
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 8:12am
So I can see I'm going to get no work done next week, just gonna be reading all these ace-sounding stories!LOL

Group 133 - spy / a job search / a model

The Lethal Pensioner

When a beautiful model is betrayed by her security team, a kind old woman comes to her rescue. But the old woman has a terrible secret of her own….




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