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At 9/18/09 04:52 PM, DonDuDonDon wrote: There once was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died. The End.

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He awoke. This time his scream found a voice.

Nine words.

I move him with my thumbs. He needs my guidance, though I am not the only one.

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At 9/18/09 04:52 PM, Narusegawa wrote: The swaying maize. The blowing wind. The blue sky. Remember.

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Everyone, but the shattered violin, leaves the stage.


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The blue and red lights flash in the mirror but get smaller. "WELCOME TO MEXICO!" I shout in joy.

I've made my mind up, there's going to be trouble.
I'm reading Marx.

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There was once a great hero, people forgot his name.

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At 9/18/09 03:52 AM, GeneralAC wrote: I was shot. The pain overwhelmed me. Everything went black.
10 words.

This was decent. It caught attention and provokes the reader's mind as to what happened.

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"The best friend of her boyfriend said, "Why don't you love me the way you love him?"

If I were tied up, would you ring my bell?

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It was a dark and stormy night...

Oh, wait

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On the way home from work, I saw a bear mauling what looked like the remains of John my co-worker.

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The blackened haze fell over the cloudy people as the king stood tall. 'Fall at my knees' he said.

19 words.

In ancient days, men looked into the stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.

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The sound of the chime, its the end of time... The end of the line.

15 Words.

"Im a medic not a doctor."
"Whats the difference?"
"Doctors heal people... Medics make you more comfortable.... While you die."


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another try!

He saw all to the world, but the meaning of it.
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Day by Day by Day, they keep vanishing.
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Although the war was won, the future consequences are unknown.

this shit requires some fucking DEEP thinking.

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Phil Bangkok ate his wife Phyllis, son Little Phil, daughter Little Phyllis, and dog Philbert because he's a shark.

There is no such thing as someone who doesn't like the PS3, there is only poor people who can't afford one. PS3 owners pity you and hope you can one day get out of poverty.


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A shot rang out, and a scream was heard. Suddenly, the G-Man emerged from the darkness.

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Streets flow with red. The lay unburied. Death has come.


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10 words.


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Turn the ignition. Nothing. Turn it again. Nothing. Eaten alive.

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I began. I was not the man I once was, but improved. The girl on my bed was not impressed.

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"Through tears and blood, he managed to croak, 'Kill me'"
Howzat? If not, then

The crab burst through the windows and consumed everyone's soul
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I don't think you guys are doing it right, it's supposed to have a sort of hidden meaning that you get after thinking about it, or rereading it a few times, not something blatantly obvious. See:

At 9/18/09 03:48 AM, fli wrote: "For sale. Baby Shoes. Never worn."
"Enter sequence 9-3-6-8-6-E." The president said.

Mine:
"Man the harpoons!" yelled Moby but he knew Qwee-qkway couldn't because the harpoons were made of cereal.

what.

CHEMOCHEMOCHEMOCHEMOCHEMOCHEMOCHEMO CHEMOCHEMOCHEMOCHEMO

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During the day, the world exists. But it fades away during the night, leaving me all alone in the void.


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Light weakens me, but night makes me strong. Perception of reality fade. Movement shudders. Bottle falls from hand. Drunken stupor.

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He sat at the bar, and ordered a drink for the lady across the room. She ignored him all night.

20 words exactly.


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Some people are born. They live, they die. Woe to the beings outside of time, with only space to mark.

20!

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Well basically I was browsing Newgrounds when I found this thread about a story that has to be less than....

Fuck ... I fail
20 words

Yes, it's true, I fuck me.

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"I'm going to kill you". The fortune teller was also my surgeon.

12 words XD
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I killed a baby and made him into the most delicious sandwich ever.


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"This is a nice burger, what's in it?"
"Your wife."

10 Words

Fool me once...shame on you. Fool me twice...no one will ever find your body.
I kill threads.

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This man came into the room. He raped your brother. After that, he left. There was a search. He was found.

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