Category Archives: Odd

Tale of Wonder

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The ancient bard settled more comfortably into his furs and breathed in deeply. The air held the scent of pine needles, campfire smoke, and eager anticipation.

His audience held their breaths with rapt attention, awaiting the bard’s words of adventure, beauty, and wisdom.

The bard opened his mouth to begin…

@gameking218: “I forgot the Smores,” he said. Everyone up and left.

@VikkieTheMimm: …but alas, he’d lost his voice. Darn that Mage Flu.

What happens next? Write your own conclusion to this story and either write in a comment or send it to me via Twitter at @50wordstories. Your conclusion must be ten words or less!

I’ll add in responses as I receive them, though I may make some edits of my own before including them.

Jorge Was A Racist

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Jorge was a racist. He hated purple people. He wanted to do mean things to them all.

Jorge was also a mulish ignoramus. He wouldn’t listen to anyone who tried to tell him purple people didn’t exist.

“Fools!” he muttered to himself every night, as he repainted his skin brown.

Baked Bads

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“Crumpets!”

“What’s wrong?”

“Muffins!”

“Dude, what are you talking about?”

“Biscuits!”

“I, uh… Are you ok?”

“Scones!”

“I usually pronounce it ‘scawns’, myself.”

“Croissants!”

“Hold on, are you just yelling out the names of various baked goods?”

“Cookies!”

“Ok, ok, I think I’m getting the picture.”

“Cupcakes!”

“Danishes!”

“Charcoal!”

“…Huh?”

A Whole New Meaning To The Word “Handgun”

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“Did you know,” droned the lecturer, “that until a few short centuries ago, the human body was made of sixty percent water rather than sixty percent weaponry?”

“Weird,” commented a student, holding up one shotgun arm and flexing his finger-pistols. “Makes you wonder how they survived long enough to evolve.”

A Sudden and Decisive Revolution

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Thousands of ducks overwhelmed the streets of North Crundria. The city was in an uproar.

“Ducks!?” cried the frightened, confused masses. “But… Aren’t they extinct?!”

A zoologist stood on his porch. “I warned you all,” he said. “The balance has shifted. And I, for one, welcome our new Duck Overlords.”

This story was inspired by suggestions from @gameking128 (“duck”), @Graham_LRR (“North Crundria”), and @HootieD (“to shift”) via Twitter.

Claim to Fame

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He had the biggest, bushiest, amazingest beard.

People would approach him in restaurants or on the street and ask to take his picture. He was half celebrity, half tourist attraction.

The mayor accused him of using a fake beard, but testing determined that it was real.

The mayor was impeached.

The Marathon

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They ran and they ran and they ran.

They ran and they ran and they ran and they ran and they ran and they ran and they ran.

They ran.

They ran and ran.

And then they ran some more.

They ran really, really, really far.

And then they stopped.

Instahaunt

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Sigmund dove for cover, gunshots ringing in his ears.

“Hello,” said Carl’s ghost.

“Girly scream!” said Sigmund.

“You just killed me,” said Carl’s ghost.

“…Sorry?” squeaked Sigmund.

Carl’s ghost shrugged.

“Blam!” said Carl’s partner’s gun as it shot Sigmund.

“Girly scream!” said Carl’s partner.

“I’m really hungry,” said Carl’s ghost.

Around the World in Eighty Meals

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She sat on the couch and wished she was in Italy eating sushi with chopsticks. Or in Guam eating steak with a spork. She’d even settle for pizza in the Bahamas, or a spoon and some carrots…

But she was older now, and darn it, she was on a diet!

This story was written with input from @zaro27, @Caelum_Sky, @clayben, and @captainmakr on Twitter, who provided me with some interesting foods, countries, and eating utensils.

Giant Frogs Should Not Be Killers

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“It’s a giant frog!” shouted Cyrus.

“I love frogs!” shouted Mara.

The giant frog gave them both a happy lick, because it loved making new friends.

They took it home and fed it flies and, unlike the ones in my Dungeons and Dragons game, it didn’t try to eat them.