A Proposal

I'm sorry, it's been a long day, and I'm not in the mood to discuss if I'd rather be alone on an island or with an enemy or anything like that, so I'm going to cheat on today's post by proposing thus:

 
1) At a Chinese restaurant, your character opens his fortune cookie and reads the following message: "Your life is in danger. Say nothing to anyone. You must leave the city immediately and never return. Repeat: say nothing."...

2) A man elbows your character in a crowd. After he is gone, she discovers her cell phone is too. She calls her own number, and the man answers. She explains that the cell phone has personal information on it and asks the man to send it back to her. He hangs up. Instead of going to the police, your character decides to take matters into her own hands...

3) At the airport, a stranger offers your character money to carry a mysterious package onto the plane. The stranger assures your character that it's nothing illegal and points out that it has already been through the security check. Your character has serious doubts, but needs the money, and therefore agrees...

4) Your character develops the idea that she can hear the voices of the dead on a certain radio channel. She decides to take advantage of this channel to find answers to some questions that are bothering her about her dead parents...

5) The detective saw his opportunity. He grabbed the waitress’s arm and said…

6) And suddenly, I transformed into Dobert Rowney Sr.

7) Your computer won't shut down when you are getting ready to leave work at five. Instead, it is looping a message, and then attempts to tell you something. What is your computer doing? Write this scene.


I'm gonna do it, Nargles. Before the end of 2014, I will have short stories surrounding these seven prompts posted on this blog. I don't care if it's going to be freshman year, or if I already have 50 extracurriculars, I will write! these! stories! and put them all here for you. And the readers.

Look, I even have a list of randomly generated names to use!

Megan Bryan
Flora Taylor
Nancy Bennett
Cynthia Allen
Ann Knight
Janie Hicks
Elizabeth Price
Mimi Benson

Chris Yates
Ben Watkins
Scott Nelson
James Miller
Russell Griffin
Todd Collins
Jason Campbell  
Bill Hodges
John Bryant

Hm... Which to pick?

Let the writing commence.

- Quibbles 8/4/14