Three word story

[jake bartlett]

Has this been done before?

The door opened

[Tau]

Yes this has been done before

I seem to remember that it was locked by popular demand, either permanently or temporally, so that it could drift of the first few page so that it would not be revived.


and then closed.

[Firefly]

shortest horror story:

The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door.

I can't remember who wrote it, and I'm too lazy to google.

[Gaines]

Shortest love tragedy.

"Bitch".

"Bastard".

[jake bartlett]

tragedy in bed
"you tired, again"

[mattimeo]

My three word story: Must read book!
It describes me so well

[El902]

I think Tau was the only one who got the gist: Jake, why don't you edit with the rules of the game? It's always nice for people to know what they're doing

Unless, of course, you mean literal three-word stories. Then I'm the one who doen't know what she's talking about

Anyhoot: The door opened and then closed. It creaked noisily

[Night Wanderer]

The door opened and then closed. It creaked noisily onto my finger.


(Creaked onto my finger. No, it doesn't make sense. Yes, I know. No, I'm not changing it, and yes, you'll just have to live with it.)

[El902]

The door opened and then closed. It creaked noisily onto my finger.

"Ow!" I screamed,

[Night Wanderer]

The door opened and then closed. It creaked noisily onto my finger.

"Ow!" I screamed, punching the door.

[Firefly]

The door opened and then closed. It creaked noisily onto my finger.

"Ow!" I screamed, punching the door. I was very

[Tau]

Now people get it, I did say there was a reason why the last one was killed of, possibly because the WB public can’t handle it.

frightened, but I

[Miellyn]

...still decided to...

[jake bartlett]

Tau, sorry for not explaning the rules of the game, EL902 got it.

The door opened and then closed. It creaked noisily onto my finger.
"Ow"! I screamed, punching the door I was very frightened, but I still decided to put a brave

[Tau]

Oh I knew the rules, some of the others did not. And you forgot Miellyns words, I have added them in where they should be.

The door opened and then closed. It creaked noisily onto my finger.
"Ow"! I screamed, punching the door I was very frightened, but I still decided to had no idea
that this will

[Night Wanderer]

The door opened and then closed. It creaked noisily onto my finger.
"Ow"! I screamed, punching the door. I was very frightened, but I still decided to, having no idea that this would escalate into a

[Tau]

No changing words Night, you have to work with what was there before.
And you don’t have to repeat previous parts, just post your own three words, I just did it because words where overlooked.

nice hot bath

[jake bartlett]

,This is what


Tau, is there a way we can cut and paste so that it looks like a follow on story.........does this make any sense

[Tau]

Don’t think so, it will get a bit (ok very) sill but after the first few pages generally a theme emerges that then people try to follow, though it is a still a bit random.
I guess if we read the last few post before us we can vaguly stick to grammar.

would come from

[Night Wanderer]

Can I at least change punctuation? Otherwise, it'll turn out making no sense at all...

using ketchup to

[Tau]

Again don’t think so, the point of this is not to make sense, just put punctuation in when you deem it to fit when you are adding three words. (Such as I am doing now.)

make a cake.

[LeeAnderson]

Ketchup, however, was

[Tau]

the only thing

[LeeAnderson]

that could hardly

[Tau]

be poisonous to

[LeeAnderson]

anybody resembling my

[Night Wanderer]

pet sea anemones.

[LeeAnderson]

The anemones were

[Tau]

sadly in the

[Night Wanderer]

bathtub, where I