Writers At Play

Writers on deadline or in the throes of a plot twist won't play, but when we are at leisure ... different story.

And this is the story line for the World's Shortest Horror Story - "The last man on earth sat in a room.  There was a knock at the door."

I sent it out with this heading:  Okay, Writers, Top This!

The responses in order of appearance.  Notice how the idea expands and branches out.

Must have been a woman at the door since all of the men were dead.

How many women still lived?

And there appeared the last woman on earth.  She took one look at him and decided she'd rather join everyone else.

From the hall came his wife's angry voice, "Get off of the pot already," she yelled, "You act like you're the only person who needs in there."

Would they harm the last sperm donor on earth?

The last man on earth sat in the room worried sick about the rent being overdue.

But to whom would he owe it?

"Go away!" he yells.  "I need to sleep a few hours.  And I want the next group wearing those little black French maids' outfits with nothing underneath.  And get me some more of that Beluga caviar that I had last night."

See how amusing we can be?  Toot! Toot!  that's the sound of our horns blowing.