Give me a short story idea

[Queen Michael]

Write about a horrific dystopian world, that's like ours except a carton of milk costs 20 cents more!

 

[TakerFoxx]

SNIP

I think it's safe, so long as he does some original work with it. If he has some rainbow colored rooms, then yeah, there's a problem, but having a similar concept isn't such a big deal, I think. Poe would probably prefer people to carry on his legacy, even if they don't all reach his heights. If everyone's too intimidated to write in his field then the genre will stagnate, and I don't think anyone would want that, Poe included. Not that you're wrong, I love me some Poe : )

It is not really an issue of how close it is to Masque so much as. . . well, ok. It is like a musician just getting started and then making a song that sounds even remotely like something composed by Beethoven. . . It is not anyone's fault, and only someone boorish would bring up things like plagiarism, but it also -even under the best of circumstances- invites comparison between the two. Which no one should feel bad for not measuring up to that. So, it is not that they shouldn't do it, it is just that I would suggest they not. I suppose. Though, that is a rather silly answer, I admit.

Well, considering that I've been writing stories more-or-less nonstop for the last five years and fairly consistently for five years before that and my total story output is more than half again as long as the entirety of the Harry Potter series, I think I've got enough experience under my belt to give it a shot and be able to create something of my own. And like I said, I've never even read Masque, so the chances of any notable resemblance are pretty slim.

 

[bdeamon]

A buddy detective story about a 16th century composer who is a vampire in the 1950s who solves crimes with a cocky, but talented rock n' roll time traveler from the 80's who is trapped there after robots from the future steal his time machine. Also, the two guys have a smooth talking, but ageing jazz singer who gives them leads on jobs.