In 55 words or less, tell me a story.

[[Esoteric Reference]]

Not all short stories have to be sad you know. Sometimes they can be about happy little sausages.

OR!

Billy buttercup lived under the sea.
Why on earth did this happen to me?
I have no eyes I cannot see
The beauty that lies under the sea

He tried so hard to be free
from the shackles that we
think we need to be
happy, but in truth we're just trapped under the sea

 

[ShindoL Shill]

]This is my magnificent octopus

Here we go:

"Once upon a time, there was a lovely little sausage called Baldrick and it lived happily ever after."

The End.

I think I love you.

OT: This is a very, very hard thing to do. Try something about a person being indifferent to Cocoa Pops or Cornflakes or something and the difficult breakfast decision they must make. That's gotta be exciting.

ok, i'll try.

"John never liked Cocoa Pops, or even cornflakes. So he decided to have museli. This decision came back to haunt him when he ate the museli and realised museli is shit.
So he had a continental breakfast, but PeTA ambushed him, and poured blood on him screaming 'Bacon is murder!'
'So is blood...' he replied."

 

[[Esoteric Reference]]

]This is my magnificent octopus

Here we go:

"Once upon a time, there was a lovely little sausage called Baldrick and it lived happily ever after."

The End.

Sausage!? SAUSAGE!? ARRRRGH DAMN YOUR EYES!

What was all that about?

I think you'll find that he left sausage out of his dictionary. Oh! And aardvark.

Hee Hee Hee somebody got it.

 

[AlAaraaf74]

]Not all short stories have to be sad you know. Sometimes they can be about happy little sausages.

OR!

Billy buttercup lived under the sea.
Why on earth did this happen to me?
I have no eyes I cannot see
The beauty that lies under the sea

He tried so hard to be free
from the shackles that we
think we need to be
happy, but in truth we're just trapped under the sea

A story and a poem. My teacher would be proud.

 

[joshuaayt]

Here goes.

"Coping"

She?s at the pub again- always there.
I watched her leave, this time. She kissed the boys on the way out, two swift pecks on the cheek. I never noticed her doing that, before.
I cradle my own beverage, on the couch. My sons approach- ?Will Mom be back tonight??
I smile. ?Yes, she will.?


...55 words, plus one for the title. Setting is the guy's house, characters are aplenty, conflict is at least implied in the first line, resolution is handled by the sons.

 

[=RedMenace=]

2.A setting,
3.One or more characters,
4.Some conflict, and
5.A resolution. (Not limited to moral of the story)

I got a story in just 3 words:

"Cool story, Bro."

2 - a dialogue between at least 2 characters
3 - the storyteller and the listener
4 - the obvious disrespect the listener has for the storyteller
5 - display of the said disrespect

Beat that.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

Once there was an ugly Barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died. Eventually the Barnacle died as well. The End.

 

[Chefodeath]

He's on the Escapist yet again. He should be working. He sees some stupid thread. Not very good, but what better way to procrastinate? He sighs, begins a relply. He then decides "no fuck it" and does his work. This was the turning point! He was successful from then on and lived happily ever after.

I'm going to go and cry now.

 

[trollnystan]

Here it goes.

Fear of Heights

"Why on Earth would you want to do this?" he asked nervously, looking back the way they came across the gorge bridge, towards the safety of terra firma.
"Because," she replied with a tight smile, settling her goggles in place. "How can you tell you're alive unless you face your fears?"
And she leapt off.

[sub][sup]EDIT: I suppose I should add a title. (I considered Leap of Faith - as an in-joke between me and my friend, not a reference to AC - but this might be better.)[/sup][/sub]

 

[AlAaraaf74]

2.A setting,
3.One or more characters,
4.Some conflict, and
5.A resolution. (Not limited to moral of the story)

I got a story in just 3 words:

"Cool story, Bro."

2 - a dialogue between at least 2 characters
3 - the storyteller and the listener
4 - the obvious disrespect the listener has for the storyteller
5 - display of the said disrespect

Beat that.

There is no resolution, nor is there a setting.

 

[burningdragoon]

I feel like leaving this here is appropriate: http://fiftywordstories.com/ that fellow needs some more attention.

So...
I tried to tell a story once. It didn't go too well. I don't do that anymore.

 

[ZombieMonkey7]

Here's a touching story
Once upon a time in the Escapist forums you died and I lived happily ever after.
The End

Edit, just realized someone posted this before I did, so let me change it around.

Here's a touching story
Once upon a time on the Escapist forums Gmans uncle posted before me and died so I became the original and lived happily ever after.
The End

 

[emeraldrafael]

Losing Sucks.

There once were two boys who wished to play chicken with a train. Neither wanted to lose, for neither had never lost. Both kept playing, the train coming closer and closer. The train came and went, one boy one, the other lost the game and his legs. He still plays chicken with the train.

...

true story.

 

[Sylvine]

Let's see...

Waste Of Words

"Understand that this is nothing personal." - he stops beside me. I try to break free. Can't. "I just do what they tell me. I suggest You do, too." The noose around my neck, his hand on the lever make it impossible to understand. "It's not that hard."

Swallowing, I dare ask: "But why only fifty-five

...probably too cheesy.

~Sylv

 

[hoboman29]

Random title
Jim was having an adventure that was skyrim epic. Waking up he realized it was a dream and came to grips with that life was boring. Then he went to work again.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

John answered the phone heavily drunk.
A verbal diarrhea of slurred words spewed forth as he tried to give an explanation to someone who didn't need it. Marcus had called three times already, hoping to get a word in before he was cut off by a repeated vomiting of hasty speech. John was stupidly drunk.

 

[Chris646]

Once upon a time, there was a man and a woman. But that's boring. So thousands of years later: robots in space. The end.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

I think Halo is a pretty cool guy. Eh kills aleins and doesn't afraid of anything.

I think it's all there. You could argue setting but... it's the heart

 

[SpartyTheOneManParty]

The Grasshopper and the Octopus

All year long, the grasshopper kept burying acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV. But then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus ate all his acorns. Also he got a race car.

 

[Kuroneko97]

My story's called The Ugly Barnacle.

Once there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died.

The End.