Round Up: Week Four

Prompt: Write about a random mythological/fantasy creature and put them in an average, modern-day situation.

Amanda

I was given a dementor staring at a screen for hours on end. My first thoughts of staring at a screen for hours was a situation that recently finished for me- searching for a job. That seemed to fit perfectly since the dementors were laid off once Shacklebolt became the Minister of Magic, so naturally they would all resort to muggle technology to find a new job. My dementor, Nick, dreams of a life where his options extend beyond guarding prisons and working for dark wizards (and defending the ring but let’s not go there or Korrin will get angry). He needed to find a way to be himself yet live his dreams, which is truly what we all want in life.

And for the record, he would have made a wonderful princess at the happiest place on earth.

MY VOTE: Korrin

Korrin

I was given a robot/android and the situation of wishing you were in Disneyland. I was really happy I got that situation because I came up with it and if there aren’t times in your life where you just wish you were in Disneyland you are a liar liar pants on fire.  From the get go I knew that it would be a Disney robot taking over the world. Avengers: Age of Ultron just came out so it’s a given.  Mickey Mouse is the lifeblood of the Disney corporation so it came to him naturally and everything else just fell into place.  Interesting fact, to find the name Brittany I looked up  popular names from 1993 since she just got out of college, but she was smart so she did it early.  I chose a name that wasn’t one of my close friends (i.e. Amanda, Emily, Elizabeth, etc.).  

P.S. Dementors and Ring-Wraiths are not the same thing

MY VOTE: Kylie

Kylie

Let’s talk about demons, y’all.

I have been on the greatest demon kick. It used to be ghosts. Sad ghosts were behind everything I wrote because sad ghosts are the worst. You just want to hug them and tell them that everything will be okay, but you can’t because they’re ghosts. Now, the whole purpose of demons is to hurt people or scare them. And they’re evil. They have no inhibitions. That’s what makes them so fun to write, especially when they lose themselves in their own emotions.

Cyn’s name is, in fact, pronounced “sin.” I laughed for 5 minutes after coming up with that. He’s a fairly young demon, hence why his numbers are still relatively low.

This entire story was driven by the image of Cyn giving the speech, eyes flipping from the audience to his notecards faster than a speeding bullet, shaking like a leaf and pulling at his collar as he sweats like crazy. I’m extremely proud of the word count--almost 3,000 words! I NEVER write that much. This is definitely a story I want to keep on the back burner and keep working on.

EPILOGUE: The bridesmaid immediately jumps up after Cyn passes out and screams “I KNOW CPR!” Marco just laughs as Laura attempts to pull her little sister off the demon that she is not actually giving CPR to. Once Cyn wakes up, he is disgusted yet proud to discover that he was not the weirdest person at the wedding.

MY VOTE: The Kitty with a Horn

Guest Blogger--Craig Maglish

My story came from the heart. It was based on factual events, but I changed the kitty’s name from “Cat” to “Kitty” to protect the innocence of Cat.

MY VOTE: My story

Looks like this week goes to our guest blogger!

For those of you keeping score at home:

Amanda- 1

Kylie- 1

Jimlock- 1

Craig- 1

This Week’s Prompt: I am super excited and slightly terrified for this prompt. It's a little complex to get started, but I know some great stories will come out of it.
STEP ONE: Grab your ipod or any song playing device and make sure it is set on shuffle
STEP TWO: Find a song whose title is also a person's name and use that as your story's main character. You can listen to the song if you like, but make sure to click on it.
STEP THREE: From that song, skip forward five times. The song name that comes up is the title of your story. Make sure you are writing this all down somewhere.
STEP FOUR: Skip forward three times and use ANY LYRIC from that song in your story. A lyric has to be at least five words long, but you can change the wording a little if you need.
STEP FIVE: Continue skipping in sets of three until you have five songs to choose lyrics from (seven songs in all with the name and title). If you can't use them all, at least work in four of the five songs. Note: If you stop on a song without words, skip to the next song and use that. If it's a foreign language, you can either translate the lyrics or skip forward.
STEP SIX: Write an amazing story and be sure to credit all the songs at the end.
NOTE: You can repeat the process up to three times if you wish, but always start from a name. Don't pick and choose songs to use. Don't be a cheater cheater pumpkin eater.