Help me build a short-story library! For three weeks, I’ll post 5 story starts. Over the weekend I will add 1000 words to ONE of the story-starts from the week, based on YOUR choices. In the fourth week, I’ll work on the winning 1500 word story to create a full short story.
Vote for the story you want to see go further by commenting with “tell me more” or something to that effect (and yes, you can vote for more than one story per round). 🙂 Everyone who votes (via comment) and registers for our Read Team will have access to the finished stories at the end of each round.
2020
Round 1, March:
Week 3, 3/15 – 3/20
Transaction
Neighbors
Have and Have Not
Signs
Love Story, Winner – Love Story, Continued
Week 2, 3/8 – 3/13
Full Moon
Choices
The Storyteller, Winner – The Storyteller, Continued
Power Play
Small Gifts
Week 1, 3/1 – 3/6
Word Pictures
October 17, Winner – October 17, Continued
Survival
Gertrude
Simple Truths
2019
Round 4, October:
Week 3, 10/20 – 10/26
Quiet Chaos
Mother Issues
Goodbye, Winner – Goodbye, Continued
February Twenty-Second
Focus
Week 2, 10/13 – 10/19
Spontaneous Conception
Apple Tree
Alice
To Life
Nuri, Winner – Nuri, Continued
Week 1, 10/6 – 10/12
Two
Standing
Back to School
Everything
Summer, Winner – Summer, Continued
Round 3, March:
Week 3, 3/18 – 3/24
Missing Persons, Winner – Missing Persons, Continued
Summer of…
Tethered
Quitting Time
Manslaughter
Week 2, 3/11 – 3/17
Tech Support
A Real Life
Strangers
Four Marbles
Earned Honor, Winner – Earned Honor, Continued
Week 1, 3/4 – 3/10
Day One of Many
Bus Stop Connection
The Diner, Winner – The Diner, Continued
Two Men on a Mission
Temporary Togetherness
Round 2, February:
Week 3, 2/18 – 2/24
Shopping
Farewell, Winner – Farewell, Continued
Party Animals
Sunset
Hot Coffee
Week 2, 2/11 – 2/17
Uninvited House Guest
Monday
Feelings
North, South, East, and West, Winner – North, South, East, and West, Continued (full-story winner)
Up and Down
Week 1, 2/4 – 2/10
A Woman of Her Word
Just Another Mission
Wishes, Cats, and Commands
Asteroids, Winner – Asteroids, Continued
Table for Two
Round 1, January:
Week 3, 1/21 – 1/26
Homecoming
Rights
Picture Day, Winner – Picture Day, Continued (full-story winner)
The Boy With No Name
Modern Dilemmas
Week 2, 1/14/19 – 1/19/19
I Don’t
Semester of Change
Love Song
My Night on the 15th Floor, Winner – My Night on the 15th Floor, Continued
A Human Tale
Week 1, 1/7/19 – 1/13/19
Intrusion
Schmidt
Blame the Wind
Like a Lady, Winner – Like a Lady, Continued
Countdown
2018
Round 3:
Week 3, 2/26 – 3/2
What Makes the World
Four Strangers
Understanding Arlin
Clothing Optional (winner) – Clothing Optional, Continued (full-story winner)
Short Visit
Week 2, 2/19 – 2/23
Simplicity
Partners
Quax
Chasing Joy (winner) – Chasing Joy, Continued
Humps
Week 1, 2/13 – 2/17
Visiting Hours
Sunday Paper
As Assigned
Seeking Perfection (winner) – Seeking Perfection, Continued
The Power of Underpants
Round 2:
Week 3, 1/29 – 2/2
Ball
Grandma’s House
Unexpected Love
The Light (winner) – The Light Continued – The Light-Final (password protected)
The Breach
Week 2, 1/22 – 1/26
Three Siblings
Carrying On
Inside Out
Road Trip
Boutique Business
Week 1, 1/15 – 1/19
Shell Song (winner) – Shell Song Continued
So Many Cars
Research
Dinner Guest
Prize Fight
Round 1:
Week 4 – Final Short Story
Monkey See – Continued
The House – Continued
Second Date – Continued (winner) – Second Date – full story
Week 3, 1/1 – 1/5
Second Date (winner) – Second Date – Continued (1500 words)
Fault of the Ukulele
Some Kinds of Help
Snow
Granny Time
Week 2, 12/25 – 12/29
Thespians
The Truth
The House (winner) – The House – Continued (1500 words)
Safe Space
Furthering
Week 1, 12/18 – 12/22
Leaving by Intuition
Unanswered
OWM
Reunited
Monkey See (winner) – Monkey See Continued (1500 words)