Vote for my minimum opus (opi?)

, Writing , C. David Dent ,

Two of my entries were selected from the first round. This pleases me greatly becasue it tells me I might have a future in this "writing" thing. As long as I don't have to write anything longer than 140 characters.

You can vote for your favorite Tweet Me a Story story, and I'd appreciate it if you would consider voting for mine.  While you are there, C A. Bridges has two story entries in group 15, so give him a check if you would.

My stories chosen were:

A cage is not a trap, the raccoon mused, only the end result. He also mused that he was still stuck. He never could resist peanut butter.

and

Trap your errors, my programming instructor had said. I remembered the lesson with irony because who guessed that a rogue AI was an error.

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2010 "Tweet me a Story" Contenst Entries Round 1

, Writing , C. David Dent ,

The first round of the 2010 “Tweet me a Story” writing contest from NYCmidnight was last night. Entrants were assigned a word at 7 p.m. and had 5 hours to come up with up to 3 stories, under 140 characters each, including that word in proper usage.

My group got the word “TRAP.” Here’s what I wrote. The ones in red I submitted. Let me know if I should have submitted different ones in the comments.

• "If I had opposable thumbs and a grappling hook I'll bet I could trap 4 or 5 of you a day," thought the lion from the comfort of his cage
  
  
• Smell this, Dad said. That's a trap, I said, If I don't you mock me, if I do it'll be vile. Suit yourself, he said sniffing it himself.
  
  
• "You have farren into my tlap!" the Yellow Peril said. "Fallen. Trap," Captain Obvious stated, helpfully.
  
  
• "Nobody wants to place blame here," she said. I looked at her with hatred. She did it. I knew it and so did she. "Shut your trap," I said.
  
  
• Stalk. Snatch. Grab. Drop in trap. Crabbing is the back beat behind the summertime music of steam, Old Bay, butter, and beer.
  
  
• Trap your errors, my programming instructor had said. I remembered the lesson with irony because who guessed that a rogue AI was an error.
  
  
• Mexican standoff. Yankee armed with gun & Afghani with knife at his throat both in Iraq. Together in a cosmopolitan trap of mutual capture.
  
  
• A cage is not a trap, the raccoon mused, only the end result. He also mused that he was still stuck. He never could resist peanut butter.
  
  
• Leon never suspected he would fall in love again.Last time he barely escaped the trap with his life. He was prepared to run this time around
  
  
• Doc Octopus stared into the empty cell filled with robotic minions. Electrodes sparked and webbing hung from the bars. The trap was empty.
  
  
• Ackbar swiveled to view the screen. It was obvious they'd played into the Emperor's hands. "It's a trap!" he cried.

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