Broken Slumber
Please dab a sponge of water on my heart, that I may know the full force of your tears. For there was a dream of light rain, and then I awoke, and lo! There…
Remixing... The Frogs
In this challenge, you are to use in a single story at least *4* of the following 10 lines, which I have selected more or less at random and on whim, from Aristophanes’s _The Frogs_. 1. Come now, that comical joke? 2. How can you when you’re riding? 3. And then I awoke, and lo! 4. Please dab a sponge of water on my heart. 5. There’s such a smell of onions. 6. And see they are carrying out a body now. 7. Pay me two drachmas, or it’s no use talking. 8. Now stretch your arms full length before you. 9. When I do that, I can’t contain myself. 10. And now I see the most ferocious monster. The lines must be integral to the story and not incidental. No other restrictions.
Challengers
6 entriesFriends 'Til the End
Frog was taking a formaldehyde bath one morning when all of a sudden he had the most excellent idea. “Toad has been very sad lately,” he said. “Perhaps I’ll…
Front Row Seats
“There was a murder across the street? Seriously? I don’t buy it.” She looks skeptical. “It was just a robbery, right?” “Come now, that comical joke? You can…
No Pacing
“Nate! This is Tim!” My jaw hung open, the phone pressed against my ear to the point of pain. “You’re calling me!” I said after utilizing my intense powers of…
Ronald & Nancy
My wife Nancy recommended her. Before she set down her bag, she ordered Nancy to pay her in a superstitious fashion. “Pay me two drachmas, or it’s no use…