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- From: grendel@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Purveyor of Arcane Knowledge)
- Subject: Re: Homework for Newbies
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.015922.14407@uwm.edu>
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- Organization: The International House of Secretions
- References: <70241@apple.Apple.COM>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:59:22 GMT
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- In article <70241@apple.Apple.COM> bc@apple.com (bill coderre) writes:
- *How bizarre can you be in 100 words? nj and I need some very short
- *stories to put onto snatches of music that he and Mister X have
- *written. If we like your stories, maybe they'll get set to music, put
- *on my answering machine, or put on a compilation tape.
- *
- *NB: exactly one hundred words. No more, no less.
-
- I don't care if it's just for newbies or not; I love writing contests!
- Here's mine...start counting now.
-
-
- "Hi! I can't come to the phone right now, because I'm trapped under
- a large, heavy object. If you leave your name and number and the time
- you called, I'll get back to you as soon as I free myself." The answering
- machine beeped and Anna could hear her mom over the speaker.
-
- "Hi honey, it's me. Give me a call when you get home." As the phone
- clicked off, Anna squirmed under the refridgerator, her left leg crushed
- and twisted by it's bulk.
-
- She pushed the hulking appliance to no avail, thinking, "God, I'll be
- returning calls all day."
-
-
- Mark "OK, stop counting now" Lippert
-