Maxine Smart was a spy with a special zeal. In her career she had installed microphones in teapots, snail shells, in villas and cottages. But this was the ultimate undercover case. She would expose the agent from Botswana, rescue the former president of SWAPO from Namibia and with one foul swoop secure a year’s production of diamonds from Orapa. It would make her immortal!
Can You Tell a Story in … 64 words including zeal, microphone, snail, cottage, immortal, teapot
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Every carnival there was a competition for best disguise. Clara cherished the awards she had received for five years running. The winner was announced during the boogie. It was a draw: Clara had to share with another polar bear. She could have killed it as a waterfall with the tears she cried.
Can You Tell a Story in … 52 words including disguise, cherish, boogie, waterfall, draw
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The local bird park sent out an emergency newsletter. “We have a juvenile peacock here creating havoc. He’s been stealing the toothpaste out of the staff bathroom. He seems only scared of cymbals. We need. You have? Help, please!” Once again, Esther limits our word … Continue reading Vampire bird
One might call it: The sharks are circling! It was of course merely a conga line beach tournament but the competition was surprisingly ferocious. There was an umpire who oversaw the suitability of the soundtracks used (diddly-diddly dum-dum) and the proper placement of the towels (one inch above the hip bone). Four groups of twenty-one dancers each had reached the finals. The coveted prize for which they were competing was a luxury bus tour to False Bay in South Africa to watch real sharks circling.
Can You Tell a Story in … 85 words including shark, umpire, conga, bus, luxury, four, towel and soundtrack.
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The elfin warlock was hanging from a frayed lanyard, circling like a tiny rocket in orbit. He was indeed rather tiny so he was only given tiny errands by Beelzebub such as tangling the yarn Granny used for her crochet projects.
Can You Tell a Story in … 41 Words? including warlock, crochet, rocket, and lanyard
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“No woman no cry.” The reggae melody worked as a side-effect free psychosomatic remedy while he harvested the fluff in his partner’s navel. This cancelled out all his woes – from his relentless accountant to the pain in his arm which stemmed from a needlepoint … Continue reading Jamaican Tattoo
A well-versed bookworm prided himself that he could weather any storm. He kept tempting his fate with words from The Tempest. Until a cat’s paw pulled him out and he was dangling in limbo.
Can You Tell a Story in … 34 words including worm, storm, and limbo
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„Under dog lies lollipop.“ Borys had never unlearned his heavy Russian accent which came with its own grammatical challenges. “It make good picture for decorate house,” he added. He took out his old Zorki, focussed manually and took the photograph just in time before the dog ran away. He had it developed and sold it to an art gallery in a hexagonal frame for good money.
Can You Tell a Story in … 66 words, including underdog, lollipop, decorate, hexagon, money, and photograph
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He had this little verse, just for situations like this. He whispered it in the mirror with pouted lips and heavy lidded bedroom eyes. In an instant he switched his personality.
She put on her pink sweater over the purple tank-top with built-in boobs and off she went downtown, to rave the night away in the exclusive dance club. She would lose herself in the beat of the pounding techno music. No apology!
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His documents state his profession as “comic wrestler”. What it means is that he performs in pink tights and a tutu between the professional wrestling bouts. He pirouettes on stage, then screams a single syllable, something like “Knoutsh!” or “Brang!”, and ends up with egg … Continue reading An Armadillo
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