Man, I was just sitting here thinking about how much I hate semicolons. They're just plain ugly, and most people use them incorrectly anyway. Instead of a semicolon, just use a period, or a comma, OR a beautiful, beautiful em-dash —, which is perfect for all your pausing needs. Or don't, in the end I don't really care I suppose — I'm just ranting.
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It wasn't a good story, but it was fun in its own sort of way. Kind of like JTK, where it's awfulness actually becomes endearing over time. Anyway, goodbye Dating Game, and thanks for the laughs.
As far as first sentences go, I like the fact that you started with something interesting. Is it cliche? Not necessarily - it really depends on what happens further along in the story. You do have a problem with the execution, though. Since this is a short story you have to learn to economize your words to make them all count. Every word should have a reason for being there. Try this, for example:
In 1987, six people were found dead in a New York alleyway. All six were covered in green pustules that spurted steaming hot puss when they were touched by the medical examiner's fingers.
The trollpasta wiki was removed from fandom a few years ago after too many rules violations. It has respawned here: https://trollpasta.com/wiki/Trollpasta_Wiki
You could use the stories on this wiki for that purpose (assuming the original author uploaded them), but then your game would then fall under the creative commons license, which means anyone else could take your game and do what they want with it, basically.
No they're not public domain until seventy years after the death of the author. However, depending on where the author posts them, you may be able to use them in certain ways. Any stories posted to this wiki come with preapproved rights, as follows:
You are free to:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
This is why you should only post your own stories on this wiki, and not the works of other people. Otherwise you're giving away rights that aren't yours to give. Stories posted to other sites, such as creepypasta.com and reddit, do NOT have these rights attached to them, and you must seek the author's permission before using them for narrations, etc.
Source: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
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So there's no connection to the events other than they're happening at the same time? It's an overly-broad concept that would be difficult (but not impossible) to turn into an effective horror story.
Bird of Burden, because it's the only one that comes across as a specific reference, rather than something more generic.
You can just post it, but it can and will be deleted pretty quickly if it's not up to quality standards. I suggest running it through the writer's workshop to get some feedback before posting.
Thanks for the responses. I'm definitely on board if we can get something running this year.
The Creepypasta Wiki has had three official collaborative writing projects, which are Meet the Cast, Indigo Falls, and Hallowroots. The last one, Hallowroots, dates all the way back to 2016. Since then, there've been at least two attempts (that I'm aware of) to complete another collaboration. They failed to launch due to a variety of reasons, but mostly because people said they'd participate and then didn't follow through. Even as recently as a couple of years ago the idea of a collaboration was being bandied about in the discussions, but again, went nowhere. My question is, is the time ripe for a fourth collaborative writing project? Are you *points finger directly at whoever is reading this* interested AND actually able to follow through with a chapter? Anyway, I'm not an admin, so consider this a totally unofficial staw-poll. However, if enough people seem interested then maybe we can get official approval and move forward.
7/11 for me.
Aw man you actually had me curious. Well happy 4/1 to you too.
There are too many bad ones to even remember them all, but the one that jumps out at me, mostly because it was somewhat popular at one time, is this:
Good luck with the book. It can be an uphill climb just to get noticed, and you'll find that there's an entirely different set of readers out there whose expectations are wildly different from the readers who frequent creepypasta sites. Try your best to reach these new readers by contacting bloggers and reviewers - make connections. It's a lot of work but it can be very rewarding as well. Let me know if you would like some more advice or tips. I'll be happy to share what I've learned.
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They appear to be doubling on a daily basis. Even the backrooms, with their 600 million square miles of office space, will be overrun with Ralstons very soon. And once that happens, they shall burst out upon the Earth itself!
One day little Timmy woke up and found that his eyes had fallen out of his head. No, they hadn't fallen out of his head, they'd fallen out of existence all together. He tried to scream, but God damn it, his mouth was gone too.
The End
Congratulations to Shadowswimmer and all the winners and contestants. This was a very successful contest and everyone involved did a great job. I wish I'd had the time to participate but it wasn't in the cards this time. Maybe next one.
No calamari dish? Maybe you thought that was too obvious?