![]() I was running as fast as I could go, always had great pride in my speed, and hell, I was outrunning everybody else my size, and he's still yelling at me. ![]() he'd yell at you, scream at you, shout at you. I thought Jim Lee Howell picked on the rookies. and the Giant players at that time really treated the rookies bad. but they never did call me before, which I thought was odd. DeRo said he liked Bosley, but he liked Huff just as well. We ( West Virginia) were playing against North Carolina State, and DeRogatis came down to scout Bruce Bosley. In short time he took over the Decatur Staleys entirely, helped form the APFA (which became the NFL), moved the Staleys to Chicago, won the second league title and renamed the team as the Bears. Physically, at least, he was fine, and five years later Halas was working at a starch manufacturer in nearby Decatur, playing for and coaching the company's football team. Because Halas had purchased a ticket, his name was even published in the local papers among the list of missing and dead. Instead, he arrived at the Clark Street port to find the top-heavy steamer had rolled over in the Chicago River, killing 844 passengers.Įntire families were wiped out in the capszing. Arriving late to the port that morning was 20-year-old George Halas, a summer hire at the telephone manufacturer who had planned to play in the company baseball game that day. Want to read more about writing a great short story? Check out our guide here.The Apissue of Sports Illustrated had this interesting piece.Įarly on the morning of July 24, 1916, more than 2,500 Western Electric employees boarded the SS Eastland tour ship outside Chicago for a short trip across Lake Michigan to the company's summer picnic in Michigan City, Ind. The twist: their superiority is being challenged by a rising cabal of top-hatted stoats. Boot-wearing cats are the secret rulers of the world.(I admit I've used this one already, and it's wicked fun.) A young Fey prince runs away from responsibility to start a career as a street musician.Mermaids attempt to install a democratic form of government, but the cephalopods are causing trouble.“Life got you down? Become a Centaur…today!”.Medieval Italy's most powerful wizard presents a challenge to his pupils: they must compete to prepare a delicious meal without using any magic at all.What would you do if every tree you passed began whispering your name?.Tomorrow morning, all kings, queens, dictators, presidents, and politicians are suddenly replaced by talking dogs.Tinnitus is actually the result of pissed-off pixies, who haven't been properly fed in a couple of centuries (hint: it involves sugar and rum).Mythological creatures, tired of being portrayed as Caucasian gym rats, confront their creators on a popular combative talk show.Giants are REALLY into reality TV, and one day stomp down from their hidden mountain homes to convince Hollywood to create a show about them.Eating food turns one's skin the same color as one's last ingested item, which makes cheating on diets a challenge of strategy as well as taste.One bright morning in May, all domestic pets start talking.A fed-up genie, sick of being over-sexualized and paid in wishes, throws a magical tantrum which turns everyone in the world into the opposite gender.Unfortunately, no one can understand what they're saying. Capitol Hill wakes one day to find thousands of fairies protesting for better media representation. ![]() A witch living secretly in suburbia casts a spell to speed up the laundry, but it backfires-just in time for trick-or-treaters to deal with dancing underwear.(Alternatively, if you want to make this a darker story, have them sing The Sound of Silence. A bored housewife wakes one day to find all her dishes are singing Hey, Jude.They're especially tricky when one family is magical and the other hates spells, and both mothers want to control the celebration. Bored high school wizards decide to throw a party to celebrate tomorrow's graduation.They decide to put on a concert for the gardener who has (unwittingly) fed them for years. A dragon drops in for the opening day celebration of a new local health food store (let's call it Hale Feeds).I'm going to share these by genre, so expect a few weeks of prompts. In this post, I'm sharing my best short story ideas with you, and you have my full permission (and encouragement) to use them as you will. Have you ever wanted to write a story, but didn't know how to begin? Use a prompt to start getting words on the page. Our goal is to create and maintain writing momentum-but you may need a tiny push to get moving on your practice.Ĭonsider this your push. ![]()
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