Some day I'll be a Suicide Girl, a pin up queen with pop-art lips and a body only those dedicated to tattoos and piercings, rainbow coloured hair and trashy rock star babies adore.

Some day I'll be a wife two kids and a life I wish I could trade in for a mint condition copy of my favourite record. I promise I won't drive a mini van, they're a little too big in back for my taste.

Someday I'll get drunk and make out with a girl in the rain. We'll share a cigarette the one am tram to London and I'll realize the the only reason I'm there is because... because I can't stand the sickening thought of going back to my "family".

Some day I'll let someone tie me up and slap me around, you know, just to prove I can survive. Or maybe, it's just because thats what love is, isnt it?

“Are you sure that's your last?”

“Yuhuh, it's my last one, I promise,” he slurred.

I rolled my eyes.

“Sure, but don't forget that you're getting a ride home from Steve tonight so don't let him drink too much either. I don't want a phone call at 3 a.m. with some cop telling me that you're dead. I won't be happy.”

“Aw sweetie come on, you love you're daddy, right?”

“Course I love you but I'm not sure if I love you enough to haul my ass out of bed at three in the morning to drive down to the hospital and tell them that it is in fact you that's dead. Not like everyone in this goddamn town doesn't know you.”

“Sure, honey. Now why don't you head on home, let old dad take care of himself.”

“Old dad, last time I let you take care of yourself you came home with no eyebrows and a tattoo. No fucking way am I letting you take care of yourself. Do you know how much it costs to for fake eyebrows? A lot.”

“Come on now, it was fun!”

It's a primal fear
But one inestimably deep-seated
I worry that none of my friends
Really likes me
They're all just waiting for me to
Go away.

Professor_Zoom and I challenged each other to write a short story that both began with the sentence "The sea was filled with angry monkeys." and contained the phrase "hairy ocean fruit." We made this challenge on monday, it is now wednesday, so our time has been limited. We have also not read each others stories. I look forward to reading his.

________

So, this was an idea me and secular.mosh.pit. had, where we decided to try and write a short story. There was one main condition: We had to start the story with the sentence "The sea was filled with angry monkeys", and figure out the rest of it from there. The one other requirement was that the phrase "hairy ocean fruit" had to be used at least once in the writing. So, without further ado, here is what I hope you will see as an extremely bizarre piece of writing.

The ocean was filled with angry monkeys. Not just any monkeys, mind you, but angry ones. And you won’t like them when they’re angry. I should know. Pardon me, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Edward Fox, professional monkey fisherman. Now, when I said “angry monkeys”, I mean it. Normally they’re all docile, just floating peacefully in the waves like hairy ocean fruit, ready to be picked.

Not so when there’s a storm at sea.

I wrote this story a bit over a year ago, and it is one of my favorites. It's the longest piece I've ever completed. There are five chapters, a prologue and a short epilogue. I have now posted the entire story. (GG added: To reach each of the parts in order, open the story and click on the links on the bottom right of each piece.)

Prologue

I woke up to my alarm clock screaming at me. I knocked it off the small table next to my bed, which did little to shut it up. I slowly sat up, grabbed the clock off the floor and punched the “snooze” button. I stood up, brushed my brown hair out of my eyes and stumbled down the hall to the shower.

This is an idea that was suggested by one of our users, Karlie Kauffeld. It's a fun one. The idea is to create an ongoing collaborative story here by using one sentence "borrowed" from someone else's writing on this site and putting it in sequence with the sentences others have "borrowed." You can change the tense or the subject of a sentence you've chosen in order for it to to fit in better.

The aim is to create a story that makes sense. So when you come onto a line that you really like, and you think it works here, snag it. Important: All registered users can EDIT this document. This is what is commonly referred to as a "wiki" or a document that can be edited by the Web community, in this case, registered users.

Someone will have to show the courage of getting us started. ... Karlie?

This is a place to offer ideas on how Young Writers Project can improve its site and its project. We will be having digital experts from around the country looking at this site over the next few weeks. Your comments, suggestions and critiques are extremely important. PLEASE be active on this forum and offer ideas -- no idea is too small or too silly or too outlandish.

The challenge: Create a story using only six words. This is commonly known as the Hemingway Challenge; Ernest Hemingway said he could write a complete short story in six words. His story: "For sale: Baby shoes. Never used." ...
As you can tell, we've had GREAT response. Keep them coming. We soon will be selecting the best for publication. AND we have already selected six of them for a very special on stage project that will happen in December. More later. Add your Six-word Stories as comments below.