Roundup of the 10 Literary Dares

Jul 24, 2009 by Constantine Markides

DARE 4 – Write an alternate ending to the fairy tale “Three Little Pigs.”12:01 AM Jul 18th from web

ISIS: Pig opened the door, arms outstretched. “Peace, brother.” Wolf was moved to tears. No one had ever before opened their heart to him.12:19 PM Jul 18th from web

TUCK: Pig opened the door, arms outstretched. “Peace brother.” Wolf paused then tore him to pieces. There was just no challenge with hippies12:59 PM Jul 18th from web

IGOR: He shrugged and slipped off. Let the swine have his walled comfort. I shall feast on raw pine air and luxuriate in my shadowy abandon.2:03 PM Jul 18th from web

FIDO: “bro open up!” “Hold up! I’m shaving goatee off!” “Yo its howlin out!” “Try the fire escape!” He did but he slipped & died. Life blows2:56 PM Jul 18th from UberTwitter

RHAE: In his dying moments, the wolf only felt sorrow no one would know the truth. The moneyed class always wrote the fairy tales.6:06 PM Jul 18th from web

NORA: Lucky for the pigs, the wolf had been misinformed. He thought you could get swine flu from eating pork.6:29 PM Jul 18th from TweetDeck

OLAF: The wolf slid down the chimney. Too bad for him, the pig had blocked the fireplace off back when he installed the propane heaters.7:03 PM Jul 18th from web

OMAR: Though ravenous, the wolf decided to instead visit Little Red Riding Hood. You see, children, he’d converted to Islam…8:04 PM Jul 18th from TwitterFon

UTAH: The pig stared glumly at the prison walls. What should he have done? Let the wolf’s boiled flesh go wasted? Damn the SPCA8:46 PM Jul 18th from web

TESS: “…I’ll blow your house in!” So the pig came out and squeezed his pink crotch. “Blow this.” He was a New Yorker.9:49 PM Jul 18th from Twitterrific

RESPONSES BY OUTSIDE PARTICIPANTS:

AnnasBones .. “I’ll huff & I’ll puff & blow your house in!”.. & the dirty lil’ piglette called her 2 sisters up for the kinkiest night ever #4thfiction4 days ago from web

writefromkaren@FourthFiction Dare 4: “Mr Pig? On behalf of Fairy Land & my client Mr. Wolf, I am hereby serving you legal papers. Have a nice day, sir.”1:02 PM Jul 18th from web in reply to FourthFiction