FOURTH NIGHT

DARE 7 – WRITE A TWISTER, a short story of 140 characters, in the style of @arjunbasu (140 char includes #4thfiction tag)12:01 AM Jul 21st from web

Clarification on DARE 7: The #4thfiction hashtag is optional, but whether it’s included or not, all 140 characters should be used.9:10 AM Jul 21st from web

COCO: The villager rubbed his fat hand along the Romanian girl’s naked thigh. He was in paradise. Until his grandson walked into the cabaret11:00 AM Jul 21st from webTUCK: “going to need to unfollow you now. pedi-stuff aint my thing.” She had to vocalize it. Publicly. To convince herself that it was true.

12:34 PM Jul 21st from web

IGOR: Only at the office did she realise she’d put her trousers on before the thong. That’s when she decided to start drinking coffee again.1:26 PM Jul 21st from web

TESS: I’m ending this because of me, not you, he explained. She smiled, then punched him. Good, she said, then you know I meant that for me.2:22 PM Jul 21st from web

FIDO: Nothing phased Cool Hand Mac. Not even “all in” bets freaked him. His composure paid off big. He had more pennies than he could count.4:15 PM Jul 21st from UberTwitter

NORA: I love you, he told her. Thanks, she said. You’re welcome, he replied. After the awkward pause, they knew that it was over #4thfiction5:56 PM Jul 21st from TweetDeck

OMAR: He was a proud working American who began having violent dreams of bearded Arab men. They never scared him. But the sticky sheets did.7:26 PM Jul 21st from TwitterFon

UTAH: They fell upon the haystack. One thing led to another. She giggled. Then moaned. Then cried out. She had found the needle. #4thfiction8:32 PM Jul 21st from web

RHAE: They ogled the window menu. That’s no government-run restaurant! he said. He laughed about it the whole way to Burger King. She didn’t9:30 PM Jul 21st from web

ISIS: She traversed the hot coals without burning herself. But not all of them celebrated. It’s cheating to levitate across, a man grumbled.11:07 PM Jul 21st from web

RESPONSES BY OUTSIDE PARTICIPANTS

nika7k@FourthFiction ok, am going to need to unfollow you now. pedi-stuff aint my thing11:08 AM Jul 21st from TweetDeck in reply to FourthFictionmarkpsadler@FourthFiction It is happening again. Raised voices, his alone. Feet stomp, door slam, the car in the distance disappearing, alone again.

danpowfiction Five days into quitting he was still finding un-emptied ashtrays in nooks around the house. Someone was sabotaging his new life. #4thfiction

AnnasBones “I love you” he said, amorously. As she stared blankly into his green eyes, she uttered the only words she could… “Thanks”. #4thfiction

mjvalente The sea was approaching fast, but her last thoughts weren’t of her loved ones: “I cannot believe I spent 4 hours embarking!” #4thfiction

mjvalente Watching the ants surviving in the water she realized that those damn nuclear winter previsions and cockroaches were all wrong. #4thfiction

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