tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20914518715328409312024-02-20T16:27:30.932-08:00LimilinesLiminal loglines - daily dosesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-59760266042338865712008-04-03T05:10:00.000-07:002008-04-03T05:15:13.859-07:00TimedA man gives himself twenty minutes to find a girlfriend, learn a new language, reconcile with his parents, and write the novel of a lifetime.<br /><br />How does he do it?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-63478926543150001852008-04-03T04:57:00.000-07:002008-04-03T05:10:37.713-07:00The Wild RobeA woman wakes up to find her robe has inexplicably disappeared, sending her to her wit's end as to its cause.<br /><br />where did the robe go? what does the robe want? is her mind playing tricks on her?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-86524872955320279162008-04-03T04:51:00.000-07:002017-06-13T13:53:31.256-07:00The JournalLaura <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">whittles</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">time</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">away</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">writing</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">in</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">her</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">journal</span>, writing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">blatant</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">lies</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">mostly</span>, to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">make</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">her</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">life</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">appear</span> more <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">interesting</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">her</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">imagined</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">offspring</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">until</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">each</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">of</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">scenarios</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">she</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">pens</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">start</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">unfold</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">in</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">life</span>.<br />
<br />
<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">What</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">are</span> Laura's "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">concoctions"</span>? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">how</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">does</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">she</span> get <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">out</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">of</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">quagmire</span> on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">page</span>?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-52773736760402949712008-03-28T05:19:00.000-07:002008-04-03T05:04:37.551-07:00A Vat of ButterA <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">mean</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">spirited</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">old</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">woman</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">falls</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">into</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">vat</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">of</span> <span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">butter</span> </span>on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">her</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">way</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">home</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">taking</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">her</span> on a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">journey</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">into</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">beauty</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">she</span> has long <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">forgotten</span>.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">what</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">does</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">she</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">see</span>? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">who</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">does</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">she</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">meet</span>? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">how</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">does</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">she</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">emerge</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">from</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">vat</span>?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-38235670499587374102008-01-29T05:20:00.000-08:002008-04-03T05:07:21.331-07:00faust.comA man from Timbuktu places an online ad offering his soul in exchange for a trifling amount; soon after he gets a taker, offering much more.<br /><br />What happens? How does Timbuktu figure in the arrangement?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-978210173126192952008-01-28T03:28:00.000-08:002008-02-04T05:15:23.318-08:00Story Development Challenge:Those interested in developing a short story from a limiline for possible inclusion in Greenbeards Magazine, write it and send it to <a href="mailto:greenbeards@gmail.com">greenbeards@gmail.com</a> before the <strong>15th</strong> of February.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-92115986668757913782008-01-23T08:39:00.001-08:002008-01-23T08:47:12.082-08:00Booking DelightHaving researched the best prison systems in the world, a man seeks to get arrested for life in hopes of securing a nice, clean space to live. The only problem is finding the perfect crime.<br /><br />What does he do? Is he able to get arrested - how?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-50644894006366946242008-01-23T08:30:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:45:04.825-08:00I Take MeA man's burgeoning sense of self brings him to face his worst fears: that he can't marry himself.<br /><br />What does he do to marry himself? How does he fall in love in the first place? What's the courtship like? And the fights...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-71231871484547859412008-01-08T07:25:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:37:11.035-08:00Anna on the VergeA girl goes into the bathroom; it locks her in. After many exasperating hours she is struck by a revelation which has her making a pact with an entity that lets her out on the condition that she fulfill it.<br /><br />Who is the entity? What's the pact? How did she get locked in? Does she honor the agreement? If so, what happens? If not, what happens?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-11133731887074696272007-11-22T04:00:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:37:29.813-08:00Moving OnAfter many years of a nomadic lifestyle, Gael decides to settle down in one place, only to discover that it's not her destiny.<br /><br />What is her "destiny" as it were? How does destiny work exactly?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-66278235333496012352007-11-20T00:30:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:38:05.072-08:00The Fin LandOver a sauna chat with an acquaintance, a man mentions his young daughter's uncanny gift of reading thoughts and on his return home finds her inexplicably gone. In trying to find her, he must develop an ability of his own while trying to careen through "the interference. "<br /><br />interference - how does it function? how does the girl describe reading minds? what ability does the father develop? what happens to them? where do they find themselves? how does he find her? how did the girl disappear? what is their internal/external landscape like?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-92210586697393647492007-11-19T00:21:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:42:22.223-08:00Little WorldDays before her 40th birthday, a woman decides to fulfill a lingering wish still dangling from her childhood, setting out on a plan of action that illuminates the "little" world around her.<br /><br />what is the wish? what's the "little world"? what's so important about realizing it? how does her life change as a result?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-23747134921803226302007-11-16T01:39:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:44:38.280-08:00Keeping ItOn his way home, a drifter befriends a wealthy man who dies shortly after, leaving all of his possessions. On his way home with the money, the drifter meets another wealthy man but dies shortly after.<br /><br />What happens?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-7653724868687448102007-11-14T01:36:00.000-08:002007-11-14T01:59:32.809-08:00SourcesA woman wakes up one morning and begins to write a book, effortlessly, finishing it in no time at all. Of an innovative, highly unusual bent, it instantly becomes the new literary souffle. Only now a respectable widow wants the proceeds from the sales, claiming its author is none other than her dead husband.<br /><br />what will the woman do to substantiate her claims? is the book really an example of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">psychography</span> (channeled from beyond)? how does the woman, the author, feel about her initial inspiration? what happens then?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-63790950195016535382007-11-12T04:51:00.000-08:002007-11-14T01:59:57.587-08:00Boiling PodsA woman living with h<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">er</span> father hires a contract killer to get rid of bad old dad. Only dad had the same idea about his bad little girl, hiring the same guy and giving identical instructions for its fulfilment.<br /><br />Why are their motivations? What are the instructions? What's the assassin like? What happens?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-46650546171090502532007-11-09T02:52:00.000-08:002007-11-09T03:06:26.370-08:00Flashing BulbsThree sisters living in a dilapidated house shut off from the outside world find themselves pregnant - mysteriously so since there hasn't been a man around for years - rousing the wrath of their mother, a powerful witch. <br /><br />who's the father? how did the impregnation occur? what's in store for the sisters?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-68696965251302913092007-11-08T03:48:00.000-08:002007-11-09T03:08:21.694-08:00The Clown of TearsA girl whose tears were stolen by a vengeful clown has to follow the world's circuses to track him down in hopes of bringing them back.<br /><br />where does the clown keep the tears? what does he do with the tears? is this some kind of hobby of his and if so, how and when did it start?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-74862937853853331782007-11-08T03:21:00.000-08:002007-11-09T03:09:02.655-08:00Our Old StoryOn a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">boat</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">trip</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mediterranean</span>, an embittered <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">woman</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">meets</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">and</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">falls</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">in</span> love <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">with</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">young</span> man, a cartographer, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">from piecing together</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">series</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">of</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">coincidences</span>, <span style="color:#c0c0c0;">discovers he's her</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">son</span>.<br /><br />--<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">what</span> do <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">they</span> do? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">how</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">does</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">the</span> story <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">end</span>?what are the coincidences?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-57846174630535048802007-11-07T00:49:00.000-08:002007-11-08T06:39:30.216-08:00A Frank ManAll his life Frank has never been good at anything. Other than failure, that is. Sparked from yet another insult, he decides to teach a course titled "Sabotage 101 - how to ruin anything and everything." It turns into an overnight success.<br /><br />how is Frank changed by the newfound success? what skills does he teach in class? what are the "rules" of sabotage? what were his previous jobs?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-51871557846809109632007-11-05T04:33:00.000-08:002007-11-12T05:21:32.447-08:00LibreA miopic bird accidentally knocks himself out on a wall, landing smack in the middle of a simmering bowl of soup whose cook is a failed opera singer now given a second chance at success, but with that comes the ever constant need for the extra ingredient.<br /><br />what do the birds do? how does the cook catch the birds? what happens after the birds start disappearing?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-59329768237761286402007-11-05T04:23:00.000-08:002007-11-09T03:06:26.371-08:00Connections<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Good Morning</span></strong><br />- She's nice.<br />- Yes she is.<br />- He's funny.<br />- He so is.<br />- They're perfect.<br />- Sure is.<br />- We're the best.<br />- Yeah!<br />- It's awesome!<br />- No doubt.<br />- I'm incredible.<br />- You really are.<br />- You're...good too.<br />- Only because of you.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Good Afternoon</span></strong><br />- He's a jerk.<br />- I know...<br />- She's a slut.<br />- You're telling me...<br />- They're morons.<br />- Tell me about it.<br />- It's so lame.<br />- Couldn't be lamer.<br />- We're here.<br />- We are?<br />- I'm tired.<br />- Oh...poor thing.<br />- You go get me a scotch, will you.<br />- Sure thing!<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Good Evening<br /></span></strong>- He's sweet...<br />- You think so?<br />- She's stupid.<br />- If you say so.<br />- They're fuckers.<br />- I knew it.<br />- It's fine.<br />- It is.<br />- We're over.<br />- Who said?<br />- I'm sick of you.<br />- Me too.<br />- You stink.<br />- With you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-8464358496315079192007-11-05T02:26:00.000-08:002007-11-07T01:41:55.201-08:00The Tree of MeA woman discovers she has a tree growing inside her. With nurture, it shoots outward, exposing itself; with neglect, it wilts inward, killing her slowly and surely.<br /><br />What does she do to inhibit its offshoots? When/how did she discover her "roots"? How does she live her life knowing this?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-7137692343021199572007-11-02T03:59:00.000-07:002007-11-07T01:42:08.207-08:00The NoseA girl born with a gigantic, bulbous nose decides to take recourse in plastic surgery, only to find herself harassed by the nose ever after, ruining her life and demanding she restore him to his rightful place.<br /><br />--how does the nose chase her? how does the nose ruin her life? what's the nose's personality like?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-51287184667605024162007-11-02T02:27:00.000-07:002008-04-03T05:06:43.904-07:00Fortuna, Leave Me AloneOn a whim, Fortuna takes a liking to one sister while shunning the other, requiring daily sacrifices to win favor which get increasingly outrageous, until an odd sage introduces a novel way to fight back.<br /><br />--how does Fortuna communicate her demands? what are some of her demands? what does the sage suggest?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091451871532840931.post-4382486153766385002007-11-01T02:56:00.000-07:002007-11-07T01:42:58.643-08:00ReceptorsOn a walk to a sacred site, a man gets suddenly struck by lightning, endowing him with mental channels into others' lives, which at first annoys him, but later turns more and more enticing at the risk of turning off his own life.<br /><br />`what are the channels? how does he get there? does he literally walk into others' lives? what are the side-effects of the portal?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2