Galumphing

TODAY’S MENU Appetizers Foggy Rotini with Singing Tips Purple Cheese Sneaker Crisps Soup or Salad Portly Orange Chunks with Sour Glue Vinaigrette Shower Drain Fritters

Winslow wakes up, lying on a cement floor. He blinks, not sure where he is. The room he’s in is round, about twelve feet in

Give me a story that includes these five elements:  a crack in the sidewalk, rat poison, rust-colored corduroy pants, leftover lasagna, and Einstein. I could

  I gratefully grabbed the empty parking space facing down the steep hill, curving my tires into the curb.  I’d need that hill to bump

It’s time to fit some totally unrelated people, objects, and actions together into a scene or story that makes perfect sense.  I’m stretching as far

Instead of assembling tricky items into a story or plot, I want you to connect a horribly predictable set of stock novel elements into a

The Undergod The round and round A phobia Stubbed toe

Syrup and granite Second dose of feather pillows Mr. Grottenmeyer’s ninth period class That window ledge (I dare you to turn those into a story. 

Golden coins Dental floss Tire chains A cabin in the Adirondacks One squinting eye

Russleman Greefolder Old gum underneath the café table Underwear label Relentless smog Dog and a beer