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Talk someone out of suicide
What would you tell your child, friend, family member, etc if they came to you saying they were suicidal? Some people don't have anyone to turn to so let's give them a place for some hope. One rule: No negativity. Suicide isn't a joke and it's not something to be ashamed of or made fun of.
Cover image for post That Bitch, Depression, by RikkiSage

That Bitch, Depression

Before you decide to “cross over to the other side”, please tell me what brought you to this point. I want to understand why you are in so much pain. I want to hear what you have to say. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you’ve done, I am not here to judge. I will be the last to “cast a stone” - because I have been in your shoes. Life can be a BITCH and depression is the SON of the BITCH.

Unload your burdens and let me be your friend. I could use a friend, myself – and if you leave this earth, I will miss the opportunity to get to know you. Allow me to help you out of this hole. Allow me to find you whatever help I can. Let me be with you in recovery. Hell, instead of an end, maybe this can be a new beginning for both of us.

Challenge
Talk someone out of suicide
What would you tell your child, friend, family member, etc if they came to you saying they were suicidal? Some people don't have anyone to turn to so let's give them a place for some hope. One rule: No negativity. Suicide isn't a joke and it's not something to be ashamed of or made fun of.

Minimum

Can't say this with available minimum...

Three; Life is Indestructible. Two; Everything Changes. One; Infinite.

Challenge
Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.

Dead, Again...

The man was tall and thin, his hair grew long and his skin was pale. He wasn't anything like the person I thought I would first meet in the afterlife.

Challenge
Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.

It starts with a slam

It starts with a slam the way it always does when he comes. The house is quiet, not a word is spoke as the door opens. She sits in her closet eyes shut tightly her hands pressed to her ears while she sakes... then.. he walks in and she trembles. 

Challenge
Write the longest grammatically sound alliteration you can possibly muster. The longest such alliteration's author wins $150 if, and only if, this challenge receives at least 300 entries. Editing is allowed.
If you don't know what an alliteration is, Google it. Ensure that your entry is an alliteration and that it forms a coherent thought. Remember, editing is allowed.

Synecdoche

Still solo, seemingly suspended, sifting soulfully, seeking some secret soft, sublime, surprising, sinful, stimulating, solid substantial syntax so synergy syncs supplemental subsidy spontaneously sans struggle. 

Challenge
Write a very short story about honesty. Check the description for an extra detail.
Honesty is important. Write a short story about being honest but add some interesting twist at the very end of the tale.

True, Literally

         Vanessa was beginning to irritate me, anything anyone else had done, she'd gone one better. To Clara's gingerly offered poem, Vanessa had poetry published. To Rose's excitement about a catwalk opportunity, she had walked for "names" Apparently Vanessa had modelled, had books published, sang with a band, and started her own company. Not that I thought she was lying,  just gilding the lilly a bit. 

Finally she turned on me 

 "and what interesting things have you done" she asked with a sneer

"Well, one wet Wednesday I walked out of Sirens Strip club with  $23,000 in my pocket"

Vanessa gulped and suddenly needed to go to the ladies

As she left Rosie burst out laughing

"Are you going to tell her that you are an interior designer and had just finished project managing the new bar" 

"No" I replied, smiling 

Challenge
Who's ready for another 15-worder?! Here it is: Say something about yourself from the perspective of an inanimate object. Compliments and insults are equally encouraged.

Piñata

You chose me with such care. Then beat me and feasted upon my insides. Why?

Challenge
Write a horror story in two sentences.
“The 3 types of terror: The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs, it's when the lights go out and something green and slimy splatters against your arm. The Horror: the unnatural, spiders the size of bears, the dead waking up and walking around, it's when the lights go out and something with claws grabs you by the arm. And the last and worse one: Terror, when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute. It's when the lights go out and you feel something behind you, you hear it, you feel its breath against your ear, but when you turn around, there's nothing there...”---Stephen King

Bleed

He often asked me what menstruation feels like, and I believe experience is better than explanation. So tonight I'll help him bleed.  

Challenge
Who's ready for another 15-worder?! Here it is: Say something about yourself from the perspective of an inanimate object. Compliments and insults are equally encouraged.

Devotion pillow

I know you're dreaming about that handsome prince, but save your drooling on him, please.

Challenge
Who's ready for another 15-worder?! Here it is: Say something about yourself from the perspective of an inanimate object. Compliments and insults are equally encouraged.

Out Of Love With Light Bulb

It's not because I'm burned out, its just that you don't turn me on anymore.