Evil Editor's Blog, page 309

Saturday Film Series

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Guess the Plot

Reincarnate

1. Melody Manson's superpower sucks. She reincarnates dying people as animals. In a jealous rage she kills all the cooler superheroes, hoping they'll be reincarnated as vermin. When they come back as bunnies, she softens and releases them into the forest. The problem? 1400 angry superbunnies a year later.

2. Jeanne is perfectly happy with her life in New Orleans. But it turns out she's the reincarnation of Joan of Arc. Technically that makes her a saint, but s...

Cartoon 688

Caption: Anon.

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New Beginning 767

I knew what I was getting into. At least, I knew what it was supposed to be; several people had told me, and plainly they believed what they said. But equally plainly they had never gone inside to see for themselves.

The building over the stairhead, with its white clapboard walls and open door, certainly didn't look like an entrance to Hell. They told me the look would change quickly enough once I was inside.

"Will the door close behind me?" I asked. "Have you ever seen it shut?' They couldn't ...

New Beginning 764

I knew what I was getting into. At least, I knew what it was supposed to be; several people had told me, and plainly they believed what they said. But equally plainly they had never gone inside to see for themselves.

The building over the stairhead, with its white clapboard walls and open door, certainly didn't look like an entrance to Hell. They told me the look would change quickly enough once I was inside.

"Will the door close behind me?" I asked. "Have you ever seen it shut?' They couldn't ...

Cartoon 687

Caption: Anon.

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Writing Exercise

The 3rd Annual Historic Pitch Session Exercise

Choose any author from any time period and write a scene in which he/she pitches a work to Evil Editor. You'll find the previous pitch session exercises in July of 2009 and 2008.

Deadline: Sunday, 10 AM eastern.

Max words: 300.

Face-Lift 796

Guess the Plot

The Mapmaker of Merivale

1. Jealous over his cousin Giochino's success with the 'Barber of Seville', Lorenzo Rossini tries to create a competing opera. Threatened with murder after a disastrous opening night, he wonders why he listened to that drunk cat singing outside his window.

2. He gets up around seven, has a piece of toast and then gets into the office by nine, where he drafts in the morning and inks after lunch. Oh, and there's a one-eyed unicorn pirate, but that's n...

Cartoon 686

Caption: Anon.

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Cartoon 689

Caption: Anon.

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