Evil Editor's Blog, page 412

Lie to Me 5

It was my idea, but Deb's last rejection, which came on a square of toilet paper, clinched it.

Deb rented a fountain pen costume and stood at the bar. Sixty seconds later, EE hit on her. Pervert. Once she lured him home, he swigged the spiked Mai Tai and went down like an over-microwaved marshmallow. Strapping him into the chair in our cellar was exhausting, but the indignation on his face when he came round was worth it. He threatened to call our agents, our mothers, our high school English teac

Lie to Me 4

Date: Friday 13th of this year.
Subject: Evil Editor interrogation.

ME: Are you Evil Editor?

EE: Yes.

ME: Are you a legitimate editor?

EE: What do you mean by legitimate?

ME: What?

EE: You're new at this, aren't you?

ME: What? Well, yes, I am. How did you know?

EE: You're horrible. Quite dull and uninspiring. Of course, that doesn't automatically make you new. I have other ways of knowing.

ME: You do? Okay. Let's go with that then. Are you truly evil?

EE: Yes.

ME: Is your sole purpose in life to make author

Lie to Me 3

I struggled to believe my good fortune. It was something I could wallow in, if I would let myself. Not just the icing on my cake – it was even better; it was like the gravy on my pot roast. Thick and rich.

I held the key. The key to something sacred, something guarded. Alas, even the key had a lock. But the lock could be picked…

Evil Editor was strapped to a chair. I hooked him up to the polygraph machine and rubbed my hands together in anticipation, trying to suppress a maniacal laugh but failing

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In the year 2012, Satan rose from Hell to install his infernal kingdom on Earth, but mankind thwarted him with the help of Heaven't most powerful forces. Jesus Christ's second coming revealed the truth of Christianity, and a thousand years later there is no other religion on Earth. [Jesus is the Grover Cleveland of religious figures--he gets a second term years after his first term ended.:] The world's united government operates by means of two power-sharing entities: the Church, who rule the e

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Across the river from stately downtown Lafayette, Purdue University's bell tower rang out alone: five o'clock.

The elevator in the Agricultural Administration Building carried a man and two women from the first floor to the third floor, sank to the second floor, and carried three men down to the first floor, where they clattered down a half-flight of steps and out the door.

The elevator hefted itself up to the second floor to pick up a woman carrying her grandchild and took them to the third floor

Writing Exercise

Tired of never knowing what's really going on, you've kidnapped Evil Editor and hooked him up to a lie detector. Once you complete your interview and publish the findings, the world will know the sordid truth about the publishing industry . . . and EE.

300 words max, deadline Sunday, 10 AM eastern.