Evil Editor's Blog, page 452

Face-Lift 630

Guess the Plot

Heavens Gate

1. When Roger sneaks off for a tryst with his best friend's wife, they step out on the hotel balcony to admire the view and are shocked to see their spouses frolicking in the pool. Roger freaks out. No wonder Nancy didn't mind him "working late" and going to monthly "conventions!" Now he's desperate to save his marriage! What will it take?

2. After Monty gets murdered, he's reborn as an angel. God sends him to save the earth from some very bad angels, a task Monty might

Cartoon 381

Caption: Mother (Re)produces

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Writing Exercise

Write a scene in which, a third of the way through, you switch from one genre to another, and two thirds of the way through you switch to a third genre. Choose from among the following seven genres: epic fantasy, erotic romance (with no offensive words), literary fiction, horror, western, noir mystery, science fiction.

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New Beginning 635

In this house, on this night, a man is troubled, troubled by a recurring dream that seems to haunt him night after night. A dream that he tries to escape, whether by drowning himself in alcohol or by indulging in his never-ending supply of sleeping pills. He just can’t escape his constant visions of death. He is awakened by loud peals of thunder and the heavy downpour of raindrops beating on the roof of his new black Phantom, sitting in the driveway of his Virginia cabin. His pillow and sheets a

Cartoon 380

Caption: McKoala

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Face-Lift 629

Guess the Plot

Academics

1. As finals week approaches, Mark braves peer and family in his quest to remain drunk just a little bit longer.

2. Brenda has one complaint about the faculty of Shadyville U: they're all dead. It's vampire versus zombie versus small town girl in this thrilling story of love, intrigue, and English 101.

3. As test scores plummet, vice principal Josh Gregory realizes the problem lies with the school district's administration, but the administration is blaming white supremacist

Feedback Request

The author of Face-Lift 210, which, for you nostalgia buffs, appeared way back in 2006, has a new title and a couple new versions, and would like to know which one you like better. I'm posting them here because the comment trail for the old versions was long and would require a lot of scrolling. So comment here.

Short query (185 words)

Dear Evil,

Pressured by an obsessed cop to refute the post mortem findings on the Salt Lake City district attorney, ER physician Dragan Sakic draws the wrath of a ki

Cartoon 379

Caption: R. Watson

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New Beginning 634

"Dorlee! Get to work, ye slattern!"

"I been working, Mam." Dorlee finished hauling the bucket from the well, steadying the crank with her bad arm as she reached for the bucket handle with her true hand to lift it off the hook. It was awkward and some of the water slopped over, wetting her thigh.

"Don't sass me, missy, or I'll blister that lazy hide of yourn."

Dorlee scowled as she bent to hook the yoke to the bucket. "No ma'am. Sorry."

Mam waved her apron at a crow landed near her pie on the half do

Cartoon 378

Caption: anon.

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