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Write a story entirely of dialogue. Nothing but dialogue. No attributives (he said, she said, etc.). No descriptions of scenes or gestures or movements (unless these things are presented in the dialogue). Just words between quotation marks. Pure, beautiful, untainted dialogue.

Posted in Dialogue on Feb 17, 2023

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One Nation Under Trump

Submitted to Contest #186

“Hello everyone, and welcome to the third annual Trump Military Parade, brought to you by ARussican Oil. I’m your host, Lou Dobbs, and I’d just like to thank President Trump for making this great day possible for us all. Sitting in the booth with me today is our very own Second First Lady, Tomi Trump. Tomi, it’s an honor to have you here.” “Thanks, Lou. I’m so happy to be here supporting my husband and our president, Donald Trump, in the very first military parade since we passed the Trans Ban to honor our brave alpha male fighting brigade...

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Lost in the Forest

Submitted to Contest #186

“What is that girl doing here?” “Shhh! She might hear you!” “Don’t shhh me! It is impossible for humans to hear or see us unless we want them to.” “Nothing is impossible, Edwina. This is the enchanted side of the forest that no human can find, and look, she’s walking in it.” “Hello? Is anyone here? My name is Maggie, and I’m lost…. hello?” “Maggie, what a lovely name. She’s a pretty little thing, and she looks familiar. If she’s lost, we need to help her find her way out of the forest, especially before dark. Let’s make ourselves k...

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The Filthy Trousers

Submitted to Contest #186

“What I want to know is, WHO is going to pay the cleaning bill for my trousers? Just LOOK at them! It’s disgusting. This young idiot was too busy talking to you two fools, and not watching what he was doing.”“Listen my friend, I’ve already apologised to you. I don’t mean to be rude, but you weren’t born yesterday, and you should have been more careful – you know what can happen when you’re walking past a fence. Sometimes shit hits it. Young Simon here is a hard worker, and he doesn't need you putting him down for doing his job.”“It could hav...

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UNTASTY PASTIES

Submitted to Contest #186

***Please note: “In case there’s any confusion caused by the title, “Pasties” are also a food item eaten in the UK and Australia.***——————————————————“Matthew, you have to see this!”“What is it now, Martha?”“Well, can you get your nose out of the paper long enough to take a look?”“Is it important? I’m reading an interesting editorial on climate control. Can it wait?”“Matthew, if I wait for you to finish reading the paper, all those articles on climate control will be out of date. Besides, I will have already moved onto a million other storie...

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Purple Lilacs

Submitted to Contest #186

“Hi Mom.”“Oh my baby boy, look at you! I swear, you are more handsome each time I see you.”“Sorry it’s been so long since I last visited. Life has been, well, a bit hectic. I think about you a lot though, I hope you know that.”“Of course I know that. I’ve never doubted it, honey.”“Here, I brought you flowers… Purple lilacs from our old back yard. I figured I’d bring you a piece of home out here, brighten up the place. Whenever the lilacs bloom, it makes me think of you - you were always pointing them out when you looked out the window in spr...

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God's Not So Boring After All

Submitted to Contest #186

Wendy, are you there? Yeh, I’m here. What’s going on? My parents are insisting that I attend church on Sunday with them. I don’t want to go. Dad says that if I don’t, I can plan to spend the day in my bedroom. That’s just not fair. May I ask why you don’t want to attend church?   Sure. It is boring. Besides, I’m not sure that I believe in God. Is it boring because there are other things that your mind is on and you would rather be doing? Well, yes. Almost anything except sitting in church for an hour and a half. ...

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X-rays, Locking Screws, and Antlers

Shortlisted for Contest #186 ⭐️

“Ok! This is a time-out for Brian Cole. He’s a 34-year-old male who has signed a consent for Dr. Connor to do an Open Reduction Internal Fixation of the right distal radius. He has no known drug allergies. He is under general anesthesia, and he was given two grams of Ancef. We have Nadia as our scrub tech, Matt is in anesthesia, Andy from radiology, Ron is here as our representative from Surgical Supply, and I am Terry circulating. The right side is the correct side.” “I agree. Tourniquet up.” “I agree.” “I agree.” “I agree. Tourniquet up at...

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WHEN YOU GET TO MY AGE

Submitted to Contest #186

WHEN YOU GET TO MY AGE “Morning.” “Good morning, how are you today?” “Bordering on absolutely brilliant.” “Good for you. Me too.” “In that case good for you, too.” “Thank you. Anywhere I can direct you to today?” “Well, when you get to my age it’s always handy to know where the toilets are.” “Sure. They’re that way at the end of the store.” “Just as well I went before I came, then.” “Oh! Okay. Anywhere else I can direct you to?” “My wife says that pests are attacking her roses but I swear it’s not me.” “Oh! Ha ha. Pest control is in aisle 1...

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G+G

Submitted to Contest #186

“What the hell are you doing here?!”“What do you mean? I was sent here by…”“For God’s sake, I know who sent you. I’m familiar with how resources get assigned! I’m asking what you are doing HERE! You knew that I’d been working on this site for the last nine months!”“Gracey, we need to…”“No, we don’t! After what you did last time, I had no interest in seeing you ever again.”“Well, then it’s a good thing you can’t see my face. Just keep your eyes on the surroundings and the map.”“Do you think it’s funny? I will request another dispatch because ...

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Next Door Neighbor

Submitted to Contest #186

Note: This story alludes to possible physical violence, domestic violence, and/ or death/ murder, but does not actually describe scenes including this content in the prose. “Glo. You spend so much time leaning on that windowsill, you look like a cat… Ha, ha, ha… Like an orange tabby, to match your hair… Ha, ha, ha.”               “Oh, stop it, Ed. You know how much I hate cats with my allergies.”            &nb...

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Father, Bradley Thinks He's Gay

Submitted to Contest #186

       FATHER, BRADLEY THINKS HE’S GAY Hold on, hold on, I’m coming. Hey Sista, c’mon in. Hey Bradley how are you? Okay I guess, what’s up? Not too much I just wanted to know what you were doing next week. You mean in terms of. . . I mean are you going to be around. You don’t have any out of town gigs do you? No, I guess I’ll be around, why? Hey, do you want some coffee? Yeah, I’d love some. Well it’s about mom. Darren and I are going to try to get away for a few days and I was wondering if...

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The New and Improved 2023-24 Faculty Handbook

Submitted to Contest #186

“Good morning, everyone! I do hope you are having a wonderful prep week. I managed to stop by a few classrooms today, and wow! You guys have really stepped it up this year, I gotta say. We sure have improved your classroom setups. I was just talking to Tammy Belford about her putting tennis balls on the ends of those chairs in the lab. We didn’t really have the budget for new tile, so I for one am glad our kids won’t be scratching up the floors this year!” “Now before we get into the changes to the handbook, I want to introduce some of the ...

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Cemetery Side Hustle

Submitted to Contest #186

“So Grandpa, what’s the best job you ever had?”“That’s easy. Cemetery caretaker. It was my side job during high school. Most fun I ever had.”“Most fun? That sounds more like ‘most creepy’ to me.”“There’s nothing really all that creepy about a cemetery. For the most part, it’s no different than any other lawn that needs to be mowed and watered.”“I think the headstones and dead bodies make it a little bit different, Grandpa.”“Pshaw, it’s no big deal. Sure, the first few times you’re there after dusk, the hair on the back of your neck prickles ...

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The Wrath of Roachzilla

Submitted to Contest #186

“I’m hungry, Marcus.”“So? Make yourself something.”“I don’t wanna!”“Why?”“I’m too lazy!”“Me, too.”“So, Hot-Stuff, what are we gonna do?”“Dunno.”“I gotta eat something.”“So, get your lazy butt up and get food!”“Fine! I’ll go get the damn chips!”“Thank you, baby!”“AAAAHHH!”“Perry?”“A huge roach is in the kitchen!”“So, kill it!”“You don’t understand! It’s the size of the kitchen table!”“Yeah, right, Perry! You’re such a wuss!”“COME HERE!”“I don’t know why you can’t kill a stupid, little— AAAAAHHH!”“See?”“It's bigger than a Great dane!”“No ...

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Birds that Lay Eggs in Another Bird’s Nest

Submitted to Contest #186

“Okay, alright, settle down everyone. Good afternoon students! Today’s lecture is on form versus content, which should come as no surprise if anyone referred to the timetables I sent out at the start of term. Some of you, the ones taking this seriously and hoping to turn their English Literature module into some sort of career, may even have worked their way through the additional reading list. Others may have spent three months in Bali hoping non-stop drugging and partying will transfer into ‘sociable’ and ‘thinks outside the box’ on their ...

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