Spielberg and Lucas wanted Kasdan to write the movie which would become Indiana Jones. They discussed the story and hashed out ideas for 5 days. Link includes a 125-page transcript of that story conference. Interesting and educational reading especially for budding script writers. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

A complete story that makes perfect sense written without the use of the most popular vowel of the English language.

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote this masterpiece. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

"This is the first sentence of this story. This is the second sentence. This is the title of this story, which is also found several times in the story itself. This sentence is questioning the intrinsic value of the first two sentences. This sentence is to inform you, in case you haven't already realized it, that this is a self-referential story, that is, a story containing sentences that ref... read full post picked by yoornotme 3 years ago

A popular high school English teacher has been suspended after assigning his 11th-grade students a short story about masturbation by "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk. The short story, "Guts" details three increasingly catastrophic masturbation attempts by teenagers with props including a carrot, a candle, and the water intake at the bottom of a swimming pool. picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

Hey, Kurt Vonnegut wrote this short story. His talent trumps any "nsfw" rules. :) “What was the dirtiest story I ever wrote?” wrote Kurt Vonnegut in “Palm Sunday.” “Surely ‘The Big Space f**k,’ the first story of literature to have ‘f**k’ in its title. It was probably the last short story I will ever write. I did it for my frie... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The rather new trend of people writing about doing something for a year.

Why do people want to write about "Not having sex for a year", or "Having sex with my husband every day for a year"? picked by Ankabout 3 months ago

From the people behind lol cats we bring you images of celebrities that look just like people, objects, animals, etc.

Some really great ones here. picked by BernardBlack 1 year ago

A machine has been invented that can tell you, from a sample of your blood, exactly how you are going to die. What impact would this have on the world? That's the premise of this interesting short story contest. picked by VoodooPeacock 3 years ago