Category Archives: Like a Ton of Bricks: Entries

Literati! I’ve got a sleigh to catch, but I thought I would post the last finalist in our contest:”Like a Ton of Bricks”.  The prompt being to wrap the story around “All I want for Christmas is…..”   http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=k9e3dTOJi0o   “Looks like yesterday’s shipment, plus,” the driver flipped through the manifest, “seven swans-a-swimming.  Sign here.” […]

Ahhh, Literati! I was stranded in London a few years ago.  Nothing to do but stroll the streets of London and wander into The Queens Theater. (No, not something you are dragged into.  The REAL Queen’s Theater.)  In the following video, we hear a singer not so hard boyled as the one from Britain’s Got […]

Literati! Oh deck the halls with bowels of folly!  Here is a finalist entry that brings a lump to my throat.  I will post the remaining finalists  to day, than off to L.A. for  a few days will Monsieur Stang makes himself unpopular…   Dear Santa. . . “I’m sorry we can’t go to the […]

a charge card to your heart.  Unless you take a check.  Post dated. but…I am not a finalist in this contest; Like a Ton of Bricks. Here is an entry from some anonymous someone who is! Literati!  Here’s hoping your stockings are well-hung this year: *** My sister and I were discussing Christmas. She told […]

Literati. Notice how I have not italicized the word “Literati” as I usually do? I want all the letters to stand erect(careful!) rather than leaning a little bit, so that you understand that I write in earnest… I must further  your literary education. Pay attention, class. A Ghost Writer is one whose works remain invisible […]

  Literati! I asked, and you delivered.  Not up four hours and already we have our first of six finalists writing to the prompt “All I want for Christmas is my——” Won’t reveal who the author is til all entries are in, and Mike Stang has picked a winner.                                       Winter Jasmine   “Just […]

Oh, Liperati! You who read the rules to our contests may recall that in addition to loading up a 200 to 250 story with cliches, you are also required to choose a single cliche’, and breath a little life into it, so it does not sound cliche’ at all.  And who among us would not […]

Literati! Good morning from the towers that will soon be oceanfront property.  It was one of the gifts my president promised me in exchange for my vote, and I am now just waiting for the tide to roll in a little further.  He promised a similar gift recently on the East Coast, so perhaps I […]