Random Stories
Stories waiting to be written.
Here are some ideas for stories. Take them, use them, change
them and call them your own. They will be your own in any case,
once you make the effort to develop them and write them. And
they are just ideas - they are very undeveloped.
Monkey Boy - A religious and serious young man discovers
that he is the result of artificial insemination. The sperm donor
was an ape. He has to reconcile this with what he thinks of himself,
and with his religion. Is he a man? Can he go to heaven? He soon
fears for his life, as religious leaders seek to hide the truth
that might challenge the faith of their followers.
Blind Man Talking - The story of a man that goes blind.
It should start at a point where he has been blind for a while,
and retrace his life. There is no physical reason for his blindness,
no diagnosis or theory that doctors can give him. In the end
we discover,as he does, that it is psychosomatic, and due to
the fact that he saw only through his words. Only by losing his
sight could he learn to truly see, and somewhere inside he knew
this, and made the sacrifice. It might end with his sight returning.
The Tree - There is a hot spring in the desert where
people have come for ages. In this story we follow the conversations
on life and the meaning of life that take place here. We are
introduced to all sorts of interesting theories and ideas, many
of them conflicting with each other. There is a large cottonwood
tree that overhangs the hot spring, which is described at various
points during the story. In the end we see that the story is
really about the tree, as it demonstrates life in it's essence,
rather than in theory.
The True Desires Of A Fish - A fish believes he is
a bird, and jumps from the water repeatedly. He thinks he is
a snake and crawls onto the shore. Dying there, he remembers
that he is a fish. With some effort, he flops his way back to
the water, and is at peace. A man thinks he is his status, and
thinks he is his possessions. He is laying there gasping for
air one day, and he remembers what he truly is, and is at peace.
The Morality Of Monkeys - A race of monkeys learns
to speak, but in a language that has only thirty words at first.
A moral code is created and it leads to horrible results because
of the limited ability of those thirty words to define what is
right and wrong in every circumstance. The language expands and
a new morality is developed, with the same results, and for the
same reasons. The obvious implication is that perhaps no amount
of words will ever be sufficient to "capture" the truth
of reality or right and wrong infallibly.
This will grow into many pages eventually, so check back for
more ideas for stories.
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