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.