Creative Challenge 37

Good Evening.

I asked Chat GPT to give me a good idea for a Creative challenge this week. This is what it said:

“30-Minute Franken-Story”

Theme: Rapid ideation & constraint-based creativity

1. Set a timer for 30 minutes.
2. Randomly open three different sources (novel, magazine, Wikipedia, Spotify playlist).
3. Jot the first phrase you see/hear from each; those must all appear in your story.
4. Write a flash-fiction piece (max 300 words) connecting the phrases into a beginning, middle, and twist ending.

I then opened up Pandora and took the first couple of lines from the first song that played randomly.

Then I took the first headline that grabbed my attention on my news app.

Lastly, I randomly opened a Goosebumps book and pointed to a random sentence in the book and used that.

So I tried to create a story using the following :

"One by one, one by one, we all fall. Open your arms wide. Open your eyes wide.

Brother, run fast!

They're coming your way! Oh, brother, run fast

They're headin' your way!"

"Greg and his friends didn't turn around until they were across the street. Breathing noisily, they looked back and cried out in relieved surprise."

"A driver does a double take when he sees bag labeled cats on the side of the highway!"

This is my little story! Not to shabby Hope you like it( no AI used either😉)

I couldn't sleep, tossed and turned, I fluffed my pillow, but to no avail. I opened my eyes, sat up straight, placed my feet on the floor, and sighed in frustration. I decided to go for a walk.

I walked down my street listening to the sound of my sneakers crunching on the gravel road, and then became almost mesmerized by the rhythmic sound of my steps.

Suddenly, I heard a voice call to me, 

"One by one, one by one, we all fall. 

Open your arms wide. Open your eyes wide.

Brother, run fast!

They're coming your way! Oh, brother, run fast

They're headin' your way!"

My eyes frantically searched the dark wooded surroundings, my heart beat quickly, and I saw nothing." Who is there?" I cried out, "Who are you?" Still nothing, not a sound." Sleep deprivation", I thought to myself.I decided it was time to turn around and go home.

I opened the door of my house, entered, and made sure to lock it behind me.

I chucked out loud to myself."

I must be losing my mind," I mumbled out loud.

I decided to turn on the TV. I thought to myself, "maybe I can find something to distract my busy mind, and hopefully fall asleep".

As soon as I ease into my chair with my favorite blanket, I hit power on the TV remote and hear at a ridiculously high volume

"breaking news! A driver does a double take when he sees bag labeled cats on the side of the highway!"

I nearly jumped out of my skin and turned the TV off as quickly as I had turned it on.

"On second thought, maybe no TV," I thought to myself.

I began to climb the stairs back up to my room to give sleep another try.

Suddenly, I hear my friend Greg outside calling my name!

"Are you serious right now?" I thought. I peered out my window, afraid of what I may see, and sure enough, there was Greg and his friends running and screaming my name as if they were in trouble.

I ran downstairs, out the front door, and called to them. Greg and his friends didn't turn around until they were across the street. Breathing noisily, they looked back and cried out in relieved surprise.

 "Something is chasing us" Greg cried! 

I saw his friends each out of breath and visibly shaken.

I  had no words.

What in the earth was going on ?!.  I tried to digest all that has transpired....  

The sound of a shrill alarm in my ears. 

All is black.

I open my eyes.

 I'm in my bed safe..  I guess I had finally fallen asleep. 

It was a nightmare, I suppose.  

What a bizarre nightmare.