Story 1
Type of Story: Role Reversal
Logline: A robot tries to find his destiny after loss.
Seven Sentence Story: There was a robot created for fastening on tires. There was an explosion at his plant and it was just able to escape. It now had no purpose. It tried to do other things to fulfill its directive. It started unfastening tires on cars in the street, but this was not appreciated. Next it started to do the same to street signs, which fell in the street and made people angry. Finally it was able to find it could open door handles. It found work being appreciated as a doorman.
Character Description: The robot is a yellow-orange car plant assembly robot.
Location and Time Period: Present day in a crowded city.
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Story 2
Type of Story: Quest and Journey
Logline: A vagrant takes an opportunity to bring some excitement into his life with the discovery of a spaceshuttle.
Seven Sentence Story: There is a homeless man living among a junk pile. He discovers a discarded space shuttle hull in it. He has dreams of space exploration and vows to get it working. He looks around for an engine nearby, but there is no fuel source. He trades in his old pocket watch to another vagabond for a fuel tank. He is finally able to get it to fly, but the engine fails once he breaks the atmosphere. He looks out at space, finally fulfilling his wish before he falls to what is presumably his death.
Character Descriptions: A man in a tattered orange t-shirt and cargo pants. An old woman in a stained blue-grey shroud.
Location and Time Period: 22nd century on a trash heap at the edge of a large city
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Story 3
Type of Story: Rags to Riches
Logline: A scuba diver finds a mysterious object that she must know more about.
Seven Sentence Story: There is a scuba diver who looks for rare items. She finds a mysterious black pearl one day at the bottom of the seabed. She is convinced it came from the city of Atlantis. She becomes rich selling it but still wants to know more. She asks a marine biologist for help but he will not listen to her. Finally she goes to a geologist. She leads her to a specific trench. It was the Kraken all along.
Character Descriptions: Woman in bright blue diving suit. Scientists in lab coats.
Location and Time Period: Present day on the edge of the Mediterranean.
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Story 4
Type of Story: Brain vs. Brawn
Logline: A caveman and adventurer from the future fight over control of a time machine.
Seven Sentence Story: There is a seemingly normal caveman. One day he sees a flash of light and a time traveler from the future appears. The caveman is curious and goes inside the time machine. The man from the future hurries in after him. Seven Sentence Story: The future person tries to stop him but the caveman panics and he keeps pressing the buttons. Finally the caveman is trapped, the future person has the controls and they land on a cruise ship in the 23rd century.
Character Description: Hairy caveman in animal skins. Slender man in padded jumpsuit and visor helmet.
Location and Time Period: Starts in Neolithic times on the plains and moves around.
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Story 5
Type of Story: Love Stories
Logline: A worm craves companionship and he finds love in a surprising twist.
Seven Sentence Story: There once was a worm who desired companionship. He found something wriggling into the garden one day, getting his curiosity. It spit water at him almost drowning him. He was about to go deeper into the ground but he felt something go into the ground, so he pursued it. A trowel cut him in half. Later two new worms were created from him. It was not looking for a female worm but a genetic clone of course, because worms are hermaphrodites.
Character Description: A pinkish banded earth worm.
Location and Time Period: Present day in a garden.
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Story 6
Type of Story: Good versus Evil
Logline: A woman sees a suspicious supernatural being and takes matters into her own hands.
Seven Sentence Story: There is a woman who is paranoid of monsters, wearing a tinfoil hat and garlic everywhere. One day she sees a man acting suspiciously. He has glowing eyes and sheds black feathers. She follows him and tries to spy on him. She sees more suspicious behavior and a bladed tongue. She plans a trap and kills him. It was her guardian angel all along.
Character Description: The protagonist wears a pantsuit. The antagonist dresses in dark clothing with lightly glowing eves. Looks like it is hiding something under clothes from the back.
Location and Time Period: Present day in downtown Cleveland.