Prose
Some constraints make works much worse
Georges Perec loved constrained writing, but his last novel was never published. He wrote it using nothing but swear words and racial slurs.
He was not a real father
Huck’s father had built him as a robot who thought he was a real boy. So while Huck had faked his death, it was father who’d faked his life.
Fourth Wish
Monkeys have four fingers, so Mr. White thought it was odd the paw only granted three wishes. The last one was to flip the bird, he supposed
Once is tragedy, but six times??
The only time his friends got together and didn’t have to bury a hooker was April 1 when Wil chose to crossdress & play an unfortunate prank
Dex was his own worst enemy.
Dex was his own worst enemy. Which was horrible, because he knew all of his secrets!
Maybe if we increased the incline
He ran to escape his past. But he was running on a treadmill and his past was never far behind.
Passing Away
As a quarterback, Joe knew how to pass. He could pass gas, pass cars, and pass footballs. But he could not, tragically, pass kidney stones.
Rico was too cool
Rico was a chain-smoking biker who was too cool for school, too much of a jerk for work, and too much of an outlaw for the law #littlelytton
Chum in the water
May is a competitive swimmer. Sometimes she pretends to be bad so she can sucker tourists out of their money. She’s a pool shark.
Boys will be boys, I guess
She did not understand why anybody would want the most powerful tools. She did not understand men and thus did not understand economics.
Ironically, he didn't see it coming.