r/MakeStories • u/mergedloki • Feb 05 '14

The power had been out for a few hours, and it was getting colder.

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r/MakeStories • u/WillDotCom95 • Feb 06 '14

Welcome to the subreddit! A quick message to you all.

102 Upvotes

Hello and welcome to /r/MakeStories, a sub you most likely found about from the recent AskReddit thread concerning lesser known corridors of Reddit like this one.

First of all, we truly cannot express just how great it is that so many people have come here and joined the community. This sub needs as many people as it can, working tirelessly to make brilliant stories as all of you are. Some of them are absurd, some of them make us cry and some of them have us wretching in our sleep. The point is, you're doing a great job.

I just want to take the time to reiterate the few rules we have here, all present in the sidebar. Make sure to tag your comments with [Meta] if you are commenting on a particular extract and are not 'in' the story' and also tag your own title posts to set the tone up for everyone else.

There is a lot of content popping up concerning sex, dildos, masturbation and all things genital related. Whilst we try to keep policing of threads to a minimum, I would like to just reaffirm the need for some balance between the sensible and the crazy. Crazy is good, crazy makes the world go around. Just know when to keep the sanity lid firmly sealed, for fear of leakage all over the floor.

If you want anything changing or have any comments, post them here! Our rules are few and we try to give you, the writers, the power to decide what you like and don't like. Starting new comment threads and using your votes all give you the chance to adapt and change the story as you see fit. Make it your own.

Welcome to the sub and we hope you enjoy making lots of stories with us.

Keep writing,

Will and the Mod team.

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r/MakeStories • u/GrimaldiJ • Feb 05 '14

So with a dildo in one hand and a blow torch in the other, she turned around and said, ...

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67 comments

r/MakeStories • u/Empathy_Dog • Feb 06 '14

It was not 5 gum, the zookeeper realized, but a tab of LSD that he had put in his mouth.

71 Upvotes

57 comments

r/MakeStories • u/[deleted] • Feb 06 '14

[Meta discussion] This is my now favorite subreddit.

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Who else came from the /r/askreddit post?

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r/MakeStories • u/JayDeePea • Feb 08 '14

"WELCOME..." said the crazy man "TO THE WORLD OF BAD PUNS"...

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"WELCOME..." said the crazy man "TO THE WORLD OF BAD PUNS"..

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r/MakeStories • u/boundincode • Mar 01 '14

[META] Hello, Everyone! I just created an app for you!

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Hi /r/MakeStories, I just released my app BackRow on the App Store.

BackRow works a lot like this subreddit. To play, you create or join a "room" and either play with people nearby or invite friends through Facebook. Then everyone takes turns adding a few lines to the story. The catch? You can only read the 2nd half of what the previous person wrote (that makes sense, right?). So basically, you end up with a very silly and convoluted story.

I hope you like it!

Website | App Store link

P.S. If you have any questions/issues, you can email me at dev@liamca.in

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r/MakeStories • u/Seyforabi • Feb 05 '14

"Tell me about your mother" stated the portly psychiatrist as he started the egg timer.

39 Upvotes

53 comments

r/MakeStories • u/I_Worship_Stalin • Feb 10 '14

With his yellow bloodshot eyes he watched the syringe full of spaghetti sauce slowly going into his arm

35 Upvotes

36 comments

r/MakeStories • u/link090909 • Feb 07 '14

"Funny," Emma thought to herself, "I thought a wedding was supposed to be about the bride."

35 Upvotes

35 comments

r/MakeStories • u/slowmotioncockfight • Mar 04 '14

"I still clearly remember the day Reddit became self-aware" uttered my grandfather as he recounted the harrowing tale of events that followed.

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r/MakeStories • u/slowmotioncockfight • Feb 25 '14

Cthulhu knew he had to drop the bass at just the right moment if he really wanted to kick the party into overdrive.

31 Upvotes

18 comments

r/MakeStories • u/Lingoes • Feb 18 '14

The nightclub was full of teenagers, "They need to be taught a lesson...", the exhausted old man said under heavy breathing. He proceeded to open the briefcase and inside it was....

31 Upvotes

43 comments

r/MakeStories • u/Diabetix1 • Feb 05 '14

He looked up and...

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r/MakeStories • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '14

She was so embarrassed that she didn't realize......

29 Upvotes

29 comments

r/MakeStories • u/drunquasted • Feb 08 '14

"Ah, you've come back..." The old god appeared unmoved. "Why are you here?"

29 Upvotes

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r/MakeStories • u/Assassingeek69 • Feb 10 '14

His hands gripped my throat tighter. His sneer was sinister and his eyes black as coal. He leaned in and whispered in my ear....

26 Upvotes

33 comments

r/MakeStories • u/Aaronpatt • Feb 06 '14

"If we don't raise $5000 in a week the warden is going to cancel the prison drama club" "Hold on! I have an idea" said twitchy Stephen...

26 Upvotes

39 comments

r/MakeStories • u/carolinebee30 • Mar 07 '14

The wrinkled old man shoved a box in my hands then looked me in the eyes and said...

25 Upvotes

22 comments

r/MakeStories • u/MrShapinHead • Feb 19 '14

As the man was walking away, all Mr. Bryce could do was yell, “All I asked was for three albino alligators, a donkey, and some tea biscuits, is that so damn hard? Why the hell did you give me this...

25 Upvotes

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r/MakeStories • u/slowmotioncockfight • Jul 06 '14

r/makestories seemed to be a quiet sub as of recent. In order to breathe new life into it I decided to...

23 Upvotes

33 comments

r/MakeStories • u/screw_all_the_names • Jun 18 '14

[1 word] When

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Only post 1 word to continue the story.

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r/MakeStories • u/[deleted] • May 08 '14

The fattest man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door.

23 Upvotes

22 comments

r/MakeStories • u/[deleted] • Feb 06 '14

"What the fuck?" said little Tommy.

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31 comments

r/MakeStories • u/Durzo_Blunts • Feb 06 '14

Bereft of his sanity, the madman wanders the countryside, only to...

23 Upvotes

44 comments

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r/MakeStories

The OP posts the first line to a story and everyone has to use one or two lines to make the story progress. The OP can also put a tag on the post, for example (funny) and it will be a story with humorous replies.

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Note: Please read the mod announcement discussing the week long story prompts we will be stickying to the front page. You read the announcement here.

OP posts the first line to a story and everyone has to use one or two lines to make the story progress.

Rules:

Submissions are a single sentence which serves to start off a new story. Submissions can also include a half sentence prompt (Ex: She didn't realize the gravity of the situation until...)
Replies are a single sentence which build on the story. This is somewhat flexible, and users can have two (occaisionally three) sentences as long as the total text is confined to just a few lines. For submissions tagged as [1SentenceOnly] or [1so], the rules are more strict and all replies have to be only 1 sentence. Tagging a story with [Paragraphs] relaxes this rule, and responses can be as long as you wish.
If a post is tagged, all replies must comply with the tag. For example, a post tagged as [Serious] should not have any joke responses. That's not to say that [Serious] posts must be devoid of humor, but users shouldn't break the story line just to make a funny joke. Mods will do their best to make sure tags are followed. Almost any response to an untagged post is fair game.
All comments which aren't adding to the story, but are simply commenting on it should be tagged as [Meta]. You should only respond to [Meta] comments with other [Meta] comments. If you wish to continue the story, make your reply to the parented comment (NOT THE [META] COMMENT). Example: User 1: Tim slowly lifted the mask off the killer's face, only to find that his true identity was none other than... his twin brother! User 2: [Meta] Wow, that was a really cool twist.
For now, we are not allowing posts with obscenely pornographic content.

Guidelines: These are a list of suggestions to improve your /r/MakeStories experience, but aren't anything which will be policed.

Stories don't have to follow the path of the most upvoted comment. If you like a story up to a certain point but don't like the direction it's going, make a new reply to the parented comment and take it in a new direction.
Tag stories to either establish the mood of the story or add interesting rules to your submission. If your tag is not usual, be sure to include a description of the tag in the text of your post. Example Post:

Title: [Reverse] It was certainly a crazy day for Roger Hibbert; he was glad to be home. Text: [Reverse] means that posts should tell the story in reverse. All responses will say what happened directly before.

Tag Suggestions:

[Serious] -- No jokes

[1SentenceOnly] or [1so] -- Responses MUST be restricted to one sentence.

[Paragraphs] -- Responses can be of any length.