A new mormyrid has been discovered, "Paramormyrops ntotom". Come up with a common name or some hidden characteristics for this curious new elephant fish. What are its Hobbies, birth sign, favorite books, life story? Is it looking for the casual hookup or perhaps something more long term? Jason Abdelhadi Common name: Swamp Captain Hobbies: Torturing [...]
Rules: Write a surrealist translation of poem in a language which you cannot read. Josef Janda original: Steven Cline: 5 Dinosaur Eggs Proclaim on the very drizzly land 5 Dinosaur Eggs A piece of Vlad’s Library card Is Infecting the halls of paleontology Perverse mushroom spores Yes - the glass Dostoevsky is steaming hot Prevail [...]
Surrealist game in solidarity with the indigenous protectors and their allies at Standing Rock Sioux who are refusing the imposition of an environmentally catastrophic pipeline across their land. http://sacredstonecamp.org/ Questions 1. Instead of being built across Sioux land, where should the pipeline be rerouted? 2. Instead of oil, what should be pumped through [...]
Collaborative game with Stephen Kirin, Karl Howeth, Jason Abdelhadi, Casi Cline, Maurizio Brancaleoni, Maria Brothers, Dale Houstman, and Craig S Wilson. The circus folk were lonely between the trees, and they leaned against the wall they had built from sloughed off skin, and argued about whether or not leaves were edible, and should they test [...]
Maurizio Brancaleoni BULB(E)'S GIRLFRIEND. Unfinished opening-ending one-chapter post-story (A could-have-been-a-novellette prose minipoemette ). These light bulbs had been prying into my viscera for an indefinite amount of time, heirs to a condition of slavery. He is intralatched onto mental representations of potential fiancées. This guy, Bulbe, a multi-talented lover's spat colourist and indoor farmer, a [...]
Time Travelers' Potlatch In Time-Travelers' Potlatch, each player indicates the gift that she/he would present to various historical, mythical, or fictional figures on the occasion of their meeting. Marquis de Sade: Leonora Carrington: Winston Churchill: Franz Kafka: Elvis Presley: Al Capone: Ashley Deflaminis: Marquis de Sade: A shredded corn dish. Leonora Carrington: Lemons in a [...]
Write a 25-word short story that incorporates all of the following words (answers will be posted on website blog): Scorched Cream Raven Dough Flailing Casi Cline: The cream-filled scorched dough epiphanies were the only delight of the pastry chefs doomed to a lifetime of panicked flailing in the Raven’s infernal kitchen. Steven Cline: The scorched [...]
Make your own surrealist superstitions or proverbs. Casi Cline: "To ensure a female child will be marriageable, the father must smear her forehead with the milk of the largest bull in the county during every new moon until the first menstrus cycle is successfully completed." Steven Cline: "Counting backwards from 17 can be dangerous, often [...]
Weekly Question 1) What does surrealism taste like? 2) What is its texture? David Nadeau - 1) Surrealism tastes like aromatical herbs unknown to mankind since the Paleolithic. 2) Its texture is made of furs and claws. Steven Cline - 1) Strawberries covered in melted white cheese. 2) A sharp metal mesh Casi Cline - [...]