A villain believes that they have certain commonalities with the hero, that they are two sides of the same coin, that they have a special connection or symbiotic relationship, one is a dark reflection of the other, etc., etc., or anything along those same lines. Whether that's true or not is
Congratulations to everyone who wrote for this! We did run over the deadline, but we got more activity than I was expecting. Now you can vote for the result here: [LINK] The voting period is two weeks. - Adrian "The Dark Spaceknight" McClure, now with sig
THE QUEEN'S ROAST, a fairy-tale. told by Tom Russell I have no idea if this should be flagged with "ACRA" or not, but if you've read any fairy tales, you probably know the kinds of things to expect! There was once a good king. He was wise and temperate; he was a skilled diplomat and
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Drew has been gathering the High Concept Challenge prompts so other writer friends can use them, and the group as a whole has been moving toward more individual, short, spontaneous stories, so now seems like it's a good time to bring it back. For anyone new, here's how these work -Someone
Mickey Spillane once singled out "Vengeance is Mine" as his favorite of his own novels, because of its twist ending, which really came right at the end- the last word of the last sentence- and gave a new context to everything that happened before it.* Your challenge is to write a story- of
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And the subject of the next High Concept Challenge is... STAR WARS! What does that mean? Doing a homage to certain popular movie franchises? Having the characters participate in fandom, or just go out for a night at the movies? Physically battling a burning miasma of incandescent plasma? No
Author's Note, 2015: Ahem, since reposts are so popular this year, here's a Christmas one I just researched for a Wiki entry on... well, I'd best follow through on that before I admit who it is. The story itself is from 2013. Merry Christmas! - What Has Gone Before: The year is 1996.
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A character has gone on holiday- short or long- and now must go back to his or her routine. Deadline is November 31st.
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And the winner is... [LNH20/HCC] Bite-Size Tales of the LNH v20 #14: 'Symbols' By Saxon Brenton The honor of running HCC #56 is now yours!
And the winner is... [LNH20/HCC] Bite-Size Tales of the LNH v20 #14: 'Symbols' By Saxon Brenton The honor of running HCC #56 is now yours!
And the winner is... [LNH20/HCC] Bite-Size Tales of the LNH v20 #14: 'Symbols' By Saxon Brenton The honor of running HCC #56 is now yours!
And the winner is... [LNH20/HCC] Bite-Size Tales of the LNH v20 #14: 'Symbols' By Saxon Brenton The honor of running HCC #56 is now yours!
Go here to vote: [LINK] Polls will be open until 4 pm EDT on 9/18! Thanks. - Mike.
Hey all, Sorry about the delay in getting the HCC poll up for this edition. I've been busy closing on a new house and moving. I probably should've picked a more convenient date for me, huh? ;) It's coming... - Mike.
LNH20/HCC: Bite-Size Tales of the LNH v20 #14: 'Symbols' Bite-Size Tales of the LNH v20 #14 'Symbols' By Saxon Brenton [for High Concept Challenge #55] Professor Penumbra stared at the rotary telephone. It sat with almost wilful incongruity in the middle of the baseball
Due to some requests, I am moving the deadline out one more week, until Friday 9/4. Still plenty of time to join in the fun!
I love the way this story is told. I kind of reminds me of "Everything Wil Be OK" by Don Hertzfeldt, in its tone and narrative style. Great job! Really enjoyed it. - Mike.
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Hey folks! Time for a new High Concept Challenge. One of the things I was so busy with in my most recent RACC hiatus was the 48 Hour Film Project. It's a fun contest where you have 48 Hours to write/shoot/edit a film and you have to fit in a prop, a line of dialogue and a character to prove you
[LNH/HCC] Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2 #60 ___ ___________________________ | |-| | |-| [] / #60 | | | [] egion of 'Short Story About Mistaken Identity' | | | []__ [] [] [] [] / (Part of High Conce
I'd love to see a follow up to this story. Many different ways you could go with it. Any chance we'll see more about the pups? - Mike.
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TALES OF FICTION presents... TORPY THE TORPEDO: A LI'L PLATINUM BOOK BOOK #2: "Torpy the Torpedo Discovers Atlantis" Written by Michael D Friedman Thi
High Concept Challenge number fifty-four: NEON TALKING SUPER STREET BAT-LUGE! One thing we've never had to deal with on RACC, thankfully and for obvious reasons, is "corporate synergy". We've never had to insert a character, costume, accessory, secondary mutation, or concept that has as its pr
The winner of High Concept Challenge Number Fifty-Three, "Gender Defenders", is... Nonfiction #5, "Justice For Julie Ann", by Tom Russell! Congratulations, Tom! Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, genderation 2
Here's the link to vote on High Concept Challenge 53, Gender Defenders: [LINK] Get 'em in by, oh, let's say midnight on the 18th. Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, rah tora tah
[8FOLD/HCC] Journey Into #22 Eightfold Comics Group Presents A High Concept Adventure JOURNEY INTO #22: 'Joanna Has Two Daddies' by Saxon Brenton [8F-144][HCC53] "Poppa, who's my mother?" asked Joanna. Michael looked up from the engineering blueprints had had spread across his
By the power of the eternal rainbow, High Concept Challenge numbah fifty-three is declared to be: Gender Defenders! Stories that deal with some aspect of gender, whether it be the screwy gender ratios of the superhero genre, people dealing with their own gender identities, or one of those gende
And the winner by a hair is Mr. Perron. Take it away, Andrew!
Sorry for the delay, folks- I've just been insanely busy with some (actually fairly exciting) Real Life Stuff. Here's the link: [LINK] Voting ends on Friday!
NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM! NOT AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE! IT'S… JUST ANOTHER CASCADE THAT WILL NEVER HAVE AN ENDING #12 "Everything Ends" by Adrian McClure Note: This issue continues from Looniverse Y #14 [The cover shows someone holding the Kubrik's Kube in her hand, against the backdrop of stars. E
"No," said Catalyst Lass, as the rifts opened wide, encompassing everything. At first slowly, and then faster and faster, everything on the diagram began to fade away. And then there was nothing. Not light, not darkness, not noise, not silence. Nothing at all. For a moment that stretched out for
SW10: Superhuman World 2013 Annual: The New Ambassador from Another World! - Prelude: Wyatt said, "Giving up on the recount?" Joe responded, "Yep. Let the third party candidates worry 'bout it. Trump's just gonna buy the Electoral College out from under 'em." "Are you sure you don't
[8FOLD/HCC] Journey Into #21 (HCC51) Eightfold Comics Group Presents A High Concept Adventure JOURNEY INTO #21: 'The Truth About Someone Else's Identity' by Saxon Brenton [8F-139] The diabolical Professor Longitude was flying for the simple pleasure of it. In part he w
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Another LNH Title? Really? #3 [Cover: An LNH reader looking at their computer starts to read a story about the Ultimate Ninja and Dr. Stomper doing absolutely nothing, but eating pizza. Nothing. Just eating pizza. No, really, nothing. Just eating pizza. And a thought ball
[LNH/HCC] Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2 #59 [HCC48] ___ ___________________________ | |-| | |-| [] / #59 | | | [] egion of 'The Dead Zone' | | | []__ [] [] [] [] / (Part of High Concept Challenge
So, this summer I moved to Texas. Among its tourist slogans is, "A whole 'nuther country" (spelling varies). So, inspired by this, your challenge for HCC #48 is to write a story focusing on a fictional nation. It could be an established fictional nation in your setting (like Khadam would be f
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