(Originally posted at Writing.com)
Presented for your approval: something different... five different characters in five different stories, all
about to undergo various transformations. You get to decide who becomes what! Any sort of transformation is
welcome.
Characters from one part of the story can interact with one another... or you can keep the five main
storylines separate. As always, feel free to introduce new characters, push existing ones in new directions,
flesh-out the background of any characters you like... or even abandon the main characters and center the
stories on someone new! Interesting plot twists and unexpected happenings are always welcome!
You may notice the main characters all come from my other stories. This is on purpose and just for fun. Don't
feel confined to follow the continuity of any my earlier stories. These are all just “alternate universe”
versions of those other fellows. Feel free to be different and create strange new paths for these fellows. In
fact, the more unlike the original storylines, the better. I just felt like some familiar names might be fun –
that's all!
Thanks once again to all the wonderfully creative, smart, funny, and exciting additions you've put in my other
stories. Your contributions have been fabulous – keep up the great work, gang! There are some really great
writers out there, and I sure appreciate you guys making additions to my little stories.
Permission is granted to reprint this (and any of my other stories) anywhere! Likewise, permission is granted
to swipe the concepts and characters in this (and any of my other stories) to use in stories of your own –
here or on other websites. Please consider everything I write as an “Open Source Universe,” from which you're
all welcome to borrow, reprint, and re-use anything that strikes your fancy.
The rules:
“Be creative. Be imaginative. Be wild. Be daring. Be unexpected.
Be fresh and original, and have fun with it!”
Thanks everyone, and now let the fun begin!
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Submitted for your approval:
Twenty-five year old Mark Kremzer was about the marry the woman of his dreams... but a Time Traveler on a
mission may prevent that from happening.
Thirty-five year old Roy Milford is a wildly successful business executive... who just acquired a strange
device that may change his past and future.
Fifteen year old Tim Sherman is fighting with his little sister... not realizing she just acquired some
magical powers.
Thirty-eight year old Steve Donaldson is bickering with his wife... and about to view the age old battle of
the sexes from a whole new perspective.
Twenty-five year old Jay Wheeler is reconnecting online with an old flame... who has become powerful (and a
little crazy).
...and in all five of these cases, lives are about to be changed forever.
Choose your fancy!