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My theme is as follows: each day I will ask for words beginning with that day's letter, which I will randomly select five from to use in a sentence in an ongoing story. That sentence will be posted the next day when I'll ask for words for the next letter. So my Z sentence will appear on May 1st.
A hulking 201 words were hurled my way yesterday (thanks!) Here are the five which have been handpicked (well actually no, it's completely random) to continue the story:
Gregarious (suggested by Alex J. Cavanaugh - an apt choice for the Ninja Captain!)
Grapes (suggested by Ilima)
Guilt (suggested by L. Diane Wolfe)
Gel (suggested by Carol Kilgore)
Gardengoyle (suggested by Gwen Gardner - I'm so happy this got picked!)
So here's what we have so far...
Angels had always had a certain ambiguity, being both human and divine, reflected Acatour with an acute sense of malaise as he looked down on the arable fields of medieval England. A bird flew past making a belligerent shriek, unnerved it seemed by a boggart; Acatour descended, thinking it would take a brainiac like him to unravel the poor soul’s beginnings and why it had not reached Heaven.
York Cathedral hove into view, shrouded in wooden scaffold as part of the local bishop’s campaign of restoration; but before he could challenge a carpenter over whether any of his colleagues had fallen to their doom, his presence was announced by the crawdad he’d eaten back in 20th century New Orleans repeating on him. He wiped dribble from his chin as the remains of the crustacean narrowly missed the workmen to land in the dew of the graveyard, berating himself for his debauched and unangelic behaviour the previous night; why did that dame have to desert him? The effervescent Ella had always been eager for exciting adventures, but when he’d asked her to accompany him on this esoteric time travel mission, she’d called him a crazy drunk and left.
It did sound rather fabulous, in the true sense of the word, he thought to himself as he descended further before landing on an empty area of scaffold, all the better for making himself visible; next to him was some viscous fluid, making him think that any fall from this precarious structure would surely be a fluke. Stepping away from the gel-like substance, he felt something watching him and turned to see a Gardengoyle on the wall next to a carved bunch of grapes, which caused the gregarious sounds of the workmen to die away as two thoughts rang clearly in his head: what was it doing here, and did he detect guilt in the creature’s eyes?
I humbly ask you to continue to humour me by handing me your H words. You can offer as many as you like, and they can be as obscure and outlandish as you like (feel free to use a dictionary for inspiration). The more words you suggest, the more chance you have of one being picked. It doesn't matter if you suggest the same word as someone else (as I know not everyone always has time to read all the comments); each will count as its own entry.
53 comments:
Hi Nick, how about - humble, hideous, hallucinate, humid.
Holiday
History
Happy
Hoops
Handsome
Hula
Hop
Hip-hop
Hey, cool theme. How about these H words:
hiccup
hallucinate
hairy
heinous
Hump
Hehe!
Just curious Nick. What are you going to do with this excellent story after A to Z is finished?
Now for my H...
Home
Hearth
hapless
horrid
hindsight
hospitality
hospital
halitosis
Hubris
Hey, awesome! Thanks for selecting one of my words. And funny you selected Gwen's creature. I'll just offer heroes today.
Another great post. So, like J.L. asked, what are you going to do with all these stories when you reach Z?
Headache (I have one right now)
Hindurance
Hurt
Hypospray
Helicopter (from Arlee's post)
Healer
Hope
Hobbit
Hey, these little tales are coming all great!
Dani @ Entertaining Interests
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Let's go with...
horror
hyperbole
hindrance
horizontal
helium
Do you know what I is amazing about this? You're writing these as we go. You are incredible. And I see your face on almost every blog I visit, as well as mine. You must never sleep.
This is such a cool idea and very, very ambitious and you are doing an excellent job! I'm so impressed!
Michelle :)
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The story's going great guns!
Oh! That was G
H:
harpy
harridan
horrific
heaven
henious
Oooh a guilty Gardengoyle can't be good. Can't wait to see what that's about!
Hellion
Honor
Hillbilly
Hovercraft
Hone
Hewn
Hooky
Hawk
Homeopathy
Can I cheat and offer Hoplology from Elise Fallson's wonderful blog? Go on, include a sword fight.
Harried
Hypothesis
Helium
Hell
How about horticulture?
And what a fun theme.
Its getting good..oh, I need h words-oops! ;D
hothouse
hope
heat
human
him
hired
history
heart
hockey
hearty
hill
horned
hail
:D
Hmmmm....
Hearth
Hambone
Herculean
Harbor
Hulahoop
Hipster
I love that last line! :)
Yay, one of my F words was picked.
Now for H:
Happy
Hippo
Humble
Ham
Halo
Harried, hirsute, hysteria, highbrow, heinous. I'm enjoying this; keep up the great posts!
Let me see...
Haphazard
Hasty
Horrific
Helplessness
Hysteria
Good Luck!
Writer In Transit
You're doing great. I love the word Hippotherapy-- the therapy of riding horses for healing. Just such a great concept (with great H words!).
It just gets better and better!
Words:
Haberdashery
Horrendous
Haunch
Heretic
Hulking
I really like your idea for the challenge and am glad you commented, which led me to your blog, so I can read it.
I shall do a few H words for you as well.
Help
Haddock
Hairy
Yay for gel :)
On to H:
happy
help
hello
holy
hero
hula
horns
hulk
helicopter
I love the word Gardengoyle! How fun.
Harlot, Herringbone, Hades, Hiccups, Halitosis
Hum ... why did the Gardengoyle have guilt in its eyes?
Excellent as always! :D
For H I offer:
Hoarfrost
habitat
hibiscus
Gardengoyle is a very cool word. Here are my H words for you: hallucination, hermit, highfalutin, humbug, and hysterical.
Honor. :-)
Happy
Hippos
Hopping
Hilarious
Horribly
Hungry
Impressive work, Nick!
haughty
and because I have one right now...headache
Gardengoyle?! What a great word!
Some H words: helpless, helpful, helium, hasty, helix, history, historical, hoopla, hefty, hanger, hinge, hero, heroic, hurtful, Halloween, haunting, heaven, heart, heartless
Yay for grapes! :)
heavy
howl
hand
hour
heresy
Hey Nick! Stopping in from the A to Z challenge! This is a GREAT theme! Really is unique!
Now for my suggestions: Hungry Hræsvelgr (a word suggested to me from a writing friend!)
The story is really coming along! How about:
Hideous
Hero
Heathen
Humongous
Helium
Hint
Heckle
:)
hall
hell
hill
hole
hull
hahahaha, creative we are today!
Hugs to everyone! Some great suggestions so far, thank you! :o)
I'm stealing these two from another AtoZ Blogger. They were just too good leave there.
harlot
Henbit (a plant)
Here's mine:
harrowing
henpecked
hubris
Hi Nick! Thanks for stopping by earlier. Here are some words that pop into my head:
heart, hear, here, humble, heartfelt
Hi nick,
You're such a great job with this!
Horrid
Happy
Harness
Handmade
Hula
Hipster
Hibernate
Hindrance
Hippo
Haberdashery
Hinor
How fun!!!
Horrible
Hike
Hack
Hiccup
Hickey
;)
What a great theme! Love it. I am sure it keeps you busy though, dang, no scheduling your posts at all, good luck!
Horrendous
Horrible
Hack
Hellacious
Heavenly
hidden
hiccup
hemp
habberdasher
I'm glad gardengoyle was picked, too. I was wondering how you'd use that one. :)
hither
hide
happenstance
Ah, totally entertaining theme and method. It's still early where I live, so I think I'll add a couple of "h" words too. How about: higgledy-piggledy and hopscotch...
hilarious
humour (with the Aussie spelling!)
Huddled
happy
hinterlands
Thanks for checking out my AtoZ.
Rhonda @Laugh-Quotes.com
Heckle, hackles, hefty, hubris, and hasty.
Huge thanks everyone! About to do my next sentence so that's enough H words for now. :)
Hi Nick .. I'm too late for Happy Hilary .. oh well! Quickly move on to square I ...
Cheers Hilary
haughty
heretic
heroic
honorable
hire
Yay! You picked Gardengoyle! I'm so thrilled :)
Well I got behind and missed H and I...damn this Challenge goes fast and waits for no one!
Your story is very creative so far.
Chuck at Apocalypse Now
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