Writing exercise wherein the players take turns writing a chapter of a story, then pass it along to the next player. Players can take the story in whatever direction they want, but once they had the story off to the next player, they have no say in what happens next
The woman behind the desk closed her eyes in exasperation. “So, just to be one hundred percent clear, we don’t know where the lioness is or her bloody husband are, how much they know or who else is looking for … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto : Part 9
She had never been to LA before. It seemed such a wonderful city with all those movie stars, the sun, and most importantly, her father. Maria had never met her dad. Amelia told her little about him, quick to dismiss … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto: Part 8
ting… ting… ting… “Daddy…I think this one’s still alive!” Possum scrambles through the underbrush in the pre-dawn light. Far away there are caves stacked like honeycomb, cool and dry as bone, that echo with footsteps: Possum’s and his Supervisor’s. The … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto: Part 7
Chapter 6 There are rules to murder. Things you learn when you pick up the trade. Not big abstract concepts mind you. Immediate practical realities. Killing is a practical trade. Governed by real world concerns. Pavel Leonard reflects on these … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto: Part 6
Hi- I’m Miss Rim, Welcome to Chapter 5! Sorry I’m late! Let’s get to it! St. John awoke peacefully, under an eiderdown comforter in a four poster bed. The curtains were open to let in the dappled morning sun. … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto: Part 5
Welcome to Week 4 of Exquisite Corpse! I’m the Hayes Code and this is my chapter! (Go here to start from the beginning!) Let’s get this corpse a-shamblin’! PREVIOUSLY, ON THE NUMA LEGACY: The Senate would have to decide the … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto: Part 4
This book, tentatively titled The Numa Legacy, is a collaboration between ten different members of the Avocado. Every week, a different member will publish a new chapter, and after that the story is out of their hands. See here for Chapter 1, … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto: Part 3
All right, welcome to part two of our game of Exquisite Corpse. Last week, Romanes Eunt Domus got us off to a cracking start. We’ll put up each chapter as a new post, and aggregate them into a Google doc … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto: Part 2
Hello, as promised, here’s the first part of the game. A few caveats: I kept it short, and without the main characters yet, because I didn’t want to monopolize all the story. Also I apologize because, being somewhat devoid of … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto: Part 1
Last week, while joking about airport novels and first edition Iliads,Romanes Eunt Domus proposed that we should launch a game of Exquisite Corpse here on the Avocado. I thought it was a great idea, and, well, here we are. Exquisite … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto
