Collaborative Stories

Go around in a circle and write stories based on what the last person wrote.

One prompt for every participant. Everyone writes for 1-2 minutes, then passes the paper and starts adding on to the story they receive. I guess if you do multiple rounds you should start folding everything except the most recent one for maximum surrealism and surprise!

What we used last year:

Every clock in the city froze at 11:59 as Amelia looked up and realized the moon was turning a very unsettling shade of green.

The faded photograph showed a person who looked exactly like our next-door neighbor, but it was dated over fifty years before he was born.

They had spent months planning the perfect heist, but the moment the vault door opened, they found it wasn't gold or jewels inside, but a single, potted sunflower.