Each Tuesday, rather than a POSSIBLY
IRRITATING ESSAY, I'd like to both challenge you and lend a helping hand. I
generate more speculative and teen story ideas than I can ever use. My family
rolls its collective eyes when I say, "Hang on a second! I just have to
write down this idea..." Here, I'll include the initial inspiration
(quote, website, podcast, etc) and then a thought or two that came to mind.
These will simply be seeds -- plant, nurture, fertilize, chemically treat,
irradiate, test or stress them as you see fit. I only ask if you let me know if
anything comes of them.
H Trope: Humans
abduct aliens for nefarious purposes
Current Event: http://www.squidoo.com/captureanalien
Strangely enough,
GOOGLE will not allow me to search for “Humans abduct aliens”…which gave me the
idea for this idea…
Cerys Finch was
from England, an exchange student staying with a family in Minnesota. Elias Ian
Serano is also an exchange student staying with another family nearby. He’s
been trying to get her to go out with him for weeks, ever since the school
hosted an Exchange Dinner with Honors Program families and the exchange
students at the school.
She thinks he’s
cute and all, but he’s not her type. She tries to explain, but he’s insistent
and she reported his behavior to the school counselor. That was yesterday…
That night, Cerys
is up late and hears noises outside. Going to a backyard window where the
family’s house looks out over a state park reserve, she sees wildly flickering
lights. Looking down, she sees her host family – mom, dad and three young adult
men she’s never seen; older kids who no longer live at home. The five of them
have something in a net that is struggling wildly. Hand to her mouth, she sees
what she thinks at first is a bear.
Then she sees
Elias Ian rush into the back yard. His arms waved wildly, he startles her
family and they back up. The creature she thought was a bear throws off the net
with help from Elias Ian and bolts for the brush. But it wasn’t a bear – it was
wearing something on its back, something that looked manufactured.
Elias Ian looked
up , directly at the window she’s standing at. She backs away, gasping and when
she steps back, he’s gone. She hurries to bed as her hosts come back into the
house, cursing, angry and making lots of noise. She goes back to her room.
The next morning…
Names: ♀ England;
♂
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