ottoman's free zone

[Wayne R]

One of the sites tells you to go away if you have a story about any of this. I wasn't aware that talking cats posed a problem in society

zombies or zombie-wannabes (seriously, I’m not kidding)

sexy vampires, wanton werewolves, wicked witches, or demonic children

stories about rapists, murderers, child abusers, or cannibals

stories where the climax is dependent on the spilling of intestines

stories in which a milquetoast civilian government is depicted as the sole obstacle to either catching some depraved criminal or to an uncomplicated military victory

stories where the Republicans, or Democrats, or Libertarians, or . . . (insert any political party or religion here) take over the world and either save or ruin it

stories in which the words “thou” or “thine” appear

talking cats or swords

stories where FTL travel or time travel is as easy as is it on television shows or movies

stories about young kids playing in some field and discovering ANYTHING. (a body, an alien craft, Excalibur, ANYTHING).

stories about the stuff we all read in Scientific American three months ago

stories about your RPG character’s adventures

“funny” stories that depend on, or even include, puns

stories where the protagonist is either widely despised or widely admired simply because he or she is just so smart and/or strange

stories originally intended for someone’s upcoming theme anthology or issue (everyone is sending those out, wait a while)

your trunk stories

stories that try to include all of the above