So there are plenty of threads around in General from people needing help coming up with a title, and the responses are generally the same bag of all-sorts answers from "Only You Can Make One Up" to "[garbled latin]" The reason so many people like answering those threads is because making up titles is actually really fun, and it's a nice quick creative exercise assuming you've got your head screwed on proper. So in this game, one person will post a short description - keep it to about one or two sentences plus genre/adjectives and the next person posts one to three possible titles and then their own story to be named. Example: Titles: A Pinch of Time Under Wraps Chen & Chevy: The Last Course Now for my plot pitch: A pair of burnt-out comedians embark on a cross-country pilgrimage looking for inspiration and to rediscover their friendship. Drama, comedy.
Laugh Lines A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Goodbye The lone survivor of scout ship crash on an arid, rocky planet discovers the wrecks of other ships as he searches for food, water, and shelter. But all the ships are identical, and he seems to be the only copy of himself to have walked away from the crash. Sci-fi, Horror.
Fake Fragment A gang of improbable superheros fights crime through counterproductive means, causing destruction and turmoil. Their arch-nemesis is a short-statured accountant who enjoys wearing dark capes. This strange fascination with capes is, in fact, the only reason that has brought the superheroes to believe he is their arch-nemesis. The accountant is quite oblivious about this arbitrary designation. Humor, Parody, Absurdism.
Assets and Expenses Accounts Payable (eta, I want to read your story) Inspired by books and blogs on the topic, a young woman sets out to reduce her ecological footprint to a bare minimum while continuing to have friends and nice clothes--just not new ones. Humor, daily life.
The Greening of Celeste Secondhand Prada A promising Wall Street attorney building a case against an unscrupulous investment firm finds himeslf framed for the murder of his co-counsel's beautiful wife. He must prove his innocence while avoiding being caught by the police or the real killer. Mystery, suspense.
Black Numbers The Second Move Money and Blood Twelve old highschool friends meet for a reunion party after taking their own paths in life for twenty years and experiencing varying degrees of success when a tropical hurricane hits, stranding them and threatening to wipe the island off the map. Disaster, survival, drama, humanist.
