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Song Title Challenge #29: Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo – South Park

It’s time for today’s second Song Title Challenge.

After my call last week for some Christmassy songs I got three suggestions.  I decided that today, just because it’s almost Christmas, I’m going to treat you with all three.  That’s right, three stories based on Christmas-related songs in one day.  You’re welcome.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

Today’s second song is Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo by South Park.  The genre, as suggested by bumblepuppies, is historic fiction.  I think he’s trying to bamboozle me, but with a bit of inspiration from the inestimable P.G. Wodehouse I think I managed to pull this off (though I will admit to exceeding the word count a little).  Once again I managed to hit fairly close to home as far as concerns the contents of the song.  I promise I didn’t listen to it before writing the story.

Oh, and I won’t be posting the hilarious but deeply disturbing song here – some of my relatives read this blog – but you’re welcome to go google it at own risk.

Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo

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Song Title Challenge #28: Christmas Tree On Fire – Holly Golightly

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge and you’re in for a bit of a treat (I hope).

After my call last week for some Christmassy songs I got three suggestions.  I decided that today, just because it’s almost Christmas, I’m going to treat you with all three.  That’s right, three stories based on Christmas-related songs in one day.  You’re welcome.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

Today’s first song is Christmas Tree On Fire by Holly Golightly and it was suggested by the wife.  She didn’t give a genre, so I just went with it.  The end result is not that far from the actual song.  Enjoy it.

Christmas Tree On Fire

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Song Title Challenge #27: People Are Still Having Sex – LaTour

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is People Are Still Having Sex by LaTour and the genre is Action.  Thanks to bumblepuppies for the suggestion.

People Are Still Having Sex

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Song Title Challenge #26: God is a Popstar – Oomph!

As I tried to explain yesterday via the Android WordPress App, I had been suffering this weekend from an incredibly poor 3G signal making it impossible to access the internet.  The wife and I were temporary refugees seeking the safety of my in-laws’ house and I couldn’t get a decent signal there.  What’s so horrible that I consider my mother-in-law’s a place of safety, I hear you ask?  This is:

Campground with bikersOkay, so that doesn’t look terrifying, but imagine 7 000 bikers camping out fifty metres from your bedroom window and you’ll have the sleepless nights that made us flee to my in-laws’ to avoid.  (I consider it win-win:  mommy-in-law is a great cook.)

Now we’re back and I present this week’s Song Title Challenge, a day late.  For more info on the Song Title Challenge, how to take part and to suggest a title, click here.

I feel I have to warn you, this week’s story might upset some readers, so if you don’t really get farce or satire, or you firmly believe that those techniques should not be used where religion is concerned, do not read this week’s story as you will be offended.  (Honestly, I feel a bit uncomfortable with this story myself, but it’s what came out when I sat down to write, and this whole challenge is about experimenting, after all, and too severe self-censorship will stymie creativity.  I won’t be posting the music video, though.)

This week’s song is God is a Popstar by Oomph! and the genre is Fantasy/Sci-Fi.  Thanks to bumblepuppies for the suggestion and for once again expanding my musical horizons 😉

God is a Popstar

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Song Title Challenge #25: Shaving Cream – Benny Bell

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge, back after the disruptions of NaNoWriMo.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Shaving Cream by Benny Bell and the genre is Fantasy/Sci-Fi.  Thanks to bumblepuppies for the suggestion.

Warning:  I banged this post together in a very short time, so I’m not so sure about its quality.  There’s a bit of strong language in there as well.

Shaving Cream

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