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Play Exquisite Corpse!

Dip into the haunt of your imagination and pull up some random words according to the suggestions below. I'll mix up your words with other people’s and post the weirdest outcomes in my newsletter and on Twitter.

Exquisite Corpses can make great storytelling prompts, like puzzles for your imagination to solve.

For example: "The lush telephone salesman stupidly sat on the metaphysical fingertip." Who is this salesman, what led to this clumsy moment and what on Earth is a metaphysical fingertip? What happens next?

But - get this: If I write a story based on one of your entries which ends up in The Book of Exquisite Corpse, I will acknowledge you in the front of the book – and the top 12 contributors will receive a free signed paperback!
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First, relax. Breathe deeply.

Let your in-breath stir the invisible butterflies in the cave-depths of your imagination.

Feel their wing-flutters brush the inside of your mind as they rise towards the light.

Now, enter...

Your name and/ or Twitter ID (optional) *

* Indicates required field

A describing word (e.g. crispy or sorrowful) *

Another describing word (e.g. strange or warm) *

A thing, person or an animal. (If you choose a person, don't use an actual name: give their role, e.g. police officer or step mother) *

Another thing, person or animal *

An action: what someone did. Your phrase should fit in this sentence: "Person 1 _______(with/ to/ for/ on etc) person 2". (E.g. loved; swam the Atlantic to meet; bought a kilo of fudge for.) *

Are you happy for me to tell others that you contributed to an Exquisite Corpse game (e.g. on Twitter, in newsletters, or even in a book Preface or dedication, if the story ends up there)? I will only refer to you by the name/ Twitter ID you input on this form. *

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No rude or offensive words please! They just don't make for a good game, and I'll ignore them.
For simplicity, I've left out adverbs (the -ly words) from this version of the game.

"The Empty Danger" is a word combination that cropped up in a game of Exquisite Corpse.

If I'd never played the word game, I never would have written this book!

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Review of The Empty Danger: 5.0 out of 5 stars
"I've never been one really to read novellas taking place during the current climate, but the way Anna Tizard composed The Empty Danger was inspiring. I appreciated her unique take on the pandemic and how to keep hopes alive in troubled times." - Scottish Hunni

"One of those writers whose work makes me itch to write as well... effortlessly profound, yet with a tongue in cheek kind of edge." - Tonya Moore, author

"The form for the Exquisite Corpse seems pretty clear... I like your style of writing- it is easy and draws you in. I really wanted to carry on reading as it was quite magical." - Gill

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Play Now​​First, relax. Breathe deeply.Let your in-breath stir the invisible butterflies in the cave-depths of your imagination.​​​Feel their wing-flutters brush the inside of your mind as they rise towards the light.Now, enter...

​​"The Empty Danger" is a word combination that cropped up in a game of Exquisite Corpse. If I'd never played the word game, I never would have written this book!Subscribe for a free e-book, an exclusive short story and much more.Get Deeply Weird now!

What readers are saying

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Play Now

First, relax. Breathe deeply.

Let your in-breath stir the invisible butterflies in the cave-depths of your imagination.

Feel their wing-flutters brush the inside of your mind as they rise towards the light.

Now, enter...

"The Empty Danger" is a word combination that cropped up in a game of Exquisite Corpse.

If I'd never played the word game, I never would have written this book!

Subscribe for a free e-book, an exclusive short story and much more.

Get Deeply Weird now!