novel 88 - 1. suggestions

by nick nelson

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dear joe, thank you for your kind letter. i am always happy to help out my loyal fans in any way i can. here are a few suggestions for your novel. 1. pope innocent xx wakes up in the middle of the night and decides he does want to be pope any more. he gets up and gets dressed and packs his smallest suitcase. he leaves his room. outside in the corridor, the swiss guard appears to be asleep, as usual. pope innocent scribbles a note on a piece of paper he always carries in his pocket and slips it into the shirt pocket of the sleeping guard. but the guard is not really asleep. she has been briefed by the vizier that the pope will try to escape and to let him get away. ————— 2. aliens have conquered earth. they set about reconstructing human society. humans divide into two camps. those who welcome the reconstruction and wish to cooperate with the aliens. and those who resist the aliens. the first group are called greens. and the second group and called blues. andrea is a green girl. boris is a blue boy. andrea is walking down the street on her way to a rally in support of the aliens. it begins to rain. andrea slips stepping off a sidewalk and falls in a puddle. boris, on his way to a cell meeting of the resistance, sees andrea struggling to get up out of the puddle. _____________________ 3. davy crockett has lost his license as a trained deadly assassin. panhandling is beneath him, so he decides to rob the payroll of the new time and space center in the mongolian desert where professor isaac newton is building a new model time machine. but first he needs to get a good crew together. but before that he needs a drink. _________________________ 4. charles lindbergh needs a job. he has not had any luck finding one, and he is desperate. he sees an ad online, in one of the more obscure generic websites the ad reads: employees wanted. p> no qualifications or experience necessary. resumes not required. employees required to sign a two year contract, and to remain with employer for the full two years. no further information provided to employee prior to employment. no pay - food and clothing provided. no healthcare, pension, or benefits. all applicants accepted. reply to job256389@chump.org. or stand at the corner of washington and main sts, cincinnati oh any night between 12 am and 2 am __ ____________________________ 5. sally jones, a retired ribbon clerk, has used up the last of her meager savings. her rent is due. mr smith, who collects the rent, even though sally has never been sure whether or not he owns the building her room is in, has always seemed to her a rather nice gentleman, not at all the stereotype of an evil landlord. she decides to appeal to his better nature. she decides to tell him she will do anything - anything at all - if he allows her to remain in her room and not be forced out onto the street. ______________________________________ next