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Michael J. Barron

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Two Penny Sagas: The Fish Reaper

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:March 2, 2015
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I'm taking a different approach today.I pulled a random book off my shelf:  The Life of Pie.  I used a random number generator to choose the sentence starting on the…

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TWO PENNY SAGA: The Chase.

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:February 16, 2015
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I took a random sentence (In Bold) and wrote for five minutes.  The following is the story I received.Please send me any opening lines you want to see turned into…

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TWO PENNY SAGA: The Dog’s Revenge.

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:February 10, 2015
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I've gotten back into the habit of writing these on my own and decided that I should start posting them again.  Any first sentences you'd like to see turned into…

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Two Penny Saga: The Night Before the Wedding

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:June 1, 2014
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I have not done one of these in over a year so I thought I should get back at it. Basically, I took the opening sentence in Bold, and wrote for…

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TWO PENNY SAGA: Ted the Tortoise Climbs to Freedom

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:March 21, 2013
  • Post category:Uncategorized

My friend Heather gave me this photo and it inspired me to write the following story. --> “Lettuce!  Again!”  Ted the tortoise shouted.  “We had this shit for breakfast!”“At least…

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Two Penny Saga: Libraries, Dreams and Machetes

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:March 19, 2013
  • Post category:Uncategorized

My friend gave me the opening line.  I started writing and this is the story I got. How do you wake up from a dream? Clap you hands or kill somebody…

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Two Penny Saga: The Supreme Overlord of Earth

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:March 16, 2013
  • Post category:Uncategorized

This one was a little different.  My friend Heather gave me the image below and it inspired me to write this story.     Mark Silverman walked his brown mutt, Barkley,…

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Two Penny Saga: Mark Silverman’s Guide To Picking Up Women

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:March 14, 2013
  • Post category:Uncategorized

My Friend Jon Rhodes gave me the opening line.  I started writing and this is what I got.  "... and then I tripped," he said to no one in particular.Mark…

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Two Penny Saga: The Alternative to Heaven

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:March 9, 2013
  • Post category:Uncategorized

My friend Jon Rhodes gave me this great opening line!  I started writing and this is the story I got.  'That interview went well," so he thought but the golden…

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