It was a dark and stormy night.

[Dave Gray]

The wind blew, trees swayed, rain pelted the windows.

[Michael s/v Sannyasin]

Is this your entry for the Bulwer-Lytton contest?

http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/

[brad9798]

there was some slight shuttering of the slate roof ... in an area that had worked itself loose ... not a good feeling ...

[TimH]

was? IS is more like it.

[Gonzalo]

The sky was so black she saw nothing but the reflection of her candle as she peered through the window into the distance.

[Dave Gray]

A hound was heard baying at the occluded full moon from a distant moor.

[Gonzalo]

A cry, barely stifled, arose in her throat.

[Dave Gray]

A dark object fluttered at the window.

[TimH]

John Mellencamp Grandma's Theme

Was a dark stormy night
As the train rattled on
All the passengers had gone to bed
Except a young man with a baby in his arms
Who sat there with a bowed-down head

The innocent one began crying just then
As though its poor heart would break
One angry man said, "Make that child stop its noise
For it's keeping all of us awake."

[oznabrag]

She screamed as she recognized her pet pigeon, bloodied and beating at the glass.

[Dave Gray]

Down by the front door a horse coughed.

[Michael s/v Sannyasin]

the veterinarian let go of the horse's balls and said that, in his opinion, the horse did not have a hernia...

[ripley699]

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[ripley699]

When suddenly ,across the sprawling front lawn a

[Dave Gray]

man moved with apparent menace.

[brad9798]

Peopledon't have slate roofs much anymore, do they ... :(

:)

:D

[Keith Wilson]

The original, from the master himself:
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.You can read the whole thing here. (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7735)

[ripley699]

please do try to stay in character

[Keith Wilson]

. . he said, extinguishing the candle and moving toward the servants' stair.

[ripley699]

[quote=TerryLL;2376937]and his teenage son moved with adolescent menace..

the father kept one eye cocked towards his son ,,and the son kept one eye cocked towards his father..they both stood there ,cockeyed and in the darkness..

[Dave Gray]

In the barn a cuckoo called.

[bobbys]

I was hunting it must have been blowing a steady 65, I heard gusts of 80.

Im under my Snoopy blankie now safe and cuddly..

Its dark and stormy but Snoopy keeps me safe!

[ripley699]

snoopy keeps me safe

snoopy keeps me safe

snoop......DOCTOR,,WHAT HAPPENED ?? The last thing I knew i was walking across the immense front lawn and I heard a crack.....

[David G]

Up to the door ran a disheveled logger dragging a smoking chainsaw. He'd had to cut trees to clear the roadway all the way from Mt. Hebo... where the winds were gusting up to 95 mph.

In a raspy voice, he asked to borrow some chain oil, and inquired if she might have some smoked salmon and a beer to share.

[Dave Gray]

Above the barn, a pale sliver of new moon creased the dawn, a thin white scar on the pallid face of a new day.

Fast moving clouds scudded across her brain as she realized she was seeing an eclipse in reverse. A shrill shriek split the air!

[Bob (oh, THAT Bob)]

Up to the door ran a disheveled logger dragging a smoking chainsaw. He'd had to cut trees to clear the roadway all the way from Mt. Hebo... where the winds were gusting up to 95 mph.

In a raspy voice, he asked to borrow some chain oil, and inquired if she might have some smoked salmon and a beer to share.

Without hesitation she tossed him a Black Butte Porter (TM) from the cooler, the ice water clinging to the bottle continuing it's trajectory as the bottle slapped to an abrupt halt in his hand. He popped the top as she removed the rifle vise from the table and replaced it with a sharpening jig. "Salmon's in the fridge. Set that saw down. Looks like it needs a touch-up along with the oil." She clamped the saw in place, then cocked her head sharply to one side and a cascade of neck cracks could be heard, then righting her head, she started in on the saw.

[peter radclyffe]

if it gently laps the lakeside shores of a womans skirts, it pounds thru a mans brain like a freight train

[Domesticated_Mr. Know It All]

Im under my Snoopy blankie now safe and cuddly..

Its dark and stormy but Snoopy keeps me safe!


http://www.rochelletepper.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/snoopy-red-baron.bmp

[huisjen]

Pour rum over ice, then add ginger beer, then lime juice. I prefer real lime juice rather than that Rose's HFCS crap.

Dan

[Tylerdurden]

He looked at her and said "I am afraid there is a bad moon rising"

[jack grebe]

He looked at her and said "I am afraid there is a bad moon rising"
I see trouble on the way................

[huisjen]

The pile of brown acid tabs hit the floor.

[jack grebe]

a scream fills the air

[paladin]

The restarted chain saw took off her head without a pause and.....

[CharlieCobra]

The logger muttered "Nice work Lassie" as he slung the saw over his shoulder and ambled out into the dark maw of the night...

[Stan D]

....singing "I'm A Lumberjack, and I'm Okay. I drink all night and I work all day".

[Joe Dupere]

This reads like a bad Edward Gorey piece, without the advantage of his illustrations.

Joe, FPoP

[purri]

that read poorly compared to Edward Blake's tales.

[jack grebe]

But no one reads Edward Blake anyway

[purri]

But no one reads Edward Blake anyway
I specialise in disjunctive syllogism.:D