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** [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-10-01 The Vampath]] uses its EmotionEater abilities to [[spoiler:open a mental health clinic where it rids people of their negative emotions in exchange for eating a few happy ones]].

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* OuVampiresAreDifferent: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-10-01 Vampaths]] [[EmotionEater feed on emotion]], but they don't have to be ''negative'' emotions.

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* ~~OuVampiresAreDifferent:~~ OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-10-01 Vampaths]] [[EmotionEater feed on emotion]], but they don't have to be ''negative'' emotions.

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* OuVampiresAreDifferent: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-10-01 Vampaths]] [[EmotionEater feed on emotion]], but they don't have to be ''negative'' emotions.

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The stories cross many genres - horror, comedy, fable, science fiction, fantasy, and more. Many riff off of stock [[AnAesop Aesop]]s or other common phrases, finding new uses for them. Some, such as [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-26 The Prison of Forgetting]], make use of animation or transition to tell their story.

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The stories cross many genres - horror, comedy, fable, science fiction, fantasy, and more. Many riff off of stock ~~[[AnAesop Aesop]]s~~ moral lessons or other common phrases, finding new uses for them. Some, such as [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-26 The Prison of Forgetting]], make use of animation or transition to tell their story.

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* ImAHumanitarian:
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-10-24 Resorted to Cannibalism]]. "What if we were the stranded hikers who ''embraced'' cannibalism?"
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-08-29 Does It Count As Cannibalism?]]. "Does it count as cannibalism if you're hallucinating the other person as food?"

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* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty:
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-10-24 Resorted to Cannibalism]]. "What if we were the stranded hikers who ''embraced'' cannibalism?"
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-08-29 Does It Count As Cannibalism?]]. "Does it count as cannibalism if you're hallucinating the other person as food?"

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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-04-30 Time Bombs]] make the world better by bringing back dinosaurs.

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* MeatOVision: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-08-29 Does It Count as Cannibalism?]]
--> Does it count as cannibalism if you're hallucinating the other person as food?\\\
Wait, why am I asking you?\\\
What would a giant turkey leg know about morality?

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic has inspired several of the stories, like [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-03-10 Count to 20]].

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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-03-31 Terrarium]] centers around aliens revealing Earth was a terrarium they set up, and being disgusted at how violent humanity became.

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* ComingOutStory: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-09-15 Summer Diary]] is a heartwarming one about a grandfather posthumously encouraging his grandson not to hide his feelings for other men.

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* WishingForMoreWishes: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-05 The Reef of Wishes]] combines it with HeadInTheSandManagement.

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* ~~WishingForMoreWishes:~~ WishingForMoreWishes:
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-05 The Reef of Wishes]] combines it with ~~HeadInTheSandManagement.~~HeadInTheSandManagement.
** [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2021-01-13 Wishing for More Wishes]] has the genie's master try to get around this rule, to no avail.

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* AmbiguousEnding: Often, but [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-26 The Prison of Forgetting]] is particularly notable. Is the original text written by someone who has a serious mental health issue and is getting better, or are they healthy and being brainwashed into compliance?

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-->"The curiosity that kills the cat need not be its own."

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~~-->"The~~ -->The curiosity that kills the cat need not be its ~~own."~~
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** [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-12-15 Last Christmas (I Gave You My Heart)]] turns the Music/{{Wham}} song into a horror story.

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-->"The curiosity that kills the cat need not be its own."

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* LighthousePoint:
** [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-06-25 The Welcome]] uses a lighthouse signaling in Morse Code to convey that something is wrong.
** [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-10-27 The Black Beacon]] has a very worrisome lighthouse that uses different colored signals to warn ships away, draw them near, or [[spoiler:raise the sunken ships as a new fleet]].

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* LittleRedFightingHood: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-11-22 Girls With Hatchets]] gives her a hatchet and a willingness to use it.

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* ~~LittleRedFightingHood:~~ LittleRedFightingHood:
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-11-22 Girls With Hatchets]] gives her a hatchet and a willingness to use ~~it.~~it.
** [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-07-07 Red The Woods]] says the girl isn't red, but everything else is...
--->"There was only the girl, eager to show the wolf how she kept her woods so red."

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* ChestMonster: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-02-21 Mimics]] deconstructs it a bit, showing evolutionary pressures on mimics once adventurers learn to be careful with the standard treasure chest.

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* BewitchedAmphibians: Subverted in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-02-22 The Princess and the Frog]].

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* BewitchedAmphibians: Subverted in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-02-22 The Princess and the Frog]]. "Some princesses are into frogs."

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* CryingWolf: Deconstructed in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-10-06 Bring the Wolves Down]].

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* CryingWolf: Deconstructed in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-10-06 Bring the Wolves ~~Down]].~~Down]], with reference to a sexist DoubleStandard.

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--> "The reality manipulation booth appeared in the town square overnight. (...) No one can figure out if it's been used yet."

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* TechnicalVirgin: Discussed in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-05-23 The Questions of Magic.]]

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* TechnicalVirgin: Discussed in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-05-23 The Questions of ~~Magic.]]~~Magic]] in relation to VirginSacrifice.

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** Played with in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-01-31 The Ritual Won't Work.]]
** Discussed in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-05-23 The Questions of Magic.]]

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** Played with in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-01-31 The Ritual Won't ~~Work.]]~~
Work]] with the sacrificer misreading it as 'Virginians'.
** Discussed in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-05-23 The Questions of ~~Magic.]]~~Magic]], about how this relates to TechnicalVirgin.

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* BadassPacifist: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-02-25 The First Healer]]. Go into battle, knowing that if you fall you'll go to an eternal feast? Fine. But going into battle unarmed, saving the lives of your companions, knowing that if you fall you're doomed to hell? That's badass.

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* {{Brainwashed}}: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-26 The Prison of Forgetting]] plays with it. As some of the text fades, the reader can see it taking effect - whether for good or ill is unclear.

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* {{Brainwashed}}: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-26 The Prison of Forgetting]] plays with it. As some of the text of the story fades, the reader can see it the drugs taking ~~effect -~~ effect, but whether ~~for~~ this is good or ill is unclear.

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* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-02-21 Mimics.]] "''Curiosity'', though. That's worth dying for."

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* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-02-21 Mimics.~~]] "''Curiosity'',~~ ]]
-->"''Curiosity'', though. That's worth dying for.""
* DesertedIsland: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-11-14 Alone On My Island]] is set on one.

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* EvilPhone: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-09-06 My Ex-Husband Keeps Calling The House]] seems to involve one.
* EvilTwin: Subverted in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-05-24 Evil Twin]].

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* EvilPhone: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-09-06 My Ex-Husband Keeps Calling The House]] ~~seems to involve one.~~
has a phone call coming from [[spoiler:a dead person.]]
* EvilTwin: Subverted in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-05-24 Evil Twin]]. [[spoiler:The narrator murdered his "evil" twin, because the twin was happier.]]

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* IHaveThisFriend: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-04-10 Never Have I Ever]] (a different one than INever, but the same title) uses this.

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* IHaveThisFriend: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-04-10 Never Have I ~~Ever]] (a~~ Ever]][[note]]a different one than the one under INever, but with the same ~~title) uses this.~~title[[/note]] plays this straight, with a bizarre and disturbing question followed by "Asking for a friend."

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** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-10-24 Resorted to Cannibalism]].
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-08-29 Does It Count As Cannibalism?]]
* INever: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-08-16 Never Have I Ever]] weaponizes it.
* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-07-30 Time together is the real cursed barrow treasure.]]

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** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-10-24 Resorted to ~~Cannibalism]].~~
Cannibalism]]. "What if we were the stranded hikers who ''embraced'' cannibalism?"
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-08-29 Does It Count As ~~Cannibalism?]]~~
Cannibalism?]]. "Does it count as cannibalism if you're hallucinating the other person as food?"
* INever: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-08-16 Never Have I ~~Ever]]~~ Ever]][[note]]a different one than the one under IHaveThisFriend, but with the same title[[/note]] weaponizes ~~it.~~
it with TruthSerum.
* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-07-30 ~~Time~~ The Real Cursed Barrow Treasure.]] "Time together is the real cursed barrow treasure.]]"

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* LittleRedFightingHood: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-11-22 Girls With Hatchets]] gives her a hatchet and a willingness to use it.

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* OddballDoppelganger: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-02-06 Kalmar the Bloody]].
* OminousFog: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-08-08 The Fog]].

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* OddballDoppelganger: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-02-06 Kalmar the ~~Bloody]].~~
Bloody]] provides a doppelganger that the rest of the team prefers.
* OminousFog: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-08-08 The ~~Fog]].~~Fog]] shades into FogOfDoom, with memory manipulation added.

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* RiddleOfTheSphinx: Played with in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-04-16 The Riddle of the Sphinx.]]

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* RiddleOfTheSphinx: Played with in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-04-16 The Riddle of the ~~Sphinx.]]~~Sphinx]], where the solution is a bit more concrete.

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--> "We had not died, but this did not feel like life."

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** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-08-20 Wizard of Oz]]
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-11-22 Little Red Riding Hood]]
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-11-01 Puff the Magic Dragon]]
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-25 Hemingway's Six-Word Story]]
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Deconstructed in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-05-15 Speaking with the Fishes]].

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** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-08-20 ~~Wizard of Oz]]~~
If I Only Had A Heart]] is a dark take on Film/TheWizardOfOz.
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.~~php?date=2018-11-22 Little Red Riding Hood]]~~
php?date=2018-11-01 Taking Flight]] is a heartwarming take on Music/PuffTheMagicDragon.
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-11-01 Puff the Magic Dragon]]
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-25 ~~Hemingway's Six-Word Story]]~~
Baby Shoes a.k.a. Suck It, Hemingway]] gives a 5-word version of Literature/HemingwaysSixWordStory.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Deconstructed in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-05-15 Speaking with the Fishes]]. Turns out that having the animal like you is a RequiredSecondaryPower.

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--> "I followed your finger, watching as the next star you pointed at sputtered and went out."

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** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-08-29 Smartphones and their effects on society.]]
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-08-13 Modern capitalist society.]]
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-02-08 Corporations that deny climate change.]]

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** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-08-29 ~~Smartphones~~ The Maybe Mirror]] pokes at smartphones and their effects on ~~society.]]~~
society.
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-08-13 ~~Modern~~ Cursed Monopoly Set]] satirizes modern capitalist ~~society.]]~~
society.
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-02-08 ~~Corporations~~ Life On The Surface]] is a take that toward corporations that deny climate change.]]

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* UnnaturallyLoopingLocation: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-05-10 The Intersection]].
* UnwantedRescue: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-11-14 Alone On My Island]].

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* UnnaturallyLoopingLocation: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-05-10 The ~~Intersection]].~~
Intersection]] is a dark karma-laden take.
* UnwantedRescue: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-11-14 Alone On My ~~Island]].~~Island]] involves a DesertedIsland resident who doesn't want to leave.

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** Played with in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-01-31 The Ritual Won't Work]]

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** Played with in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-01-31 The Ritual Won't ~~Work]]~~Work.]]

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* WishingForMoreWishes: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-05 The Reef of Wishes.]]

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* WishingForMoreWishes: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-05 The Reef of ~~Wishes.]]~~Wishes]] combines it with HeadInTheSandManagement.

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** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-09-12 Witch Hunt]].

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** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-09-12 Witch ~~Hunt]].~~Hunt]] plays with it, with an actual witch.

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** Implied in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-06-25 The Welcome]].
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-11-13 Aptitude Test]]
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-08-02 Hide and Seek]] has something that seems like one, with a personal twist.

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** Implied in [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-06-25 The ~~Welcome]].~~
Welcome]], with a welcoming lighthouse providing a frightening message.
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-11-13 Aptitude ~~Test]]~~
Test]] discusses choosing who survives.
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-08-02 Hide and Seek]] ~~has something that~~ seems like one, with a personal twist.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-12-25 The Gift You Can't Wrap]].

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-12-25 The Gift You Can't Wrap]]. "So stop complaining."

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--> "I thought the worst part would be the screams coming through the space station's uplink as I watched the lights of Earth's cities go out one by one."

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* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-02-21 Mimics.]]

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* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-02-21 Mimics.]]]] "''Curiosity'', though. That's worth dying for."

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* DisposableIntern: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-10-03 There's No 'I' In 'Laboratory']].
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-04-30 Time Bombs]]

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* DisposableIntern: ~~[[http://shorteststory.~~"[[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-10-03 There's No 'I' In ~~'Laboratory']].~~
'Laboratory']] involves using interns as test subjects.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-04-30 Time ~~Bombs]]~~Bombs]] make the world better by bringing back dinosaurs.

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* ExactWords: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-09-05 The Cave]].

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* ExactWords: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2017-09-05 The ~~Cave]].~~Cave]] combines this with a form of RescuedFromTheUnderworld.

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* LiteralGenie: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-12-11 Animate Life]].
* LiteralMinded: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-05-16 The Literally Spell]].
* LotteryOfDoom: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-08-28 Banished to the Cave]].

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* LiteralGenie: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-12-11 Animate ~~Life]].~~
Life]]. The closest skeleton is the one inside you...
* LiteralMinded: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-05-16 The Literally ~~Spell]].~~
Spell]]. "The wizard's spell made it so anyone who said 'literally' had their words come true."
* LotteryOfDoom: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-08-28 Banished to the ~~Cave]].~~Cave]] plays it straight, subverts it, then plays it straight again.

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* MessageInABottle: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-09-25 Message in a Bottle]].

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* MessageInABottle: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-09-25 Message in a ~~Bottle]].~~Bottle]] plays it very straight.

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** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-06-18 The Grind.]]
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-02-05 Where Do Babies Come From]]
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-01-17 My Love is Like The Ocean]]

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** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-06-18 The Grind.]]
]] "Some days, trying to write feels like forcing your own arm through a meat grinder."
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-02-05 Where Do Babies Come ~~From]]~~
From]] takes the titular question in a sad direction.
** [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2019-01-17 My Love is Like The ~~Ocean]]~~Ocean]] finds new oceanic metaphors to describe love, not all flattering.

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* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-02-25 The First Healer]]. If the only way into heaven is to fight, a healer cannot go there. [[spoiler:Subverted when their fellows rescue them.]]

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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-02-25 The First Healer]]. "You did not think I would leave my brothers and sisters behind?"

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* ToHellAndBack: [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-02-25 The First Healer]]. [[spoiler:Those rescued by the healer return to free him for the warrior's afterlife.]]

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* WarriorHeaven: Downplayed in [[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2020-02-25 The First Healer]]; warriors go to an eternal feast, while those who are not warriors go to a pit of demons. However, it is possible for the warriors to [[spoiler:fight their way to the demon pit to rescue those they wish to save.]]

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* AlternateAesopInterpretation[[invoked]]: Many stories revolve around new interpretations of old sayings.
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* BestServedCold: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-08-07 How To Serve Revenge]].

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* BestServedCold: [[http://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-08-07 How To Serve ~~Revenge]].~~Revenge]] gives a bit more specificity.

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