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  • Manoeuvring (no stories) (All vowels must strictly accord by the run in "manoeuvring": A, O, E, U, I. Also note: using a...)
  • Ghostly goings on (one story) (Create a story of ghostly goings on, where no mention is made of ghosts, monsters, ghouls or Vincent...)
  • Heterogram (three stories) (Let no pair of abutting words exhibit a common letter.)
  • Encyclopedia (three stories) (The splendid history of Tlön has its beginning one night in London in the early seventeenth century...)
  • Exposition 2000 (six stories) (The clatter of keys ended abruptly and Jane was left staring exhausted at the view panel, its...)
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