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Transylvania’s Got Talent

Salutations noble Franken fans!

It has been a time of much excitement this week at the Frankenlab as we learned that our very own misshapen hunchback manservant Igor had progressed through the semi finals of ‘Transylvania’s got Talent’ (Transylvania’s top-rated tea-time family extravaganza!).

Two days ago we took a horse-drawn cab to the local airport and waved adieu to our lumpy butler as he took off skyward in a battered second-hand weather balloon, bound for his home town of Cluj-Napoca (where the finals were due to occur).  This afternoon we received a missive from Igor via carrier pigeon that although he had (eventually) reached his destination, things hadn’t quite gone according to plan.

Apparently it wasn’t because his enthusiastic cover of ‘My Humps’ by the Black Eyed Peas was out of tune or even that his rather-too-revealing ‘Fergie’ costume was a little tight in the booty area. No, the real trouble came at the bar at the after show party where stroppy host, Simön Cowellzakó, had clearly had too much to drink. Poor Igor, still in costume, found himself being pawed by the amorous presenter who clearly wanted to take a closer look at our hero’s ‘lady lumps’.

Needless to say one head butt, three paramedics and a police caution later Igor arrived dejected back at the Frankenlab having been eliminated from the show and deported from the county.

Still, I reckon he escaped with most of his dignity in tact, unlike to poor subject of this musical Frankenstory extravaganza penned by by Kryssi McCluney and Jeremy Snow

The plunging neckline of her dress attracted the eyes of every man sitting in red velvet seats. The conductor raised his baton and the orchestra began. From her mouth came sugary melodic notes of Puccini’s Quando Me’n Vo’. The audience fell silent. Singing Puccini as karaoke at a bar was outlandish for some, but for her, it was all too common. A retired opera singer, she warbled the notes like an inebriated nightingale,dancing from the stage onto the bar room floor while singing. The hardwood floor smashed into her face. A snap of cartalidge was heard by some. As she sat up in her sequenced dress, a scarlet stream ran from her nose. She thought to herself, ‘Who sings Musetta in a bar anyways?” The bartender had seen it all before. “Poor girl.” he thought as she stumbled over the bar and threw her gargantuan weight down on a bar stool. He walked from behind the counter and yelled “Its over, the fat lady sang.”

(See the original story here).

Until next time stay saucy, pop pickers.

Bootyliciously yours,

Dr. Victor E. Frankenstory

Jun
28th
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Suffer the Children

Ach mein Gott, what a morning!

Today saw the Frankenlab’s first (and may I hastily add LAST) ‘bring your kids to work day’.  What started off a morale- building exercise for the team quickly turned to chaos when my little nephew Ralphie discovered the lab’s supply of medicinal alcohol, one of Elsie’s puppies got stuck in the air conditioning outlet and Igor’s socially maladjusted two-year-old son, Klunk, nearly lost a finger whilst trying to feed a Dr. Miriam Stoppard book to our story monster.

Still, judging from the submissions we’ve been getting through to the Frankenlab, we’re not the only ones having nightmares about unruly kids!

Take this Frankenstory submitted a while back by Sam and Jeff- a terrifying exploration of what happens if you turn a nursery school class into a bunch of mini Rambos…

Only one thought crossed my mind at the sight of the thousand four-year-olds wielding knives: The end is near. After that, I wondered for a bit about what monster would even arm a thousand four-year-olds, and I ultimately blamed the preschools. The preschools seemed like the only logical choice: who else would have the power to transform one thousand kids into soldiers of destruction and doom? I realized then that I must act alone. No one would believe that teachers were terrorists. Regardless, I had a more pressing issue on my hands - the current group of youthful sprites insistent upon stabbing me in the chest. I knew I had no way of defeating the youngsters in straight-up combat. What could I do? I realized the only way to defeat them was stealth. I fashioned a disguise, made from newspaper, and I waited. One by one, I surprised them with a back stab. It’s just a matter of time before they all die.

(see the original story here)

I blame the parents. But then again, maybe their psychotic urges are coming from a far more benign influence as Katie and Mary’s journey into the dark side of Santa’s workshop reveals…

The urge to kill was rising. Little Johnny Sprinkles was sitting, comtemplating stabbing every last elf in the room. Santa came in, making sure all were working on their toys. Johnny got back to work, building yet another toy fire truck. Ralph loved his job at the beginning — who wouldn’t love the job Tom Hanks got in “Big”? He got to revisit his childhood every day. But now, a year later, constantly coming up with new ideas was wearing on him. so he made a decision. The idea had been rolling around in his little elf head for quite sometime. It slowly began to fester, and before he knew it all he could think about was executing his glorious plan. to destroy the toy company once and for all. All the Tinker Toys, Legos, and Barbies would go up in flames, and no one would be able to pin it on him — because he would be dead. It was perfect.

(see the original story here)

Terrifying stuff,eh? I bet you’ll all be trying extra hard to stay off the ‘naughty list’ this Christmas knowing that Santa’s little helpers are like a cross between Jack the Ripper and Michael Douglas in ‘Falling Down’.

Anyway, must dash, Klunk’s just found our scalpel cupboard and Ralphie’s making a beeline towards my vintage single malt.

Keep the stories coming in!

Scientifically yours,

Doctor Victor E. Frankenstory.x

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Welcome to ‘The Frankenlab’

Hello dear friends, welcome to the Frankenlab, the place where I’ll be preserving some of your most interesting submissions for posterity in a glorious ‘Frankenstory Hall of Fame’. Think of it as a kind of taxidermy display for your stories where I lovingly stuff and mount some of your freakiest creations (before gluing googly eyes to them and using them to scare small children).

This isn’t a competition to determine which of your submissions are the best and there will be many excellent tales that never grace the pickling jars of the Frankenlab. However each story I pick will have done something really interesting which will hopefully go on to inspire other players.

It could be a brilliantly written story, something side-splittingly funny, something really dark and mysterious or something experimental that makes us sit up and take notice. Then again it could just as easily be two halves of a tale that come together to create something downright weird or a story with a deliciously topical twist.

So why not get writing and who knows, maybe you’ll spawn something freaky enough to grab my attention?

Monster hugs,

Dr. Victor E. Frankenstory.

Jun
27th
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Guten Tag From Doctor Victor Frankenstory!


Willkommen my esteemed story scientists! I am Dr. Victor Emelius Frankenstory, eminent physicist, prolific wordsmith and three-time North Tyrolean table tennis champion (1957-1959). I am also the creator of Frankenstory, the world’s greatest literary experiment.

Based in my secret Frankenlab (hidden somewhere beneath an abandoned Cuckoo-clock factory in downtown Geneva) my incredible monstrous machine works day and night to weave fabulously freaky narratives from stories submitted by writers just like you. In fact, I suspect the only reason I have not yet won the Nobel Prize is due to the fact that they cannot decide whether to give it to me for science or literature!

Ably assisted by my manservant Igor and my Rottweiler, Elsie, I take stories submitted to the Frankenstory website from pairs of writers all around the world and splice them together to create magnificently mutated hybrid tales.

You’ll soon be able to find examples of some of the most interesting  stories right here in my ‘Frankenlab’ blog where I’ll be dissecting some of the more unusual specimens  for your inspirational pleasure (before stuffing them full of sawdust, sewing them back up and mounting them on polished mahogony stands to show off to my dinnerparty guests).

You can  follow my adventures right here in my blog and also through Twitter where I’ll I’ll be sharing all the new developments from the Frankenlab and highlighting other great writing resources from around the web to help you find inspiration.

So why not have a go yourself? Just log on to www.frankenstory.com and start writing a story with the friend of your choice.

(Just try not to disturb Igor, he gets distinctly tetchy if anything distracts him from the latest episode of Desperate Housewives).

Apr
8th
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It’s Alive!!

Frankenstory is now live to the world..

Get writing people!

Mar
27th
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Trying out some lettering ideas before hitting the ShoppoPhoto

Trying out some lettering ideas before hitting the ShoppoPhoto

Mar
26th
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The best one so far..

..even if I do say so myself. This one has a lovely mashup of styles and an ending which makes you think he must have seen the intro.. but of course he couldn’t have.. freaky man..

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Best for John who had just inherited an ice cream and go-kart factory, worst for his best friend Jim who was being continually walloped around the thighs with a severed arm. As jim collapsed to the floor he looked closely at the arm and the distinctive tattoo upon it. It was at that point he realised it belonged to none other than “H” from Steps. He looked up to see the diminutive celebrity towering over him - when suddenly there was a piercing scream. The ground shook, the sky blackened and a plague of locusts attacked, leaving only devastation in its wake. After the plague died away and the land was stripped to barren earth, the rains began. The land grew moist, nature awkoke from her slumber and life returned. It was the end of something. It was the beginning of everything


THE END

By Nick and Antonio

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It’s Alive!! (Sort of..)

OK, the prototype’s working! We just conducted our first ever real test - this is by Mike and Antonio.

And it’s a corker..

As the mist settled over the dark, empty hillside silence descended. The men pulled their jacket collars up to keep the damp from their necks and crowded closer to the fire. The moon’s silver light made the fog glow. , and as their eyes adjusted a gigantic pulsating banana began to reveal itself. They walked slowly towards it, and suddenly it exploded covering them in yoghurt and cheese. It tasted good and they began to hungrily lick themselves all over Before long they were clean. With the gore removed their fur began to receed, quickly at first but slowing as the bare, pink tide moved in towards the center of their bodies. Within a couple of minutes their bare bodies were rubbing together so quickly that they started to overheat. Soon sparks were flying and before long they burst into flames. Their screams were all that could be heard over the sound of the explosion as they were both burned horribly to death.


From mystery to surrealism to erotica to horror in 160 words.

Love it!

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We have a breathrough!

Mike has got the word “Mike” to appear on screen!

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Our first story!

This was a story written by Mike and Suzie while we were testing the idea by email - I was copying and pasting by hand, pretending to be a computer or a folded up piece of A4 paper). It definitely works!

Thomas the tank engine rolled into the station, just as he did at 6:43 every morning. The platform was quiet - it was still too early for the morning rush of commuters - and he coasted to a halt, perfectly in line with the lights at the end of the platform. But before he could open the doors to get the hell outta there, the roof came crashing down. “Man!” Shouted Rock Master Scott, “the roof is on fire!”… the Dynamic Three jubilant that their jail was finally burning yelled in unison “we don’t need no water let the motherfucker burn!”. Scott smiled… they were free now. Together they fled into the forest, shooting furtive glances back the way they had come, desperately hoping no one had noticed their escape. No one had and before long they hit the main road back into town. From the safety of the thick undergrowth they peered left then right to see Killa Gorilla cooking dearest Kevin on a spitroast. Hooting and banging his chest, they knew they’d make dessert if they stepped out. With no way back they thought fast; “what would Jesus do?” or “what would Rambo do?”. Pulling out their machine guns they were home for tea.


By Mike and Suzie, both aged over 30