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Round 9
Round 9 is open to the El Coqui Boostore Writer's Club and previous participants.

Round 8
Round 8 was open to the MYWriters Penang group. Stories were shared at in-person writing sessions.

Round 7
Round 7 was open to MYWriters Penang and ran from November 2016 to November 2017. For the published output, see Garden Bench Publishing.
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Round 6
Topic
The sixth round began in November 2013 and ended shortly thereafter. Here is the PDF of all round 6 stories
Confusion
Wake up in the morning and you have changed gender
A physics experiment gone wrong
You have arrived in Hotel Paradiso and are expecting someone (anyone real or fictional, with whom you would like to chat)
Political oppression
"And demons never keep their promises." -- CS Lewis in "The Four Loves"

Round 5
Topic
The fifth round began in January 2012 and ended in March 2012. Here is the PDF of all round 5 stories.
Unreasonable expectations
inappropriate babysitter
busybody
finding my way

Round 4
Topic
The fourth round began in June 2009 and ended in July 2009. It was a short round, but it was fun. Here is the PDF of all round 4 stories.
A guy is who is starving for TV. The doctors can't find a solution for him and they expect he will die in few weeks. Then an old women asks him to go to a witch who prescribes a set of things to keep him alive...

Round 3

These were the guidelines for contribution to this round.

Topic: Each contributor submits one topic.
Chapter 1: Each contributor writes one story for each topic. The story must include at least two characters.
Chapter 1 stories posted.
Chapter 2: Each contributor writes a story about two characters from any chapter 1 story(s).
Chapter 2 stories posted.
Chapter 3: Each contributor writes a story that brings two Chapter 2 stories to conclusion.
Chapter 3 stories posted.

This round petered out before Chapter 3 was completed. Here is a PDF of all completed round 3 stories.

Contributors

Bonnie
Fran
Horizon
Ioannis
SF

Chapter 1
living in the Middle East	Shawna, Hussan, Monty	Raf, Grandpa	Mohammed, Mohammed, Mohammed	Costa (main character), Steve, Sara, Mustafa, Miriam	Gretta, Kim
the gamer	Barbara, daughter	Cha Liang-Cheng, Mark Whitehouse, Officer Blackstone, Sergeant O’Boyle	Luis (narrator), sister, Buddy, Uncle Barry	--	Todd, Cynthia, Bruce
a complete lack of quality has never inhibited British production	Bridgett, Fiona, Bo, Ian	Aevilla, Camella	Mohammed, Jalal, Reginald Pevee	--	Roy (narrator), Shopkeeper, Elves
five more minutes	Lisa, Barry Manilo, [Annie], [Mike], [Daughter]	Bridie (Bridget), Kevin	Hannover, Rickey	--	Weng, Fatima, Ooi, Cheng
the price of patience	Lorna, Richard, Rob	Larry Scalari, Grandma	Kyle, Jeff, Angelika	Orpheus, Diotima, students	Juana, cat, beetles, boss
Chapter 2	The second round was completed in March 2006. Each contributor contributed three topics and wrote stories on all submitted topics. We had so much fun that we added a bounus round in which each contributor contributed one additional topic. Bonus topics were written in the style of the topic contributor. Contributors wrote up to 15 short stories in a period of four months.	Shawna and Marty go to Thailand and meet Ian	Nikos (Costa) at the café with Samie and Kim and plot marriages	--	Costa has a fall and sees Myriam and a mysterious old guy	Costa goes to Greece and meets Marty and they get drun Kyle prepares to jump but meets Lisa, Kim and Barry Manilo Weng evades the gangsters and goes to a party with Maggie, Roy, Ian, Bo and Fiona.

Round 2
Contributor	Topic
Here is the PDF of all round 2 stories
mom01	trouble with neighbors
mom02	identity theft
mom03	someone I met on a bus
mom04	something that easier to get into than out of
bro01	obligational eating
bro02	inappropriate introduction
bro03	bad poetry
bro04	bad hair life
io01	the boy who wanted to be an angel
io02	my first attempt in meditation
io03	discussions with a prostitute
sf01	post office of the damned
sf02	exhaused conversation
sf03	on the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept there on the poplars we hung our harps
sf04	the hero returns

Round 1
Topic
The stories written during the trip to Prague constitute Round 1 of the 1minuteproject (completed January 2005). Here is thePDF of all available round 1 stories.
Paranoia in the train station
Prince charming runs out of gas in a small border town on the way to rescue the princess
The truth behind an historical event
Falling in love with the wrong person
Scary story
The object
Dog creation myth
Sport story
Missed connection
Things to do with french fries -- or -- How french fries saved my life
Character description of a cafe
Effect of war
Service industry
Navigtion
Superstition