Two fiction writers built a sprawling, hilarious horror story on Twitter
It started innocently enough.
Just one writer talking to his friend, another writer, on Twitter.
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The principals of this story are Sam Sykes, an author known best for his Aeons' Gate fantasy series; and Chuck Wendig, who most recently helmed the Aftermath trilogy of Star Wars books. Their bona fides are only important insofar as it lets you know they do cool things with words.
Back to Twitter. Chuck gamely responded. It seemed innocent at first, totally nbd.
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Just two chill dudes talking, right? Not so much This is where our story takes a weird -- and all together dark -- turn. Sam explained that things were definitely not well in his neck of the woods.
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From this point on the back-and-forth goes completely off the rails. Hilariously so. And then, roughly 70 tweets later, a complete story has taken shape.
I'm not going to spoil it here. Instead, you should proceed directly to Twitter and watch the full replay of two super-talented craftspeople staging a live, collaborative storycrafting session on social media.
Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
