You know the drill — give me a word, an idea, a kernel of story. And I shall write a story based upon it, verily at some undisclosed time this weekend.
There is at least a 30% chance that someone will PUNCH A DINOSAUR, in any given story. I've consumed a lot of great stories -- now I'm trying to make them. Be present at the birth of the SWORDPUNK movement. It's similar to steampunk, except it's not cool. Not cool at all. Aren't we all a little tired of fantasy being hip and marketable? Unless you're into Steampunk -- then this is totally that.
Mermaids.
Double mermaids.
Flight, but in some unexpected way. Something that wasn’t meant to fly, or that flies in some other version of the world but not in the one we know.