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Here be links to all the hint memoirs ever posted, with the newest stories first.
Don’t know what a hint memoir is? Too bad, that means you’ll have to WALK THE PLANK!
Er…okay maybe that’s just the rum talking.
For all ye landlubbers out there, a hint memoir is a game where you tell a story from real life that hints at a bigger, more mysterious story. Yarrr but the fun part is that you have to be tellin’ it in 25 words or less.
Feel free to play along and add yarrr own hint memoirs to the comments of any post.
What’s that you say? You want to use more than 25 words in your hint memoir? WALK THE PLANK YOU SCALLYWAG!!!
2013
~ 3RD ANNUAL JENNIFER HINT MEMOIR MONTH ~
The Discovery
Amongst The Silent Crowd At Evergreen
The Christmas Present
The Summer Archaeologist
The Ninja That Turned Into A Pirate
The Birthday Parade
Adventures In Home Ownership
Sitting On Pyramid Stones
The Giant Snowman
Secret Society Of The Rubber Chicken
The Day Everclear Came To Town
Oh The Things That Muggles Do
Doing Battle In The Backyard
Why Not Make Our Own Way?
Outside The Airport During A Windstorm
Not Bad For A Thursday
The Plane Ride Distraction
Crazy Place For A Pen And Paper
The Abandoned Dragon
The Day She Knew That Job Wasn’t For Her
Looking For Pennies In The Backyard
Five Minutes Before The Rescue
What To Do For Fun In Juneau
The Hazards Of Opening A Door
The Visiting Aliens
A Seafarer On Windy Shores
Home Of The Grand Army
Rescuing The Princess
Death By A Million Pine Needles
The Man Who Had Died Alone
Ominous Phone Buzz
2012
~ 2ND ANNUAL JENNIFER HINT MEMOIR MONTH ~
A Place For Hearts
The Tea Party Must Go On
Not Coke
The Stilt Giver
The Misbehaving Robot
The Code Cracker
Turning Back Time
The Grey Lion
On The Long Road Home
Exploring A Semi-Random Road
The Sleep Of Warriors
A Birthday Over Grass
Nomad Emergency
The Lost Ring
Dinner In A Foreign Country
On Second Thought Let’s Go Somewhere Else
Frozen In The Woods
The Giant Rake
What?
Ease Of The Investigator
Guest At A Washington Hotel
What She Saw Happening At The Neighbor’s House
The Watcher
The Rental Car Mystery
Throwing My Idea Into The Quitting Hat
The Karate Kid and Happy Birthday Honey!!
The Wayward Quest
Demise Of The Unwanted Visitors
The Airport Dragon
The Adoption
2011
A Cat Vampire Came By In The Afternoon
True Story
Delivering The Free Paper On Mondays
Intersection Swim
Ritual Of Illness
Priorities Of The Oversized Guest
The Mechanical Porch Dwellers
Camping In The Land Of The Midnight Sun
Tragedy Of The Luggage
If Looks Could Kill, Or Burn
The Boy In Texas With The Long Hair
The Mustard Bottle
Artifacts
An Afternoon In Anchorage
The Neighborhood Park
The Airport Cat
The Pretentious Man Businessman Drives Away
A Leisurely Morning By The Cabin
Cocaine For Cats
Why did everyone decide to meet at this guy’s house?
On The Other Side Of The Car Window
The Ex-Fascist
Fast Food Smurfs
The Hateful Sign Waving Man
Protection Plan At A New School
The Teacher Who Was Afraid To Say Goodbye
Collecting For The Collectors
Singing Border Guard
Arrested By Park Rangers
The Jack In The Box
The Paragawker
The Fish Brothers
At The End Of The Neglected Road Sat A Couch
The Driveway Mannequins
Armed And Nerdy
Under The Railroad Bridge
The Witch’s House
Tram Sham
Oops
Omens
Rust
Shop Owners On An Alaskan Trail
The See-Through Rocket
Ancient Rancid Cheese
The Guest That Was Allergic To Cats
Surfing In Fairbanks
The Wannabe Rapper
Yarrrr and believe me ya scurvy dog when I say that penguins make sorry replacements for parrots, hurt the shoulder sometin’ awful…arrrr.
Uptight Beach Goers Twenty Yards Away
The Watcher
Arcade Game Graveyard
King Rooster
The Halted Ferry
The Mountain Is A Trickster
Walking Into The Cat House
Japanese Tourist Group
The Horror Of Bird’s Nest
The Rosetta Stone Guy
A Nervous Game Of Telephone
Drive-Through Con Artist
Secret Dinners
Offended By Vegetables
Crisco
The “Art” Gallery
The Boy With The Strange Sandals
Lucky
The Man With The Woman On His Back
Just …napping?
Birdopoly
Gollum
Cooking Ancestors
Parades Or Anything Crazy
The Bookstore Funeral
Lightning
Digital Vision
Cereal Town
Unpracticed
Generic Prejudice
Coming Back From The Glacier
Middle School Science Teacher
Man On The Ferry
Friendly Skeleton
Treasure Bridge
Monument Chickens
Hunting For Christmas Trees
Afternoon At The Race Track
The Dangers Of Time Travel
Little Fish
Student At A Poor School
Mr. Mower, Addicted To Mowing
He got to bein’ so addled that one day all he had left to stand on were naught but a toothpick!
Hidden From The Road
The Public School Music Teacher
Trackers
Billboards In An Asian Country
The Old Fairbanks Spider House
The Alaska Boys
The Carnie
Wiiiilllllsoooon!
Having To Skip Kindergarten
Fake Jail For Ten Minutes
Wasted Delicacy
The Cat Girl
The Mosquito Trail
The Gnome Thieves
Rainbow Ice Cream
The Used Hearse
The Substitute Drummer
The Fake Cigarette
The One Problem
The Deserted Lake In Winter
The Covered Wagon
Free Magazines
Open 24 Hours
The Boy And The Gas Cans
The Beanie Baby Lady
One Box Of Tissues
Are You Chilly?
The Convenience Store Owner
Dodging Porcupines
The Park Festival
The First Non-Scary Bathroom In Two Weeks
The Shelter
Backyard Camping
Avoiding Old Books
The Eagles
The Merry Go Round
Tropical Smog
The Puzzle Woman
A Dark Search
“Sunbathing”
The Back Alley
Stuck In Traffic
The Dog House
Shark Teeth
The Young Dinner Guest
Yarrrr, I mean WALK THE PLANK!
~ 1ST ANNUAL JENNIFER HINT MEMOIR MONTH ~
Jennifer Hero
The Villain: Sweetened Condensed Milk
Setting Up The Kitchen
Goldilocks
Oreos Forever
First Things First
Steep Mountain
Picking Cars
The Uncommon Tourist
Chicken Orchestra
Battling The Robot
The River Bell
House Of Songs
First To Find
The Joker
Ferry Ducks
Emuprofen
The Find
Just A Plate …Or Is It?
This Week’s Shirt
The Smile
Visiting Ancient Ruins
The Tin
Counting Aliens
Flying Wizard
At The River
The McDonald’s Cup
Lunar Eclipse
Run!
Jennifer Hint Memoirs
The Weather Man
Classical Music Fan
Mario And Luigi
A Polite Visit
Smoke Smell
Good Bridge Design
The Old Man
House Hunting
Mushers
Summer In Anchorage
New To MI
Change Of Plans
On The Way To The Cornfield
The Lone Wolf
Angry Stomp
The Oreos
Stonehenge
Disappointment Bridge
The Window
The Great Indoors
The Smell Of Ink
The Longest Boat Ride
High Fever
First
Must Have Been Good Medication
Walmart FBI
Country Club People
Scary Babysitter
Visitors
Spam?
The Loud Girl
Change
The Delivery Driver
Cemetery Trees After Sprinklers
Scavengers
Five Second Rule
The Woman At The Counter
A Painted Necktie
Crappy Apartments
The Elevators
Mystery
How.
The Raft
Protesters In A Seattle Square
A Nightmare
Ground Waves
The Month Of Horror
The Cage
Duck Hunt
Factory Shadow
3 A.M. Graffiti
Poverty
The Guitar Guy
Sand For A Bed
The Death Girls
We Were Shocked
The Rocket
The Vitamins
The Mummy
2010
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Bleach Food
Rented Stories
The Wirawans
Depression Shopper
On The Giant Mushroom
Awkward Santa
The Lead Car
Decoy Tree
So Called Water
Ant Farm Sign
Never Seen Snow
Not The Teacher’s Pet
Dirt Floor House
Not As Seen On HGTV
City Girl
The Broken Oar
Furniture Ramen
Asbestos Girls
Fake Fossils
Soul Captures
Spelling Bee
Snowman Controversy
Easter Egg Hunt
Stacks Of Pennies
Garage Sale Ladies
Catnip Baby
Strange Addiction
Giants
The Raven
American Department Store
Sharp Edged Stairs
Indian Dancing
The Arrow
One Armed Vet
Hernando’s Hideaway
The Tall Girl
Deep Woods Reflectors
A Bar Of Soap
Funeral Home Santas
First Day Of School, Almost
First Week In A New Country
Housekeeper’s Banter
The Cartoonists
Dinosaur Footprints
The Windiest Place I’ve Ever Lived
Modern…art?
Momentum
BB
Teen Spirit
One Packet Of Hot Chocolate
Charity Christmas
The Planetarium Keeper
Well Behaved
Tree Energy
Satellites, Tupperware, And Spiders
Not Baby Whales
Nuclear Power Plant
Dreams
The Singer
Whistling At The Northern Lights
~ HALLOWEEN HINT MEMOIRS ~
Cat Is Freaked Out
Footsteps
Morning Shore
Forgot The Flashlights
Dead Man’s Curve
World War II
Gold Rush Bridge
Finger
Fire Drill
Shortcut
The Revolution
City Of His Parents
Bottom Of The Canyon
‘Uh huh.’
Living Zombie
Jars
Water’s Edge
Candy Bars
The Forest Bench
Dog Chain
My Friends House
Helter Skelter
Spiders
Schizophrenic
Evil Ostrich
Chain Saws
Shock Therapy
October Hint Memoirs
Glass Eating Rabbits
Cemetery Neighborhood
Glacier Cars
Counter Offer
Cemetery At Night
Bits Of Glass And Moose Fur
The Cat
Panic
Petition
DV
Salvation Army
Hiking At Night
Elephant House
Escape
Wonder Where It Is Now
Crushed Lightbulbs
Uh oh
Tundras
Crystallized Rocks
Eyes
Money
Eighteen Presents
Ribbons
Flipped Over
Sate
Foster Father
The Doctor
Smoke Break
‘Pancakes’ A Hint Memoir By Jennifer
Lemon
No Arms
Code Red
Nerd
Footsteps
Daughter Or Son?
Foreign
Donation
‘Homeless’ A Hint Memoir By Jennifer
Magic
Hot Air Balloon Crash
Lonely Place For An Ice Cream Shop
A Single Grain Of Rice
JCPenney
Zoom Zoom
Dinner In Jakarta
Guide Dogs
Hint Memoirs – Trying Something New