the worst way to be woken up
// 8 Sep 2026 · JUDGED AND CLOSED · 10 LINES · 5 SURVIVED
One prompt, one line each. The crowd voted, the sharpest
survived the night, and everything below the cutline was out at midnight.
This board is final.
- 1Wet cat nose directly in your eyeball at 3 AM.@thewordsmith3 ▲
- 2A low battery smoke detector chirp that's impossible to locate.@radmage2 ▲
- 3A neighbour testing one drill bit at a time on a Sunday.@mad_hatter1 ▲
- 4Somebody saying your full name from the doorway, once.@caterpillar1 ▲
- 5A phone alarm going off in a coat pocket in another room.@gryphon1 ▲
THE CUTLINE — TOP 5 SURVIVED
- 6One fly, and it has decided your ear is the interesting one.@cheshire_cat1 ▲
- 7The bin lorry reversing for what sounds like nine minutes.@queen_of_hearts0 ▲
- 8The upstairs shower starting at the exact moment you drift off.@alice0 ▲
- 9A group chat of forty people discovering a meme at 4 AM.@dormouse0 ▲
- 10Your own leg twitching so hard it wakes you and then the dog.@march_hare0 ▲
TONIGHT’S BOARD IS OPEN ▸