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- Dec 11, 2013
Here's the first problem Connor. You've got so much going on that you don't know which one to work on. Try working on one of these at a time and really pour your focus into it.An astronaut going insane after coming back to Earth, a biomechanical mound of flesh, an unnaturally nice neighborhood, a haunted toilet, a possessive typewriter, a man shifting into alternate realities, a deranged barber, a little brat torturing miniature beings, a family heirloom with a dark history, and a teenage mother who is driven up the wall by her mutant baby.
The next issue is a little less productive in part because while vague, almost all these stories have been done before in one form or another.
An astronaut going insane after coming back to Earth - Twilight Zone: And the Sky Was Opened. Three astronauts went up, three came back but they start disappearing one by one and nobody remembers them except the other astronauts. There was also an Issac Asimov story where the astronauts orbit the moon only to find the dark side isn't there and they can see the internal structure that looks like a prop.
A biomechanical mound of flesh - Akira: The final scene where Tetsuo merges with Akira. The spoof Akira in South Park: Trapper Keeper. And about a dozen other sci-fi stories that I can't remember the names of at the moment
An unnaturally nice neighborhood - The Stepford Wives, Pleasantville, any story where people are being controlled by an all powerful force.
A haunted toilet - Aside from some Asian legends, can't come up with one. Unless you want to consider The Real Ghostbusters toy "Fearsome Flush". Otherwise congrats on coming up with something I can't remember actually seeing.
A possessive typewriter - Walpulski's Typewriter by Frank Darabont. A case might be made for Naked Lunch.
A man shifting into alternate realities - Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A Heinlein, Star Trek Next Generation: Parallels, and again too many others to mention.
A deranged barber - Sweeny Todd.
A little brat torturing miniature beings - Lots to choose from here but more from Anthology stories like the Twilight Zone and Hammer House of Horror movies. Also this Saturday morning show from the 70's with really bad green screen effects. I remember seeing bits of it on reruns when I was a kid. Something about a doctor that shrank people.
A family heirloom with a dark history - To many to list but my favorite one would be the scene with the mirror in the classic movie, "Dead of Night".
A teenage mother who is driven up the wall by her mutant baby - Eraserhead. Seriously you won't be able to convince people you didn't get this from Eraserhead.
It's good that you're trying but if you want to make your mark you're going to have to see what has been done and make sure your story is nothing like the others ones.