E-books, cell phone novels, YouTube soap operas...wherever stories end up, they all rely on our desire to learn one thing: What happens next?

You decide. Tweet what you think happens next. Vote for the best next move.

Expect 2-3 new stories per day during SXSWi, each kicked off by a favorite web storyteller.

1. Follow us on Twitter to receive the kickoff sentence for each story
2. @ reply to @itwasadarkand with what you think happens next; your sentence will show up here
3. Come here to vote up the best sentence
4. Every 30 minutes, the winning sentence becomes part of the story and it’s time to write the next!