Announcement: The Short Story Project

I have decided that I should make more of an effort in writing and being creative.
I previously posted this on another website with slightly different rules, but here's the ground rules for the current incarnation:

1. I will write a short story, part of a short story, or possibly a chapter of a novel or novella (this is planned during NaNoWriMo) each day, posted by 6:00 AM Eastern Time the following date.
2. These are to be first rough drafts. A feature may appear later where I incrementally edit stories, to be done in parallel with writing new ones.
3. Until, and including June 1st 2011, the stories are to be at least 1000 words in length. This minimum will increase at a rate of 10 words per day until it reaches 2500 words in length (Ideally, Oct. 29, 2011). There is no maximum.

Criticism on all levels is welcome and encouraged. Keep in mind, though, these are going to mostly be very rough drafts.

I reserve the right to modify these details to reflect changing situations in my life, but I will try not to, and try to keep this honest. I may edit previous entries to reflect changes in naming and titling, and other minor grammatical and spelling errors, but I will try to preserve the content (changing it, of course, in a separate edit post).

The topics are completely open, but I'm sure a lot of them will end up being sci-fi and fantasy.
I will label each one with relevant world/universe information when I get around to it. I have 5 stories already created which I will be formatting for posting today, so there will be a 6-fold update today.