diff --git a/src/commands/twosentencehorror.ts b/src/commands/twosentencehorror.ts
index 8b3cee5..9124a5c 100644
--- a/src/commands/twosentencehorror.ts
+++ b/src/commands/twosentencehorror.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,65 @@
-import { GuildMember, SlashCommandBuilder, Interaction, messageLink } from 'discord.js';
-import { getTextResponsePrettyPlease, randomWord, sendSegments, startGame } from '../lib/game';
+import { GuildMember, SlashCommandBuilder, Interaction, messageLink, User } from 'discord.js';
+import { getTextResponsePrettyPlease, sendSegments, startGame } from '../lib/game';
 import { shuffle } from 'd3-array';
 import { knownServers } from '../lib/knownServers';
 
+const horrorStarters = [
+  'I was playing with my boobs.',
+  'Bird 1: Uh oh.',
+  'My girlfriend smirked as she waved the positive pregnancy test in my face.',
+  'I cum in the sink.',
+  'My girlfriend had dementia and was slowly regaining her memories.',
+  '"You are what you eat." said the blue fairy unwisely.',
+  'Just saw the FNAF movie...',
+  'After rubbing the lamp, I wished for a million bucks.',
+  'math teacher: the boat is 50 feet long.',
+  'I am petrified of water, even drinking it terrifies me.',
+  'I heard my wife knock on the bathroom door.',
+  '"God isnt real!" Said the atheist.',
+  'I was walking to my local Waffle House.',
+  'Knowing I have intense feet fetish, my wife surprised me last night with her lovely feet in view as I entered the room.',
+  'I was playing with my big boobs then I remembered.',
+  'As per routing, I put my headphones on and a video of an anime girl doing ear-licking ASMR to help me to bed.',
+  'My grandma has 206 bones in her body.',
+  '"You dont have object permanence" said the doctor.',
+  'I saw a kid at my school not stand up for the National Anthem.',
+  'After my one-night stand with the mysterious beauty, my penis began to itch and ache terribly.',
+  'I went werewolf hunting for the first time.',
+  '"For my first wish" he said, "I want to be a girl!".',
+  'When she found the man starving and on the brink of death, she had only one thing to offer - her still lactating breast',
+  '"Girl dont have penises," I said confidently.',
+  'I was grabbing a quick midnight snack, but that\'s when I saw him.',
+  'I was about to make out with a woman untill...',
+  'My eyes widened in shock and horror as I watched my son tear open his Christmas present.',
+  'I hate being virgin.',
+  'Obama was elected president...',
+  'I went into my first day as a police officer happy, as could be.',
+  'why does peopl like to call joe bidet "sleepy joe"...',
+  'My boss exploded.',
+  'As I lay naked strapped to bed, i couldn\'t wait till my husband came back home.',
+  'There are two trans girl inside a wolf.',
+  'This morning, I woke up left-handed.',
+  'I prayed to God for me to not have a sleep paralysis demon on top of me every night.'
+];
+
+async function getContinuation(player: User, i: number, halves: string[], backwards = false) {
+  const currentHalf = halves[i];
+
+  let nextHalf = await getTextResponsePrettyPlease(
+    player,
+    `> _${currentHalf}_\n${backwards ? 'What would this sentence be **preceeded by**? (Write the first sentence.)' : '**Continue** this sentence with a twist!'}`,
+    (msg) => !(msg.includes('. ') || msg.includes('! ') || msg.includes('? '))
+  );
+
+  if (!(nextHalf.endsWith('.') || nextHalf.endsWith('!') || nextHalf.endsWith('?'))) nextHalf = nextHalf + '.';
+
+  return nextHalf;
+}
+
+function shift<T>(arr: T[]): T[] {
+  return [...arr.slice(1), arr[0]];
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
     .setName('twosentencehorror')
@@ -14,38 +71,35 @@ module.exports = {
     if (!interaction.isChatInputCommand()) return;
     
     startGame(interaction, member.user, 'Two Sentence Horror', async (players, channel) => {
-      const firstPlayers = shuffle(players);
-      const secondPlayers = [...firstPlayers.slice(1), firstPlayers[0]]; // shift by 1
+      players = shuffle(players);
 
-      const firstHalves = await Promise.all(firstPlayers.map(async (firstPlayer) => {
-        let firstHalf = await getTextResponsePrettyPlease(
-          firstPlayer,
-          `Start a horror story... (1 sentence max!) (try working with: “${randomWord()}”)\n\n**Send a message to continue**`,
-          (msg) => !(msg.includes('. ') || msg.includes('! ') || msg.includes('? '))
-        );
+      const initialHalves = shuffle(horrorStarters).slice(0, players.length);
 
-        if (!(firstHalf.endsWith('.') || firstHalf.endsWith('!') || firstHalf.endsWith('?'))) firstHalf = firstHalf + '.';
+      // bottom branch
+      const secondHalves1 = await Promise.all(players.map((player, i) => getContinuation(player, i, initialHalves, false)));
+      players = shift(players);
+      // bottom branch
+      const firstHalves1 = await Promise.all(players.map((player, i) => getContinuation(player, i, secondHalves1, true)));
+      players = shift(players);
+      // top branch
+      const secondHalves2 = await Promise.all(players.map((player, i) => getContinuation(player, i, initialHalves, false)));
+      players = shift(players);
+      // top branch
+      const firstHalves2 = await Promise.all(players.map((player, i) => getContinuation(player, i, secondHalves2, true)));
+      players = shift(players);
+      // bottom branch
+      const secondHalves1Alt = await Promise.all(players.map((player, i) => getContinuation(player, i, firstHalves2, false)));
+      players = shift(players);
 
-        return firstHalf;
-      }));
-
-      const secondHalves = await Promise.all(secondPlayers.map(async (secondPlayer, i) => {
-        const firstHalf = firstHalves[i];
-
-        let secondHalf = await getTextResponsePrettyPlease(
-          secondPlayer,
-          `> _${firstHalf}_\nContinue this sentence with a twist!`,
-          (msg) => !(msg.includes('. ') || msg.includes('! ') || msg.includes('? '))
-        );
-
-        if (!(secondHalf.endsWith('.') || secondHalf.endsWith('!') || secondHalf.endsWith('?'))) secondHalf = secondHalf + '.';
-
-        return secondHalf;
-      }));
+      const pairs = [
+        [initialHalves, secondHalves1Alt],
+        [firstHalves2, secondHalves1],
+        [firstHalves1, secondHalves2]
+      ].flatMap(([firstHalves, secondHalves]) => firstHalves.map((first, i) => first + ' ' + secondHalves[i]));
 
       const segments = [
         'Here\'s the bone-chilling stories you\'ve all created:\n',
-        ...firstHalves.map((firstHalf, i) => '- ' + firstHalf + ' ' + secondHalves[i]),
+        ...pairs.map(sentences => `- ${sentences}`),
         '\nThank you for participating :)'
       ];