December's Creative Writing Challenge Game Entries (and January's prompts)

Welcome to the December 2011 installment of the Creative Writing Challenge Game. If you are new here and would like to participate in next month's challenge, click here for full rules and details. 

Before you share the link to your Creative Writing Challenge Game submission in the Mr. Linky below, here are the writing prompts for the January 2012 installment. Your submission is due January 1st.

sale
comic
neon light
shelf
madman

the theme: sudden gain-of-greatness story

the image:

And the prize . . . One winner for the January 2012 installment of the Creative Writing Challenge Game will be chosen at random from the list of participants and receive a direct deposit of $15 to his or her PayPal account. The winner will be announced January 2nd.

If you participated in December's Creative Writing Challenge Game using these writing prompts, please leave the direct link to your post in the Mr. Linky below. Participants, please read and comment on the other entries. That's half the fun!