someone's calling in the book, to be clear.

The newspaper, to sell a subscription.

Alternatively, the long-lost college sweetheart, who has hit bottom, burned through all his/her friends, and has nobody left to turn to but old memories.

And who by fire, who by water,
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
Who in your merry merry month of may,
Who by very slow decay,
And who shall I say is calling?

Who's calling? The person who answers the phone is calling him/her self with a warning from the future. If you really want to add a twist (and an enormous complication), make it a warning from the past!

Check out Richard Dawkin's Chapter 12 of the Selfish Gene.

He proves that cooperation triumphs over defection.

http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/selfishgene-dowkins.pdf

Answerer: Who's calling

Caller: The interupting cow

Answerer: The Interrupt....

Caller: Moooooo

OR

Answerer: Who's calling

Caller: The control freak. Now you say "control freak who"?

Ring, Ring, Ring Ring

Answerer: Ahoy hoy
Operator: Will you accept a call from Hu?
Answerer: Who?
Operator: Yes?
Answerer: Who's calling?
Operator? Yes, will you accept the charge.
Answerer: A charge from who?
Operator: The call is from Hu.
Answerer: I don't know. Who's calling.
Operateor: Yes, will you accept the charge.
Answerer: What?
Operator: No Watt is busy with other charges. Hu's calling.
Answerer: I don't know, you rang me.
Operator: When did Ewe ring you...

etc, etc we've all seen the original and paradies.

" Check out Richard Dawkin's Chapter 12 of the Selfish Gene." m Wrong thread, and Dawkins is a douche - not worth wasting the brains cells to read.

Who's calling --- depends on the genre...
1. An investigator asking very personal questions between vague, and worrisome threats.
2. Someone who introduces themselves as an old acquaintance of your girlfriend who suggests you meet...he has some information he thinks you might need to know
3. The line sounds just like static, but something is peculiar about...there seems to be an underlying pattern to the noise...
4. An elf who has finally managed to make a connection across "the Great Void"...and they believe You are the One they Seek...

You will die in seven days.

No one's calling at all. It's all in his head.

We never learn who's calling. The protagonist looks at the phone, sees and unfamiliar or blocked number, and let's it go to voice mail. Later in the sotry, when he has a moment, he checks his voice mail and a twist is revealed that could have altered the outcome of the story so far (maybe even at the very end and could have made the story mute or confirms what he had just learned).

The Visitor.

Mary's first day working for the BBC's reception was quite an eventful one. Her mentor was sat beside her as she answered the phone. Her worst nightmare had happened. She'd received a call from someone she just couldn't understand. She'd tried asking who was calling but just couldn't make out the response. She put the call on hold and turned to her mentor. "It sounds like Chucky Arla". The blood drained from her mentors' face, much more blood would drain from the innocents before the day was out.

Avon....

Already got my inspiration, feel free to hijack the thread, I have no practical use for the thread anymore. Thanks.

sleepy - you don't have to give permission for people to highlight any thread you arrogant twat.
It is a god-given right to right any shit on any thread at any time, sometimes you kids get way above your station.

I'm taking over this thread and demand you take me to Libya