Prompt: You just bought a new metal detector. Before you go use it, you jokingly point it at your arm. It starts to beep rapidly.
Writing Prompt #80 — The Gray Underneath
Writing Prompt #79 — The Ever-Changing Woman
Prompt: As you’re returning to port you see a woman on island needing rescue. Her motorboat is old but she appears to have been their only a few days. You take her aboard and you realize while talking to the crew everyone describes her in radically different ways varying in height, weight, race, etc. Continue reading Writing Prompt #79 — The Ever-Changing Woman
Writing Prompt #78 — The Stars on the Inside
Prompt: There’s a tradition in the West Virginia FBI department. New recruits must spend one night alone in the woods around Point Pleasant. Unfortunately, this means you.
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Writing Prompt #77 — The House Before the World Tree
Prompt: The world tree is in your backyard. And you are getting pretty tired of how the gods are knocking at your door to see it.
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Writing Prompt #76 — A Hunter’s Last Meal
Prompt: You are tired… dead tired… so tired your bones ache and you can feel sleep embracing you even as you are standing in front of the fire. The rain and rocky terrain took their tole on you as you stalked your dinner through the forest all day. Suddenly you hear a noise that rouses you.
Writing Prompt #75 — A Kind Possession
Prompt: You are a demon. After too many good deeds, you become “possessed” by the spirit of a nice person, who forces you to do good things in Hell.
Writing Prompt #74 — An Unexpected Hand
Prompt: It’s three in the morning. You’re on your usual browse through the internet before you go to sleep. You sit up to plug your phone to charge and try to put the charger into the outlet. Like every night, you miss every time. Suddenly, a hand grabs yours from under the bed.”I’ll help,” a voice says.
Writing Prompt #73 — Plenty to Hunt
Prompt: In the woods there lives a man. There he hunts and thrives in complete solitude, unaware of the world around him. All is well until one day his prey stops showing up. He is forced to move beyond the trees, only to find that the world had already ended.
Writing Prompt #72 — The Discovery of the Sided Sphere
Prompt: You are an explorer and you and your team just found a jungle with temples older than civilization and strange artifacts
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Writing Prompt #71 — The Golden Cup of Coffee
Prompt: There is a legend about a man who lives high on a treacherous mountain who will brew the most delightful, delicious, invigorating cup of coffee for anyone brave and strong enough to climb the mountain. You’re a rich, adventurous youth, and you want to know the secret of this legendary brew.
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