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This week’s writing prompt: Your main character looks up at the night sky and begins pondering life. Thinking back, this character whispers to him or herself, "To this day, I still regret that." What had happened? ********** Anderson parked the car near the clearing where he landed two hundred years ago and looked out at …
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This week’s writing prompt – Write a short passage that ends with: In that moment, fully committed to helping each other, they raised a glass to their new adventure. The culann competition Alan Wilyhame left his home that morning knowing he’d return a changed man. He’d come back to the city only …
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Lucky Day A letter arrived, and the news was not good. Duncan crumpled the letter in his hand and let it drop to the floor. Marriage to the neighboring kingdom, to strengthen an alliance. To none other than the Brombar princess. Duncan clenched his teeth so hard, his jaws ached. He wanted to roar in …
This week’s writing prompt: Using no more than 50 words, write one sentence describing a room in as much detail as possible. The Seelie’s spring ball The ceiling was topped with a golden dome, the color reflecting softly off the gleaming white marble of the floors, while giving an eerie light to the guests who …
This week’s writing prompt: Think of a mysterious or shady incident in your character's past. When confronted about it, he explains it was a misunderstanding. What’s the incident? The emperor’s right hand Porscha moved through the foliage like a predator, her steps as silent as the white tiger that prowled beside her. She …
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This week’s writing prompt: Your main character has to go through a typical day in place of you. Does hilarity ensue? Chaos? Let the chips fall where they may. Sneakers, ice-cream and aliens At 8:05 am Leon opened her eyes. She groaned, turned, and started to sit up. And almost snapped the neck …
Remember when… When I was around 11 years old, my family and I went on a beach vacation to a place called Angra dos Reis (Anchor of kings) in the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For three days we explored the numerous beaches there. On the afternoon of the second day a local …
This week’s prompt: The bridge was out… Porscha The bridge was out. Linus glanced at the misty trail that connected this realm with the mortal land. If they were lucky, the bridge would close before Porscha noticed it. If they were lucky. The thought had hardly crossed his mind when he heard footsteps …
One more short story! This week’s prompt is: A bartender and a patron are having a conversation. Unbeknownst to them, someone sitting close by—obscured by shadows—has been eavesdropping. The eavesdropper has trouble sleeping that night based on what he or she heard. What could it have been? And check out last week’s prompt winner: https://authorsinspirations.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/writing-prompt-contest-short-story/ …
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Second chance mushroom Danny Lee Bonvera dug into the soil, weeded out the stubborn roots. The sun beat down on her head relentlessly, but she wouldn’t – couldn’t go back into the silent house to pick up her gardening hat. She’d been out here for the better part of the day, weeding, …
