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Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories · Complete moment
Source date: 2018-10-23
Writing prompt[WP] While going through your late-father's file cabinet you get a paper cut from an unusual looking document. You curiously open the document to reveal it's blank, but you notice your blood from the paper cut begin to grow and form the words...
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Source date: 2018-10-22
Writing prompt[WP] Nothing Happens
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Source date: 2018-10-21
Writing prompt[WP] "A word of advice, keep the light on in the attic."
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Source date: 2018-10-20
Writing prompt[WP] Jane is broke. She answers an ad for a temporary job. The pay is good, but all she has to do is sit behind a reception desk in an office that no one visits. She is on the verge of quitting in boredom but finally, someone visits the office and things aren't so boring.
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Source date: 2018-10-19
Writing prompt[WP] Hearing your doorbell ring, you go to answer it. When you open the door, instead of seeing your porch and the suburb beyond, you see a dimly lit utility hallway and a man in a black suit. He asks you politely to follow him.
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Source date: 2018-10-18
Writing prompt[WP] You gain the power to travel between different dimensions however your own is forever trapped in time, whilst others begin to fall apart. Leaving each dimension as it falls to ruin, it begins to take it's toll.
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Source date: 2018-10-17
Writing prompt[WP] "Anything?" You ask. "Yes, anything your heart desires in return for your soul, but be warned, the moment you decide, the contract is complete." Says the being in front of you, his smile widening. You think for a second and reply: "I want *your* soul then." The being isn't smiling anymore.
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Source date: 2018-10-16
Writing prompt[WP] Your fancy levitating boots might have saved your life countless times but you're trapped at the top of a staircase now.
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Source date: 2018-10-15
Writing prompt[WP] You, an aspiring innkeeper, are in need of a loan to help get your business up and running. Unfortunately, the only being in the area willing to give you a loan is a dragon.
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Source date: 2018-10-14
Writing prompt[WP] "Hey-Uh- Is it supposed to be doing that?"
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Source date: 2018-10-13
Writing prompt[WP] Your Grandmother told you to never, under any circumstances, open the door at the end of the hall. Thinking that there's probably nothing in there, you open the door. What you see terrifies you...
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Source date: 2018-10-12
Original prompt heading[TT] Theme Thursday - Perseverance
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Source date: 2018-10-11
Writing prompt[CW] Tell a story about a year in someone's life, using one paragraph per season.
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Source date: 2018-10-10
Writing prompt[WP] "So, how long have you been a lycanthrope?" "Can you recall that werewolf who bit you?" Just common questions asked in a clinic for new lycanthropes really.
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Source date: 2018-10-09
Writing prompt[WP] They call him "The Eternal". He's a man of unknown origin that mysteriously appears every 100 years to ask about the progress we've made as a civilization. Rumor has it that he will reappear in just a few days...
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Source date: 2018-10-08
Writing prompt[WP] "You can never be too careful" They said. It's been a long time since you've met anyone.
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Source date: 2018-10-07
Original prompt heading[WP] Sunday Free Write - Edgar Allen Poe Edition
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Source date: 2018-10-06
Writing prompt[WP] Sitting alone on the subway, you’re quietly assigned a new target
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Source date: 2018-10-05
Original prompt heading[WP] Theme Thursday - A New World
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Source date: 2018-10-04
Writing prompt[WP] The adventurer's guild set up a review system so other adventurers can share their thoughts on things like dungeons, weaponsmiths, abandoned crypts, etc.
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Source date: 2018-10-03
Writing prompt[WP] "Are we there yet?", said the small quiet voice. A skinny 6 year old child is in the backseat playing with a small metallic sphere with an alien glow. you've never seen this child before in your life.
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Source date: 2018-10-02
Writing prompt[WP] It's been a tumultuous past 100 years for humanity, but you just received your beta invite for "the game that will change the world."
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Source date: 2018-10-01
Writing prompt[WP] You are an assassin who carries a large suitcase of different weapons. The weapons are not for you.
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Source date: 2018-09-30
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - Berlin Blockade Edition
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Source date: 2018-09-29
Writing prompt[WP] Ronald McDonald, the Burger King, and Jack meet up at a Pizza Hut for a peace summit.
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Source date: 2018-09-28
Writing prompt[WP] All people with the same name form a hive mind with each other.
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Source date: 2018-09-27
Writing prompt[WP] You're a procurement worker for a "Parallel Universe Adoption Agency."
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Source date: 2018-09-26
Writing prompt[WP] Everyone has a 50% chance to die tomorrow. People may gift others some of their survival percentage. How do you distribute your percentage? How do you persuade others to gift you theirs?
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Source date: 2018-09-25
Writing prompt[WP] You are a supervillain. You are working on your next evil plot to finally take over the city. You have been interviewing all day for henchmen to recruit all. Suddenly your archenemy, the hero, appears. The hero imposingly approaches you and heroicly hands you a piece of paper: a résumé.
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Source date: 2018-09-24
Writing prompt[WP] The story can be whatever you like, but you must include the line, "I think I understand now: when the rain stops, you'll leave."
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Source date: 2018-09-23
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - Pablo Neruda Edition
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Source date: 2018-09-22
Writing prompt[WP] All heroes wear capes, they magically started appearing on anyone being heroic. This is making your job as an everyday hero significantly harder.
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Source date: 2018-09-21
Writing prompt[WP] You are a young rebellious teenage dragon, and you're absolutely sick of being told to act and behave like a proper dragon. So one day, when your parent/sibling/whatever comes back with a kidnapped princess, you decide to ... intervene.
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Source date: 2018-09-20
Writing prompt[WP] Due to rules of diversity, workplaces will now also include horror monsters.
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Source date: 2018-09-19
Writing prompt[WP] You're the first person to enter a black hole and discover a new universe on the other side.
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Source date: 2018-09-18
Writing prompt[WP] Today, you injured yourself and found out something: You aren't human.
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Source date: 2018-09-17
Writing prompt[WP] You have undergone experimental surgery to be one of the first soldiers equipped with a first person shooter-like HUD showing your health, weapon equipped, current missions, etc. But, they forget to remove it after you retire from service, and you find it surprisingly helpful in civilian life.
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Source date: 2018-09-16
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - B. B. King Edition
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Source date: 2018-09-15
Writing prompt[WP] Everyone has failed so far. Scientists, humanitarians, world leaders... Time is running out. You approach the dark robed figure; a skeletal hand casually gripping a long, imposing scythe. The figure reclines behind a booth. Its sign reads "Humanity doesn't deserve to live. Change my mind."
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Source date: 2018-09-14
Writing prompt[WP] A company known as Life™ has released a new bracelet that numbers how many sad moments you have left in your life. You decided to buy one and to your surprise, you only have one sad moment left.
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Source date: 2018-09-13
Writing prompt[WP] "My majesty. Here is your wine." The king took the chalice and took a sip. "Hmm. This is some high-quality poison."
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Source date: 2018-09-12
Writing prompt[WP] Stashed away behind rows of newer pairs, a very old pair of shoes can be found in an otherwise normal shoe store. These aren't just any old pair of shoes....
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Source date: 2018-09-11
Writing prompt[WP] While searching a newly discovered cave system, archeologists found some very surprisng things. The most surprising, parking lots and cars that were seemingly thousands of years old.
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Source date: 2018-09-10
Writing prompt[WP] Time travel has been achieved, but it's a one way trip backwards. The Time Research Bureau solved the problem by burying their pods in the few historically suitable places in the world and taking the long way home. What wasn't planned was the amount of scientists; and worst: TIME TOURISM
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Source date: 2018-09-09
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - Queen Elizabeth II Edition
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Source date: 2018-09-08
Writing prompt[WP] Your sibling has been turned into a vampire, and in order to keep it a secret and keep others safe, you begin offering your blood.
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Source date: 2018-09-08
Jenny shook her hands and kicked her feet to ease her nerves. The spiky-haired girl paced back and forth on the dewy grass whiles she stared through a chain link fence. She counted ten candidates, then eyeballed the rest
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Source date: 2018-09-08
[WP] the hero will agree to go save the prince/ princess who has been kidnapped by a kingdom of monsters, however they have one condition: They get to live stream the whole thing. [Link to post.]
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