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Save a Penny, Spend a Bullet
Source date: 2018-04-16
Writing prompt[WP] Burying my mother was difficult on the family. Burying her again was harder.
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Dread Falls
Source date: 2018-04-15
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - Leonardo da Vinci Edition
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Living Forest
Source date: 2018-04-14
Writing prompt[WP] In the distant future, prisoners have their brains extracted and uploaded into a computer system in order to save space and maintain peace within prisons.
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Kindling Questions
Source date: 2018-04-13
Writing prompt[WP] You stumble upon a shrine and accidentally summon a god. he will not let you leave until you offer him a body to possess.
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Ghosted
Source date: 2018-04-12
Writing prompt[WP] An abandoned baby was found on your doorstep. As they grow up, you start noticing the increase of supernatural activities in your house.
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Arachnophobia = Wet Pants
Source date: 2018-04-11
Writing prompt[WP] One of your relatives just died. You help cleaning and emptying their house. While in the attic, you find something unusual.
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Emergency Drop
Source date: 2018-04-10
Writing prompt[WP] You are a villain. Your superpower is the ability to heal all wounds.
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Bright Future
Source date: 2018-04-09
Writing prompt[IP] Cybermonk
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Dreadful Delivery
Source date: 2018-04-08
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - Over the Rainbow Edition
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Life's a Beach
Source date: 2018-04-07
Writing prompt[WP] Children who die at a young age are given a very special role in the afterlife: they become invisible friends, assigned to other children who need them back in the living realm.
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Weapons of War
Source date: 2018-04-06
Writing prompt[WP] I didn't want to start this fight, but I'll finish it.
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Wedblock
Source date: 2018-04-05
Writing prompt[WP] You are determined to propose to your partner for 3 years. Nothing can stop you. Well, maybe one thing...
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Circus to Circus
Source date: 2018-04-04
Writing prompt[WP] ”Everyone here has their story” she said, looking around her. ”So what is yours?”
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First Minute Preparations
Source date: 2018-04-03
Writing prompt[WP] You have a pair of indestructible glasses that allow you to see 5 years into the future as though a zombie apocalypse had started. You cannot interact with this world but people you can see can also see you.
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Strength and Numbers
Source date: 2018-04-02
Writing prompt[WP] A spider dangles down from the ceiling in front of you, but just out of reach. You hear a quiet voice say, "So what are you going to do now?"
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The First Time
Source date: 2018-04-01
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - Copybara Crisis Edition
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Thursday Funday
Source date: 2018-03-31
Writing prompt[WP] You fall asleep Wednesday. You wake up, arrive to work, and your co-workers begin to talk about their weekend plans. You look at your computer and the calendar reads Friday. You have no idea where Thursday went.
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Heart of Adventure
Source date: 2018-03-30
Writing prompt[WP] You fail to realize that your favorite restaurant is actually a front. One day you decide to try that one weird entree that you keep overhearing others order.
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Suicide Mission
Source date: 2018-03-29
Writing prompt[WP] Your story begins with the following sentence: I have been dead a million times.
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Party Music
Source date: 2018-03-28
Writing prompt[CW] Flash Fiction Challenge! Location: A Birthday Party | Object: A Radio
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Exit Denied
Source date: 2018-03-27
Writing prompt[WP] No Exit
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Stream of Consciousness
Source date: 2018-03-27
Writing prompt[WP] You have the ability to take over someone's body by merely touching them, one day you find someone who you cannot take over.
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Deaf and Dummy
Source date: 2018-03-25
Writing prompt[WP] We've been best friends since kindergarten, and out of all the years you've known me, you literally didn't understand a word I said?"
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Web of Lies
Source date: 2018-03-25
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write: Flannery O'Connor Edition
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Musical Mayhem
Source date: 2018-03-23
Writing prompt[WP] You now live in a world where music mp3 files are treated like trading card games, some songs are rare and some are common.
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Seeing Spiders
Source date: 2018-03-22
Writing prompt[WP] you were left for dead in the middle of an unknown forest, you pass out thinking this is it. All of the sudden you wake up and all your wounds are stitched with what looks like spider webs...
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Choices Choices
Source date: 2018-03-21
Writing prompt[WP] Technically, I'm a dragon.
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Made for Walking
Source date: 2018-03-20
Writing prompt[WP] "You know what sucks? Being right."
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School Dreams
Source date: 2018-03-19
Writing prompt[WP] You are a girl inside a research facility. Whenever you see someone's face, the person dies. One day, a person wearing a golden mask comes to visit you.
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Logging Lesson
Source date: 2018-03-18
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - John Updike Edition
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Green, Eggs, and Slams
Source date: 2018-03-17
Writing prompt[WP] A horror story usually has a focus for the audience's fear, clowns, spiders, serial killers, and so on. Write a short horror story about eggs.
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Dark Night. Hot Pizza.
Source date: 2018-03-16
Writing prompt[WP] You wake up in a deserted mall with no recollection of the past 48 hours. As you're standing up, a man in a suit walks over to you and congratulates you for saving humanity yet again.
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Dog. Eat Dog.
Source date: 2018-03-15
Writing prompt[WP] As a dog, you had always wished that you could be human. Then, one day, after peeing on a magical fire hydrant, your wish came true! Instant regret.
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Rose Bro
Source date: 2018-03-14
Writing prompt[WP] The forgotten tale of the Knight and the Snail.
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Death of a Conman
Source date: 2018-03-13
Writing prompt[WP] You answer the knocking at your door only to see Death himself. "It is time." He says. "For me to move in, I'm your new roommate."
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Unique Encounter
Source date: 2018-03-12
Writing prompt[WP] "Are you lost?" I asked the wandering man. "No, not lost," he replied, staring past me as he spoke, "but where am I?"
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Rogues do it from Behind
Source date: 2018-03-11
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - Chop Suey Edition
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A to Z
Source date: 2018-03-10
Writing prompt[WP] You stare in disbelief as your doctor smiles, grabs the apple from your hand, and takes a bite.
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Third Reason
Source date: 2018-03-09
Writing prompt[WP] Your spouse has a surprise announcement for you: They're from an alternate dimension. As they start showing you fantastic technology and scientific impossibilities, you don't have the heart to tell them you'd already figured it out.
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Unexpected Boredom
Source date: 2018-03-08
Writing prompt[WP] "You've been selected for this because you're the most boring person we could find."
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Hi Dad. I'm Dad.
Source date: 2018-03-07
Writing prompt[WP] A man shows up at your house telling you that you're being "called in" to some sort of special forces operation you were supposedly trained your whole life for. Problem is, you've spent your entire life with a loving family, and you didn't even know this agency existed.
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Bright Light! Bright Light!
Source date: 2018-03-06
Writing prompt[WP] In a world where manipulating the four elements is common, you come from a line of light users, a magic thought extinct. One day you come across a deadly situation and your powers must be used.
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Re: Right History?
Source date: 2018-03-06
Writing prompt[WP] Tom unscrewed his bionic arm and put it on the hotel counter, "That should cover the bill. Or do you want my leg as well?"
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Holy Moly
Source date: 2018-03-05
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - Orion Editon
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Shuffling Memories
Source date: 2018-03-03
Writing prompt[WP] Make me cry by using a deck of cards.
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Murder/Suicide
Source date: 2018-03-02
Writing prompt[WP] "WHAT PART OF DON'T COME BACK DO YOU NOT GET??"
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Stranger Friends
Source date: 2018-03-01
Writing prompt[WP] As a teenager you were cursed by a powerful being with a curse of anonymity. One week after meeting someone they forget your entire existence. After ten years living as a hermit, the impossible happens. Someone recognizes you.
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Beady Buyer
Source date: 2018-02-28
Writing prompt[CW] Flash Fiction Challenge! Object: Glass Beads | Location: Image Prompt
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