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Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories · Complete moment
Source date: 2018-02-27
Writing prompt[WP] "Excellent choice, we shall transport you immediately," the voice says as you step back from the console labeled PERSONAL UNIVERSE RELOCATOR
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Source date: 2018-02-26
Writing prompt[WP] You are Placebo Man. Your powers are whatever people nearby you believe you have.
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Source date: 2018-02-25
Writing prompt[WP] An expert hypnotist can manipulate people to do whatever he/she wants. But this time, the hypnotist unknowingly tries to manipulate someone with a split personality.
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Source date: 2018-02-24
Writing prompt[WP] You have super-human beginner's luck, the first time you try something you're the best at it. But only the first time.
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Source date: 2018-02-23
Writing prompt[WP] "Make sure you lock your bedroom door tonight." My mother said. "It's that time of the month again."
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Source date: 2018-02-22
Writing prompt[WP] You are and your arch-rival have the power of reincarnation. You have been finding and killing each other over and over since the dawn of pre-historic man, until modern times.
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Source date: 2018-02-21
Writing prompt[WP] "Welcome, we are so glad you are here. We've been expecting you." "What, where am I?"
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Source date: 2018-02-20
Writing prompt[WP] I sigh. "No, it won't work like that. You have to really mean it!"
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Source date: 2018-02-19
Writing prompt[WP] You pull the rusty knife out of your chest and watch your skin pull itself back together, "Hey not bad," you say, "the last guy trying to win the bounty didn't make it through the front door."
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Source date: 2018-02-18
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - Kazantzakis Edition
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Source date: 2018-02-17
Writing prompt[WP] "Um, Honey, did you teach the baby Latin?"
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Source date: 2018-02-16
Writing prompt[WP] The rules of D&D are integral to everyday life and we have to roll for ability checks, for example to check when someone is lying.
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Source date: 2018-02-15
Writing prompt[WP] You're a detective on the trail of a serial killer. You've finally found a living witness but unfortunately, even talking goldfish have terrible memories.
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Source date: 2018-02-14
Writing prompt[WP] Unlike most stories, the world has actually listened to the prophecy of a Dark Lord rising in a thousand years. The world however, uses this time wisely in preparation for today, a thousand years later.
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Source date: 2018-02-13
Writing prompt[WP] You awake in your bed as usual, only to find out that everyone else on earth disappeared without a trace. Loneliness is slowly driving you insane, until one day...
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Source date: 2018-02-12
Writing prompt[WP] A man approaches you with a bottle of pills and says he'll pay you $100,000 for each pill you take. You've been taking them for 15 days now and nothing has happened.
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Source date: 2018-02-11
Writing prompt[WP] A serious story where every sentence manages to contain the name of a fruit
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Source date: 2018-02-10
Writing prompt[WP] Super Powers exist but it's animals, not humans, that have them.
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Source date: 2018-02-09
Writing prompt[WP] Reality is my playground...
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Source date: 2018-02-08
Writing prompt[WP] The narrator was running late and just showed up to a story already in progress. He doesn't know who the heroes or villains are or even what genre this is.
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Source date: 2018-02-07
Writing prompt[WP] You are a barista at a cafe where rather than ordering a shot of espresso with their coffee, customers can order shots of various temporary super powers.
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Source date: 2018-02-06
Writing prompt[WP] You're just an average guy with a passive super power -whenever something is about to hurt you, time slows to a crawl so you can escape to safety. You've been running for 5 minutes now, time is still moving like molasses.
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Source date: 2018-02-05
Writing prompt[WP] Investigating an impact crater, you discover that the meteorite is actually alien technology... and a marketing gimmick.
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Source date: 2018-02-04
Writing prompt[WP] For as long as you can remember, your dad has had one big rule: Never, EVER go into his office. It's always been locked, so you've never tried. One night, your dad leaves his office, and leaves the door unlocked. Your curiosity gets the better of you. You enter his office.
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Source date: 2018-02-03
Writing prompt[WP] The homeless population is disappearing and the food shortage is ending all thanks to the new factory. You think something is up and sneak into the factory, but you are surprised by what you find.
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Source date: 2018-02-03
Writing prompt[WP] Write a story about anything, using every single character on your keyboard.
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Source date: 2018-02-01
Writing prompt[WP] You have discovered the truth - there aren't 7 billion people on earth.
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Source date: 2018-01-31
Writing prompt[WP] You have an ability where you can see people's aura telling how successful they will be in life. Today you saw a guy in rags having the strongest aura yet.
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Source date: 2018-01-31
Writing prompt[WP] You have the power to age or de-age people by stealing seconds, minutes, hour, day or years from others lifespan and then giving that time to someone else. This ability has made you wealthy. You give second chances to those if they tell you a good story. Today, you hear the most unbelievable one.
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Source date: 2018-01-29
Writing prompt[WP] Write something that contains the following sentence: He must've cleaned house before we got here.
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Source date: 2018-01-28
Writing prompt[WP] The clock says 60 seconds but you don't know what it's for.
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Source date: 2018-01-27
Writing prompt[WP] Fuck it, you think to yourself. "I wish for the most terrible, the most awful thing to happen to me. Do your worst." The last finger of the monkey's paw curls down.
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Source date: 2018-01-26
Writing prompt[WP] As a superhero with a day job you've had to come up with a lot of quick excuses to disappear from the office. They figured it out a while ago and let it keep happening for the good of the world. Everyone can tell you're running out of ideas for excuses and they think it's hilarious.
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Source date: 2018-01-25
Writing prompt[WP] They missed
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Source date: 2018-01-24
Writing prompt[WP] Flash Fiction Challenge! Location: An Arcade | Object: A Ladybug
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Source date: 2018-01-23
Writing prompt[WP] "You are not welcome here."
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Source date: 2018-01-22
Writing prompt[WP] Goodbye...
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Source date: 2018-01-21
Original prompt heading[OT] Sunday Free Write - Lost Languages Edition
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Source date: 2018-01-20
Writing prompt[WP] Souls have been proven to exist and to be what makes us sentient, we just don't know what they are or how they work. Scientists begin to study them, poke them a bit, move them around, take them apart...
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Source date: 2018-01-19
Writing prompt[WP] You are an NPC in an MMORPG, talking the exact same dialogues and giving the same quests over and over again. Now you've had enough of this routine, so you tried something off-script.
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Source date: 2018-01-18
Writing prompt[WP] "Are you okay?" she asked. "No," he said, "but I will be."
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Source date: 2018-01-17
Writing prompt[WP] Eva calls her ability to travel between dimensions "Slip," and Slip is totally boring because every dimension is almost exactly the same until one day, one minor difference changes everything.
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Source date: 2018-01-16
Writing prompt[WP] Must have the phrase, "A fish may love a bird, but where would they live."
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Source date: 2018-01-15
Writing prompt[WP] Whilst out exploring the woods you stumble upon a dragon who has yet to see you. You have only heard stories of dragons from the village elders and thought they were a myth. The sight of such a monster freezes you in your tracks.
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Source date: 2018-01-14
Writing prompt[WP] Sasquatch and Waldo are tied in this year's Hide-and-Seek Championship.
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Source date: 2018-01-13
Writing prompt[WP] A seemingly bottomless pit was found, for which the depth can't be determined. Over time, scores of people began using it to illegally dump trash. Many have jumped in to die, while others jumped in believing that they'll find life's answers within it. Today, we learn the truth about the hole.
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Source date: 2018-01-13
Writing prompt[WP] "You're a man now son." Dad leaned in whispering. "Your mother doesn't know about this drawer." He opened the drawer of mysteries.
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Source date: 2018-01-11
Writing prompt[WP] Magic, it happens, is real; it just takes an innate talent. You and your best friend have it, and just learned about it.
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