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Prompt #90: The Spice Merchant's Daughter

Write about a girl named Cayenne and her father who sells spices.

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Prompt #89: A Clash of Times

As a desperate attempt, a losing warrior general prayed to the Gods for divine wisdom from his ancestors in hopes of winning the war. When he opened his eyes, he is met with a gamer kid from the future 21st century.

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Prompt #88: Disconnected

Jessica gets in trouble with her parents. She has her cell phone confiscated as punishment, and must face a whole week in high school without a phone. 

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Prompt #87: An Alien Encounter

An alien spacecraft lands on Earth, thousands of years in the past. An ancient civilization witnesses the landing. Write a story in the perspective of a member in this civilization, and their perception of the strange events. 

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Prompt #86: A Princess Out of Time

Sleeping Beauty wakes up not to her love’s kiss, but the sound of bulldozers. She has slept a lot longer than the evil witch had wagered. Now, the witch is dead, the spell is broken, and a princess from a time of fairies and kings wakes up in modern-day Europe. 

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Prompt #85: The Mischievous Wolf and the Playful Girl

A silly wolf plays with a little girl in a park while her mother reads a trashy romance novel on a nearby bench. 

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Prompt #84: Behind the Curtains

Two puppeteers have unresolved creative differences. One thinks their pirate puppet show should be a tragedy, and the other thinks it should be a romantic comedy. Describe the disjointed show the audience sees. Write a behind-the-scenes dialogue between the puppeteers. 

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Prompt #83: Urban Canvas

Your character gets caught by the police spray-painting some graffiti. What did they write or draw? Why?

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Prompt #82: Getting Crafty

Choose a craft - painting, woodworking, knitting…Something physical. Create a story around a character working on a project in that craft. Focus on their vision as a creator, but don’t forger to give the reader snippets of their increasingly messy environment, the character’s physical state, and all else that would make your audience feel as if they are the ones shaping something into being. 

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Prompt #81: The Time Portal

A girl builds a time portal from her grandmother’s wonky old TV set - or rather, builds a machine that acts as a conduit and allows an older version of the girl to be pulled into this reality. The older version of the girl had built a portal in her own time, and tuned it in to this particular moment. There is something the girl must know, something important enough that her older self had bent time and space to reach her. 

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Prompt #80: Time-Jumpers

Write a humorous tale about time-traveling hijinks. There’s no butterfly effect to worry about - your characters are free to time-jump and mess with timelines without worrying they are changing their own time. Whatever the travelers do is undone as soon as they leave the specific period. The only catch is that a time jump lasts only fifteen minutes. 

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Prompt #79: The History of a Famous Brand

Choose one famous brand of merchandise. Research its history. Write a story about its creator and their initial struggles to get the business off the ground.

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Prompt #78: Haunted House

Write a haunted house story from the perspective of the ghosts that live in the house. 

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Prompt #77: The Girl Who Heard Colors

A girl hears colors in sound - be it music, people’s voices, or the rustling of the leaves. Write a story about how she perceives the world and its inhabitants. 

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Prompt #76: Historical Mystery

Explore a historical mystery, such as the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Invent a plausible explanation of what truly happened. 

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Prompt #75: Dreams of the Future

A child and an adult in their early thirties talk about their dreams of the future. The child is full of enthusiasm and ideas. The adult, jaded from their experience in the workforce, finds some inspiration and hope by listening to the child’s dreams.