If life is like a box of chocolates, then describe your box. There was an old saying about life being like a box of chocolates. The gist being you never knew what you were gonna get. If that was true, Lara’s box had slipped through quality control and been run over by the delivery truck. … Continue reading Prompt 337-Chocolate Life
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Prompt 335-Sunrise or Sunset
Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets? Kita tread softly through the trees surrounding the bandit camp. The dark, pre-dawn air was still. She usually enjoyed that calmness, but tonight it was different. It felt as though the forest was holding its breath awaiting the coming battle. She ran between the pirate teams scattered around the … Continue reading Prompt 335-Sunrise or Sunset
Prompt 333-Five Years
How have you changed over the last 5 years? The memorial hit Ali unexpectedly. She cursed as she dropped her mug of tea in her lap. “You alright?” Yuki leapt to her aid with a hand towel. She grumbled to herself as she mopped up the wasted liquid. “Yeah, I’m just a klutz.” Yuki frowned … Continue reading Prompt 333-Five Years
Prompt 331-Space Trip
If you could travel to outer space would you and what would you hope to get out of the experience? As a child, Todd had often stared up at the stars with Jack, idly wondering about interstellar travel and alien civilizations. Together, they dreamed of flying beyond the sun, to visiting these hypothetical far off … Continue reading Prompt 331-Space Trip
Prompt 330-One Sided Relationship
Have you ever been in a one-sided relationship where you did all the giving and got nothing in return? “Hey man, everything alright?” Tyler asked. “It’s not like you to call me out of the blue like that.” Dan stood in the doorway of his old roommate’s apartment with his head hung low. “I’m sorry. … Continue reading Prompt 330-One Sided Relationship
Prompt 328-Murder Mystery
You’re in charge of a murder mystery dinner theatre for one night. Describe the scenario you’ve set for your guests to solve. The Setting Wealthy investor Bernard Kline hosts an annual private gala on his luxury yacht for his household staff, to thank them for their continued service as well as to provide them the … Continue reading Prompt 328-Murder Mystery
Prompt 327-Lucky
Do you believe in luck and if so, describe a time you were lucky? Mutters from the new recruits on The Eternity about the ninja captive recovering in the Captain’s cabin were quickly stifled by the veterans of the battle against the bandits. They made it very clear that none of them would be alive … Continue reading Prompt 327-Lucky
Prompt 319-Belief
Do you believe in something most people don’t? What keeps you believing? You can say I’m crazy. You can call me a loon. I know what I saw and I’m telling you, Clark Kent is Superman. Hear me out! Even if you don’t believe me when I say I saw Clark duck into a phone … Continue reading Prompt 319-Belief
Prompt 317-Hope
What gives you hope and why? The unfinished Dome was a dead end. That was what Shane believed right up until that Hero appeared. Of course, it wasn’t the short gunslinger who had caught Shane’s attention. It was his companion, the woman who had whispered his name before recklessly placing herself in the line of … Continue reading Prompt 317-Hope
Prompt 314-Name Change
If you could change your first name to another name, what would you choose and is there any significance? “What the heck kind of a name is “Lucky” anyway?” the kids at school taunted her. How she wished it was just a quirky nickname, a supernatural trait bestowed on her at birth, anything but her … Continue reading Prompt 314-Name Change
Closet Full of Notebooks 