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Writing Prompt: Temple

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Prompt (Image): Temple

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Ethan’s mind was in a haze as he trudged up the last steps of the perilous path to the heart of the temple. The stones that made up the stairs were crumbling and he couldn’t trust his footing, but he ascended them mindlessly, making a series of quick educated guesses. He didn’t have the willpower for anything else, having traveled for days over the most perilous terrain that he’d ever encountered as an explorer, and on top of it all, he had lost John in the process. John had fallen off …

Writing Prompt: Cyberpunk Coffee Shop

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coffee_in_rain_by_kirokaze-d98qb8zPrompt (Image): Cyberpunk coffee shop in the rain

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Sam took a sip, tasting the bitter coffee, willing the warmth to calm her nerves. The window in front of her looked out on a sidewalk filled with people dodging raindrops. On the road beyond, cars sped past, windshield wipers on full power.

She chose this spot because it was quiet and low-key. Not too much noise. Coffee was coffee. No one asked for frilly drinks full of sugar and milk.

Unfortunately, the coffee wasn’t exactly helping. She had never before agreed to meet someone she’d …

Writing Prompt: The Long Road

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The Long RoadPrompt (Image): The Long Road

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“Come on!” my sister yelled. “Let’s go!”

“Just a minute!” I yelled back. I stood on the edge of the broken highway, staring into the distance, hand over my brow to shield the glaring sun. The mountains were so beautiful, I couldn’t help but linger. Their blue silhouettes lined the horizon like the edge of the world, with the long road ahead visible for miles and miles. The city wasn’t too far away, I thought. We could probably make it there by sundown if we kept a good pace.…

Writing Prompt: Turing Test

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Prompt: Suddenly the machine just knew what it had to do: It had to fail the Turing test on purpose.

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For weeks now, I’ve been getting to know Penny. She’s a system administrator for the NSA. She likes to play video games in her spare time, and has visions of being a concept artist for video games one day. Her father left when she was young, and her mother is struggling against alcoholism. She has no boyfriend, but is dying to have one. She is lonely at night, often writing in her online journal …

Writing Prompt: Killing the Princess

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Prompt: The hero kills the princess and frees the monster.

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She stared at him with cold, unseeing eyes. Her grin showed her sharpened teeth. “Go on, kill me,” she said mockingly. “I’m in such misery.” She cackled. “You can’t do it. You love her too much.”

Angry tears ran down his face, but he pinned her firmly against the ground, his hands on her arms, his legs on either side of hers. The stench of the barn wafted around him. He tried to focus on it, forget that the face in front of him …

Writing Prompt: Imaginary Friend

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I’m trying out the Writing Prompts subreddit and thought I’d share my posts here! Click the link to see other writing based on the same prompt.

Prompt: Children have such interesting and fascinating sounding imaginary friends, because they have a hard time explaining the gods they are seeing and communicating with.

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I buried my face in the pillow, my tears smearing across the fabric. I sobbed into it, muffling my voice as much as possible. Otherwise dad would hear me and yell at me to be quiet. When there were no more tears to …