Writing Prompt Today's writing prompt is simple but not easy: explain how the universe came into existence. There are, of course, hundreds of religions and cultural beliefs that have already delved into this concept, but now it's your turn. If it was a god that created the universe, define and name your god. If it …
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Lamp Light: Goths and their Rainbow Girlfriends
Writing Prompt Character: Leaf, a colorful, delightful young woman Setting: A graveyard, Leaf's girlfriend's favorite place Scenario: A small birthday party Dialogue: "Just one séance?" Boy howdy nightcrawlers, it's a new year and everything is the same, ready for some bad news? Here we go, Texas healthcare providers are suspending gender affirming care amidst current …
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Lamp Light: We Stan a Queer Coded Villain
Writing Prompt The year is 2023, except in this timeline a meteor never struck the earth during the cretaceous era, and dinosaurs never went extinct. Hello my marvelous mothmen, happy new revolution around the sun! I think setting goals on an arbitrary timeline is very silly, but what are your new year wishes? Personally, I …
Lamp Light: Happy Crisis
Writing Prompt Character: A cat, Charlie Setting: Someone's back yard Scenario: There is another animal who does not like the cat Dialogue: "I'll get you next time." Hello my little Yule lads, I come to you with a heavy heart today. On December 16th we lost Henry Berg-Brousseau (24), HRC's Deputy Press Secretary, to suicide. …
Lamp Light: Yule for Ghouls
Writing Prompt Character: Little Brandon Budsworth Setting: Abandoned Warehouse Scenario: Midnight Snowball Fight Dialogue: "Santa isn't real!" Seasons greetings ghouls! If you're an avid reader of Lamp Light, you may remember from a few months ago that Ghoulish books was accepting submissions for their trans body horror anthology, well they're back at it again with …
Lamp Light: Punchy Monday
Writing Prompt Setting: A Pigeon Rescue Character: Man who doesn't think birds are real Scenario: pigeon adoption Dialogue: "What kind of lens does this use?" 'Sup goofy ghouls, this week has been a roller coaster of Ws and Ls, so let's jump right in. Oklahoma, South Carolina, and New Hampshire have all proposed bills to …
Lamp Light: Scapegoats and Epidemics
Writing Prompt Setting: A five star restaurant Character: A five year old Scenario: Making Spaghetti Dialogue: "What'cha got going on this weekend?" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! And hello my darling Dover Demons, in a wild and wacky series of events, this week was not all that catastrophic. Although Tennessee, Texas, Kentucky, Virginia, Michigan, and Oklahoma have all introduced …
Lamp Light: Trans Remembrance and Finding Joy
Writing Prompt: Setting: McDonald's Playpen Character: Mr. Conch, age 48 Scenario: A confrontation Dialogue: "Which one of you took it?" Hello spooky little hell hounds, I hope you all had a wonderful Indigenous People's Day and/ or Thanksgiving, hopefully there wasn't too much family bickering or yelling at football. Now that the short holiday is …
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Lamp Light: The Best of Times and Worst of Times
Writing Prompt: Setting: Space Station Character: Diane Carter, the youngest astronaut Scenario: The radio has gone out Dialogue: "This is just like Alien." Welcome back Jersey Devils, it sure has been a week. I may say that every week, but they just keep outdoing themselves. Elections were a rough time for some, and a beacon …
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Lamp Light: Gettin’ Wild
Writing Prompt: Setting: A friend's treehouse Character: Sam age 35 Scenario: There's a knock at the door Dialogue: "I have a confession...." Bonjour banshees! It's Monday once again, unfortunately for Garfield and most working people, but here we are. I've intentionally avoided TikTok and sad things this week, so the only news I bring to …
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