“Why am I always looking at life through a window?”― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon She had never been allowed to leave the house. Her parents did everything for her. They bought groceries and picked up her prescriptions. They home schooled her and even let her friends come over, but she could never visit them. They even …
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Prompt: The Puzzle Maker
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.”― Frank Herbert, Dune Germaine makes sense of their universe by designing puzzles. Outside their window, there are monsters and cults, sorcerers and chaos; but inside their little house, there is order …
Prompt: Breathing Wall-Paper
“I never saw a worse paper in my life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin.”― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper Many stories like House of Leaves and Monster House, depict the home as a living, breathing entity. Imagine your OC in a house with a secret. Pick an aspect of the house, …
Prompt: The House From Nowhere
Dr. Eric Price: "Sometimes we all need a little help to see the difference between reality and illusion. And that's about taking control, about not letting fear control you. Because, fear, in the end, only exists in your mind." -The Spierig Brothers, Winchester The house hadn't been there before, they were sure of it. Every …
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