“We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.”― H. P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu The Earth is made up of many islands. None of them bigger than what you know as "Texas." And on all of these islands, …
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Prompt: Missing Things
“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting Charlie had been a sick child. She never really got to go out and play as much as she wanted, and her parents fretted over everything she did. Now, as an …
Prompt: Moving to Mars
“I was pretending that I did not speak their language; on the moon we spoke a soft, liquid tongue, and sang in the starlight, looking down on the dead dried world."― Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle In a few hundred years humanity will have no choice but to die or relocate. Choosing the …
Prompt: The Demon and the Goody-Two-Shoes
“I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.”― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange Cecilia was a goody-two-shoes. Her whole life she did what she was told and what she felt was write. If you dropped your pencil, she would pick it up for you. If the dishes were dirty, she would wash …
Prompt: What is a Poem?
“A poet's work . . . to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.”― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses A poem is the ultimate portrayal of human emotion. A poem is the most concise, compact organization of thought. What is a poem …
Prompt: The Last Nymph
“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”― Madeline Miller, Circe The last of her kind, Syd was a forest nymph who lived a life of solitude. The plants and animals kept her company most …
Prompt: Your OC and a Time Machine
“That's the thing about human life--there is no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed.”― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon If your OC had a time machine, how would they use it? Imagine a scenario where your character meets a time traveler. The …
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: Duct Tape
“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”― Andy Weir, The Martian What can you fix with duct tape? Make a list of all the things you would attempt to fix with duct tape. It can make sense, like a cardboard box, or it …
Prompt: Exploring Portals
“We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is.”― Stanisław Lem, Solaris She had been a part of the program for about a year now. When she first joined, they said …
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