“It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.” ― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief Terry had always been a dreamer. When she was young, she would pretend she could see fairies and other creatures, it annoyed her siblings, but her mom thought it was charming …
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Prompt: The Lonely House
“Sometimes one feels that it would be merciful to tear down these houses, for they must often dream.” ― H.P. Lovecraft, The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged The house had seen many lives. It had seen births and deaths. It had seen ghosts and lost love. It knew many things, but now it was empty. Emptiness was all …
Prompt: Spirit Secrets
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”― George Orwell, 1984 Jackie could never keep a secret. It got her into trouble in elementary school when she told everyone about her best friend's crush, but after learning her lesson (a few more times) she was eventually able to keep herself quiet …
Prompt: Living Art
“There are those who say that when civilization progresses a bit further transportation facilities will move into the skies and under the ground, and that our streets will again be quiet, but I know perfectly well that when that day comes some new device for torturing the old will be invented.” ― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of …
Prompt: Borrowing Bodies
“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Sam learned about her powers when she was 7 years old. She was petting the cat when suddenly she was looking up at herself from the cats eyes. As soon as …
Prompt: The Weakness in Man
“The reason the beasts give among themselves is that Man is the weakest and most defenseless of all living things,”― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book He had been sick for most of his life; always in bed, sweating from fevers. His mama would put a cool towel on his forehead and read him stories. He first knew …
Prompt: Magical Manhole
“And that's when she put her book down. And looked at me. And said it: "Life isn't fair, Bill. we tell our children that it is, but it's a terrible thing to do. It's not only a lie, it's a cruel lie. Life is not fair, and it never has been, and it's never going …
Prompt: Searching for Love in America
“Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle Since today is independence day-- not that it means much considering the state American is in-- take a moment to write a list of things …
Prompt: Word Games
“Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.” ― Anne Bradstreet Take a moment to write a list of your favorite words. They can be fun words like headbutt, complicated words like perspicacity, or something in between like billow. Try to write at least 15 words. Once you have …
Writing Prompt: The Witch’s Spell
"Owing to the height of the posts and the great number of birds, one could only imagine what the unidentifiable remains lying on top of the wheels might be. But they were bodies. They couldn't have been anything else." --Andrezej Sapkowski, Time of Contempt The kids liked to scare each other with the legends of …
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