“I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness.” ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World There are demons that feed on human emotions. The strongest ones feed on anxiety, fear, and paranoia, while the weakest ones feed on happiness and contentment. Their hunger drives …
Tag: Writing Exercise
Writing Prompt: Dryads
“You are nothing but wilderness. No constraint. No mind." ― Toni Morrison, A Mercy At night, the plants come alive. Literally. They're dryads who hide during the day. If they are ever seen by human eyes, they'll be trapped in their human-esque form, unable to hide in the trees. They will still have some magic, but it …
Writing Prompt: Argument
“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”― Euripides, The Bacchae Write a dialogue between two people. One character should be what you consider to be intelligent, and the other one is an idiot. If you need any good ideas, just watch the news. How do they try to convince the other they're right? Does …
Writing Prompt: Love at First Sight
“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.” …
Writing Prompt: Rock Spirits
“Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Lottery Once a year, they made the journey up the mountain. Through a secret tunnel they could reach a clearing surrounded by rock walls and crumbled stone. They each would pick out a rock …
Shadow Monsters
Jack never really hated anything, but when he did, his hatred manifested into little shadow monsters...
Strange Things
"If you're gonna call me, call me late tonightYou know I'm at my prime when the moon is highWide awake, fighting sleepProbably laughing at the irony" --Survival Kit, Stranger Things Insomnia was only one of the things that ailed Sonia that night, and the noises outside of her window weren't helping either. Sonia had been …
The Journey to “Happiness”
At 18, they left on their journey to happiness, but recently they stopped coming back....
The Cryptid in the Woods
No one REALLY believed in the cryptid in the woods until the FBI started showing up...
The Dragon Flower Festival
The dragon flower festival occurs once a year, they say that drinking the tea of the flower will bind you to a dragon forever, but no one has done it in over 100 years, until now....
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