Tag: WritingPrompts
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Love v1.99b73
JHN-483912 finished his current task. He acknowledged the ten minute break that arrived next on his schedule with a certain thrill. As he neared the room where other workers would gather for break time and friendly discussion, he noticed that his coolant system was experiencing decreased efficiency. As this was the third break in a…
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The Heir
The teacher looked around her classroom. Young sons and daughters of noblemen crowded together close to the right wall and its open windows, painting on small canvases leaning on desktop easels. They were copying a brightly lit photograph of the royal gardens. She noted the time and exhaled. We have nearly reached another midday together, she…
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Undo
“This is real life! There’s no control Z for you to press!” Right when she said that, I clicked the invisible buttons and went back once again. My eyes refocused. I was sitting at my home desk, 14 months ago. Good. I looked down at my belt, where the readout now registered 561 in block…
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The Orint of Maguman
Heffod the Blort shifted his lower torso forward again awkwardly and heaved himself upward. These blocky steps in bipedal constructions were so annoying, but the treasures were so often worth a little extra effort. Still, there was no denying it. This planet’s gravity was not friendly to the Blort. Heffod beheld the open and undefended…
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Giddy up, Jingle Horse
Final Report of the Joint Commission of the U.S. State Department and the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee for Supernatural Affairs, Investigating the Events of December 25, 2021. RELEASED APRIL 1, 2022 SUMMARY All original goals of this collaborative diplomacy action are reported as successful, albeit with a final warning. The Commission has unanimously voted…
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The Upper West Side Express
Randall grunted and licked his lips. Barbequed dog hair? He exhaled. Ugh, no, that’s my own breath. Also, ow. He forced an eye open, and sat upright with a start, head throbbing. This was not his apartment. Fuzzy memories clawed their way back to the surface. Drinks after work with Colin to celebrate their contract win. Hey, that two…
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Icky and the Girl
The new city council was in its first session, sitting around a small table in relative darkness, lit by a single candle. Despite the discomfort of the room’s low ambient temperature, the fireplace was out. Antonia, Magistrate of the Isle of Curth following the untimely death of her husband five years ago, considered the group…
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I’m sorry, Billy
“I’m sorry, Billy. Really, we all are. Let me try to explain again.” The professor thought back over the last three days. He wondered again what this meant for his grant proposal to continue such field excavations with high school students in the future. The four members of his research team, and three high school…
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Office Hours
Archwizard Stefan Sternenlicht hefted the small sack of coins in his right hand, the rough fabric immediately scratching and itchy. He dropped the sack in a desk drawer and turned to the young man sitting upright in an overstuffed chair in front of Stefan’s desk. The bowtie was a nice accent to the full suit,…
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The Lattice
The Archives remembered who originally built the Lattice. The Scientist used to know too, but he had been so busy enjoying himself with the study of this Lattice sector, and for so many Iterations, that it didn’t really matter. The red, green, blue points of light, spaced in regular cubic geometry, were his to explore.…