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Float Through Time | Prompt A Day -- June 2025 | Fiction

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This comes a little late, but it's definitely for the month of June

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Fiction: A spring homecoming parade float breaks from formation, leading participants to a hidden part of town where celebrations from various time periods occur simultaneously.

Ashgrove’s Spring Parade started out much like ...

supermarket flowers | Prompt A Day -- May 2025 | Fiction

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Fiction: The first thunderstorm of spring brings with it a visitor from another dimension who can only remain until the rain stops.

The whistling kettle was a familiar, yet annoying contrast to the gentle tapping of the rain against the windows – not quite yet a storm but promising one.

“Di...

Inkfire | Prompt A Day - April 2025 | Fiction

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Fiction: During a March thunderstorm, lightning strikes a community library, causing books to swap stories with each other, blending characters across genres.

The day had started out warmer than any day in March but once the clouds started rolling in that evening, thunder began brewing, its deep rumb...

In Another Life | Prompt A Day - March 2025 | Fiction

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Fiction: A snow globe collector notices their newest acquisition shows real-time scenes from a parallel universe's version of their town.

Rowena had always been content staying at her studio on her days off, as her job required her to travel most of the time, she didn’t exactly have the luxur...

Closure | Prompt A Day - February 2025 | Fiction

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Fiction: An AI-powered dating app starts matching people based on their deepest regrets rather than their interests, with unexpected results.

Joseph stared at the screen of his phone, not quite certain if the curdling sense in the pit of his stomach was due to anxiety or excitement. It had be...

At Your Service! | Prompt A Day - January 14, 2025 | Fiction

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Fiction: A food delivery driver keeps getting orders from the same address, but finds a different house there each time.

19-40, February 25 – 120 Cornelia St.
Milk (1L)
Bread (1 pack)
Eggs (1 dozen)
SPAM (5 cans)

Well, this was a fairly decent time… He thought to himself, riding on his bicycle along th...

The Prophecy | A Freewrite Story

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Author's note: A story that was tickled to life from a walk along the streets of Barcelona on Sant Jordi day (and just maybe a hint of listening to a song with its same name).

I was on my knees staring up into eyes that would have made any beg for their life, yet here I was about to strike a bargain with the devil’s incarnate.

“Is there no other way to stop this cycle of sacrifice?”

Instead of breathing fire on where she placed herself, she was surprised when...

Cat in the Canape | Freewrite Prompts : Display & Rob

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Author's note: This writing account @rbhayes is co-owned by me (@iamraincrystal) and my daughter (@ilovewintergem). Purroit and Noir were created for a short story contest that I joined a long time back. You can read The Mystery of the Feathered Serpent for this fun adventure of the duo. The Case of the Fallen Bear | Freewrite Prompt : Papa Bear is another short in the series.

15 January 2024, @mariannewest's Freewrite Writing Prompt Day 2252...

Beetle Deedum | Halloween Story for the PIZZA Community

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Author's note: I will be using @rbhayes account for my journey back into writing from hereon. My entry to the Halloween story for the PIZZA Community (see link below to join too)

The PIZZA Community is looking for Your Music | Art | Stories for Halloween! 👻🎃
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She held both hands to her mouth to keep from breathing too hard, trying to stay quiet as she hid under the bed, her eyes stayed vigilant on the open doorway mere meters in front of her. That was ...

Drops of Jupiter | Freewrite Prompt : Alien Flea Market

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Author's note: I will be using @rbhayes account for my journey back into writing from hereon. Inspired by the song of the same title 😉

21 September @mariannewest's Freewrite Writing Prompt Day 2166: alien flea market

"Here, Jane! We should check their wares out and see if they have what we're looking for!"

The one called was then dragged by her arm as she watched her friend, Juno, subsequently talk the merchant's ear off for whatever it was she was lo...