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The Writer's Block
Twice a week, I get a prompt and give myself no more than one hour to write a creative response to it. Then I publish, regardless of quality.
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Fruit Naming Committee
Today's Prompt: Banana. What? Banana. That's dumb. I like it. We're not calling it a banana. Why not? It's too long. It's three...
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Mar 7, 20211 min read
Personality Changer
Today's Prompt: Hello, I'm here for the Personality Changer. Yeah...yeah, I'm not super happy with how I turned out, I just want to make...
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Mar 4, 20212 min read
Lost in the Dessert
Today's Prompt: Alright. I officially have no idea where the hell we are. I'm pretty sure we've rode past that cactus, like, twice...
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Feb 28, 20213 min read
Cycles
Today's Prompt: Bloom and then wither Entirety of being Cycles in a vase
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Feb 25, 20211 min read
Facial Communications
Today's Prompt: Megan places her foot on Paul's foot under the table and gently moves it about. He notices and can tell it's no accident....
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Feb 21, 20213 min read
The Fog
The town first realised something was wrong when the merchants and messengers stopped arriving. Nobody had come to the town in weeks. The...
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Feb 18, 20214 min read
The Almost Last Straw
Today's Prompt: The dusty country road stretches out to the horizon where it meets the setting crimson sun. The only sounds are the...
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Feb 14, 20214 min read
You Can Imagine All Kinds of Things
Today's Prompt: You can imagine all kinds of things. She sits there, blowing on her coffee to cool it down. You're meant to be with her....
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Feb 7, 20213 min read
Tattoo
Today's Prompt: There you are. You're the guy. I've finally found you. I didn't even know what you looked like until I laid my eyes on...
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Feb 4, 20214 min read
Summer Day
Today's Prompt: It was another languid summer day on the estate. Boris and I had spent the last hour squatting over an anthill as the sun...
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Jan 31, 20216 min read
Bus Hero
Today's Prompt: I just wanted to get home, it hadn't been a good day. I totally blanked on the due date of my essay on Wordsworth and Ms....
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Jan 28, 20215 min read
I Saw Her in a Dream
Today's Prompt: I saw her in a dream, through a field of colour. Flashes of a person. A thick, concealing haze. A hand, an eye, a lock of...
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Jan 24, 20212 min read
Robot Dog
Today's Prompt: “C-Series Bow-Wow 9000: Voted Third Most Realistic Artificial Dog by Cyborg Magazine” I remember the tacky bright colours...
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Jan 17, 20215 min read
Camping
Today's Prompt: I remember when we went camping. It was the kind of idea that started out as a joke. We were in Walmart, shopping for...
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Jan 10, 20214 min read
Ophelia
Today's Prompt: He's determined to make this his finest piece yet. Every other work has been practice to get to this point. All the...
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Dec 13, 20204 min read
Panic
Today's Prompt: She starts to feel it in her chest. The first flicker is almost imperceptible, easily rationalised away as a figment of...
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Dec 6, 20204 min read
Sensuous Kissing
Today's Prompt: Darren and Melissa sitting next to each other on the couch, sensuously lit by candlelight. Darren I'm glad you accepted...
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Dec 3, 20202 min read
Oliver
Today's Prompt: It's time for a revolution, maaaaaaan. You know the systems aren't set up to benefit you, right? I read about it. In...
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Nov 29, 20204 min read
Benny The Cat
Today's Prompt: When Jen saw that Benny was being returned to the cat shelter for the third time in as many years, she became convinced...
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Nov 26, 20206 min read
Thomas the Traffic Light
Today's Prompt: Thomas never really liked his job, for many different reasons. For one, being the red man in a pedestrian crossing light...
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Nov 22, 20204 min read
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