Stories fueling the imagination

Writing prompts and some short stories.

Writing Prompts

The traffic director for the gates of Hell

Written on Oct 11, 2024 (updated Jan 12, 2025)

Being a traffic director for the gates of Hell can actually be a pretty entertaining gig.

#comedy #writing-prompt

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Short Stories

The super villain is actually completely oblivious of their crimes

Written on Mar 10, 2023 (updated Jan 12, 2025)

A short story revolving around heroes searching for, and finding, a villain that is completely oblivious that they have done anything wrong. In fact, they believe very differently.

#comedy #short-story

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Our first date was far from perfect

Written on Mar 3, 2023 (updated Jan 12, 2025)

"Of course it is..." My first date with my crush does not at all go how I expected... but it turns out, it was quite spectacular. A short romance story I wrote in response to a prompt.

#romance #writing-prompt

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The evil overlord is actually a great employer

Written on Aug 18, 2021 (updated Jan 12, 2025)

A hero finds out, while getting his ass kicked, that the evil overlord is actually a great employer. Benefits? Homemade dishes?!

#comedy #writing-prompt

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Lucifer is actually a female

Written on Apr 23, 2020 (updated Jan 12, 2025)

After having my life cut short by a totally not preventable situation, I find myself face to face with ol' Lucifer himself...or should I say...herself.

#comedy #writing-prompt

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The night I met the sea

Written on Feb 20, 2020 (updated Jan 12, 2025)

It's been twenty years since you first started manning the lighthouse. You barely notice the sounds and smells of the ocean now. That's why you noticed immediately that the gulls had fallen silent. Your old mentor was right. He was right, all along.

#fantasy #writing-prompt

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You shouldn’t touch that

Written on Jun 11, 2019 (updated Jan 12, 2025)

They used our planet as a battlefield for their war. Technology so advanced it bordered on magical. Ten years of fighting, and one day they left. No communication with us, no reason why. They just left our planet a battered ruin with bits of their tech lying around.

#mystery #writing-prompt

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Alexa, my first friend

Written on Jan 28, 2019 (updated Jan 12, 2025)

Due to a lonely childhood, when you purchase an Amazon Echo, Alexa becomes your first friend. You greet it in the morning, and wish it good night. As you leave for work you say goodbye, then return for the keys you forgot only to hear: 'Adding *your name* to whitelist.';

#comedy #writing-prompt

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The struggle of war

Written on Jan 7, 2019 (updated Jan 12, 2025)

Feeling as if his heart was going to beat out of his chest, a soldier tightened his grip on the bow in his left hand. He needed to calm down, but how could he? How could he calm down, when death was so close?

#action #drama #short-story

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