The plush carpet squelched underfoot as I stepped into the living room. I glanced down, watching as the dark viscous liquid pooled around the toe of my boot and taking a steadying breath. A sharp tinny aroma assaulted my nose, overriding the heady fragrance of cedar and vanilla from the scented candle still flickering on the coffee table. Its heavy mineral tang coated the back of my tongue as I ex...

I open my eyes, blinking several times to try and clear the soft haze from my sight as I sit up. It doesn't help. Everything appears soft, like the edges aren't quite set as I look around the rocky crags of the cave I find myself in.

"Where am I?" I groan softly, putting a hand to my throbbing brow.

I grimace as my fingers touch something wet and tacky, holding them out. Something dark and slick...

Write a story from the perspective of a pet observing its owner. Try to incorporate character traits depicting what kind of pet it is without having to say it directly. ...

Turn a mundane activity like household chores into a heart-pumping, action-packed tale! ...

“I trust you,” she says as his knife points at her throat.

His gaze, cold and empty, flicks up to her face. The wet pink of his tongue ghosts over his bottom lip, pulling it between his teeth as a low growl rumbles in his chest.

“You sure that’s a good idea, duchess?” He rasps, his voice betraying the inner turmoil churning away beneath his calm, detached facade.

She nods, the pale column of...

Just a look.

That’s all I get.

A glance, a peek.

Seconds to convey

All the things

You long to say.

Just a look.

Brief and fleeting.

Across the room.

Telling me everything

And nothing

With your eyes.

Just a look.

A brilliant silence

That echoes loud.

Saying what couldn’t

With just words

Simple, meaningless words

Just a look.

It beckons me.

Rise and follow.

Down the hall

Up th...

Reading a classic bedtime story and suddenly you find yourself pulled into the action! Detail what story you’ve been drawn into without naming the title. Use scenes, characters, or settings. Anything but the title of the story. ...

Write an action-packed scene around a fuse being lit and its impending explosion. This can be a mental or physical representation of a fuse and resulting explosion. ...

“Can we be done now?” I whined, looking over at my mom as she checked yet another item off her back to school shopping list. She smiled, sliding the yellow number two pencil she was never without back into her ponytail and flipping the cover on her small notebook before sliding it into the strap of the baby carrier slung across her chest. My baby brother Reid let out a delighted gurgle as she pu...

I notched an arrow in my bow, fingers loose around the bowstring as I waited for the enemy to draw nearer. Beside me, Davin fumbled with his quiver, dropping two before securing a trembling arrow against his bowstring. His eyes darted to me.

“How are you so calm?”

The thundering of hooves, even at this distance, almost engulfed his words. I flashed him a fierce grin.

“Don’t ...