Writing Prompt

“Tick, Tock. Tick, Tock. Time is running out!” the clown said with amusement. She looked kind of doll like, big round eyes, rosy cheeks. The point of the game was to find her, but there was mirrors and she was an illusionist.

I didn’t really want to find her but I wanted to win. As I searched for her I heard her giggling then say, “If you win, your biggest wish will come true!”

I turned ...

The house.

The house that now stands sad and gloomy

Once stood happy and inviting,

This house had open doors for all,

People would come and go,

Normally staying for months at a time,

The people who came to the house seemed like nice people, but weren’t always as nice as they first were,

They would abuse the house and it’s welcoming feeling but still stay,

The house grew more damaged over time,

...

He glanced at me as I took a seat across from him in the middle of Sam’s dining room. I felt my cheeks burn up as I stared down at the monopoly board.

“Maybe he was just looking my way because I have some spinach in my teeth” I thought to myself while rolling my tongue over my teeth and gums.

I got lost in a daydream while Jan was explaining the rules and house rules. Thinking about how in the...

We played games today

We played lots of games today and started with hide and seek there were 4 of us Cole was seeking taylor hid in the closet I hid under the table and joe hid under the blanket Cole found joe and I but he didn’t find Taylor she was found dead by the police next we played monopoly joe got 1st I got 2nd. But Cole lost and the creepy man in the closet took Cole. The last game we ...

I was on the last stage. I had already made it through the other 20 stages. I was almost there. The prize was $10,000,00. I had already eliminated the other 95 people. There were only 5 left. Above us the TV showed the dead people in bright red. It was terrifying to see. Soon the red people went away, and was replaced by an announcer. The announcer was dressed in all black and had a face mask on. ...

In the twilight-shadowed realm of Eldrenn, stories were told of a game that could change fate itself. They called it _Wyrd_, the Game of Threads—a relic of the ancient world, crafted by the Fates and played only once every century. It was said that to win the game was to alter destiny; to lose was to forget who you ever were.

No one ever knew where the board would appear—only that it sought its ne...

I remember when the games started, just a few years ago, but a yearly tradition. The games only happen is the most severe of weather, to make sure we all have a fair chance. At first the games were easy, almost too easy and I’m afraid to say that the creators realized this; causing each game to become more and more difficult.

“V-Verena” the voice was calm,but loud. I could get my heart start t...

_ It is only a game_, I repeat in my head for the thousandth time. _It is only a game. _

_ _But still as I stepped up on the pedestal with hundreds of other competitors my heart began to race. _What if I don’t get picked? _I ask myself. _What if I _do _get picked? _

My heart beats faster as the 12 team captains scan us over, each detail of us being part of their long term memory.

Each team rep...

The game was called echoes of Halcyon. A horror-survival multiplayer experience that dropped six players into an abandoned research facility hidden deep within the Arctic Circle. No one knew who made the game—there was no studio name, no credits, no support page—just a cryptic tagline: "Once you're in, the echoes find you."

Claire, Sara, Blair, Max, Ava, and Dave were close friends who loved expl...

“Go fish.”

“Motherfucker this is poker-“

“Damn it, I thought we do doing Texas hold ‘em-“

“I still wanna play Mafia-“

“Nobody wants to play Mafia, Terry-“

“I could go for a game of Mafia-“

“Then go play with Terry in another damn room, Anthony! We’re playing poker-“

“We’re playing Texas hold ‘em-“

“Goddamn it- NO WE ARE FUCKING NOT PLAYING TEXAS HOLD ‘EM YOU YEE YEE ASS MOTHERFUCKER-“

“OH...