Writing Prompt

I scramble up the hillside, panicked that I may be followed. As the bits of dirt and fallen leaves become dislodged under my feet, I slip momentarily before I gain the top, grasping the roots and saplings which protrude from the steep embankment. I cannot hear anything, but my mind continues to race as I scan the wooded landscape for any pursuers.

I can’t believe they’re all dead.

We came into t...

Thea could barely feel her right leg when she woke.

Smoke choked her lungs, the tang of scorched flesh causing bile to rise in her throat. The air was thick with dust and ash, obscuring much of her view. Her hand brushed another as she fought to sit up. The long nails and feel of frosty porcelin skin told her it was Raina, and she was dead.

Thea groaned as she managed to push herself up, stari...

I can’t attest to my original taste of sand, but as I awake amidst my body’s innate hacking and spattering attempts to eject the foreign substance, I’ve gotta say – not a fan.

“It’s like glitter,” I grate hoarsely in my half awake state, clenched teeth grinding over the grit that I grudgingly relent will be a part of me interminably.

I blow out a breath past my dry lips and immediately wheeze a...

“This mission is basically a one-trip ticket. You might not survive but you can find assurance that the Emperor will be more than grateful for your sacrifice and service to the Empire.” An Imperial Officer wearing a grey three piece uniform, standard-issue for those in the Imperial Army in the upper-NCO ranks, stands in front of a group of Imperial spies ready for their mission, infiltrating the r...

The tomb was found late in night. Juno didn’t know what to expect when he walked in the room, but it certainly wasn’t a large sacrificial corpse in a shattered coffin. The corpse seemed to be of a mutated man. The brain was enlarged and the heart spread all over his body like a grotesque horror scene.

When the corpse started moving, he planned to run. But as the leader, he couldn’t just leave wi...

Is private detective name Quinn. she has a learning disability, but she has her private detective license. She doesn’t drive doesn’t have a car. She solves all her cases by walking and taking Ubers....

(I thought it said species… )

Wow…

I drop to my knees, staring at the huge hole in the mountain.

The mountain, my parents, and other globe members left through, leaving me here with other globe members who were unlucky enough to be left behind.

They planned to leave me, though. It was your main goal, even if it was forbidden to leave your own behind.

They didn’t care.

They were willing to do...

Caramelized butter and thyme wafted from the bookshop’s open door. Dickens leaned towards the tantalizing aroma of steak and potatoes. With a swift arm, Kennedy halted his motion. She indicated with a meaningful look the tripwire set on the door.

The tracker and her page crept into the Bookstore of Forgotten Dreams. The door closed quietly behind them. Industrial spot lights flickered on over ...

The Griggs Spy Organization was a group of individuals fueled with the passion of investigating hidden territories and bases without being as much as noticed by the shady figures that worked there. But on this specific mission that was centered around traveling to a shady so-called gun crafting industry and hunting for answers behind some serious allegations the spy team sent came back a shell of ...

Their eyes were bloodshot and void of understanding.

“J-John where is Agent Dugg and Loren?” Pete hesitated to ask, a shake in his tone.

John slowly shook his head. “Dead.”

Pete moved carefully closer to John, but when he started screaming, everything went wrong.

John fell into a fit of tears. “I can’t unsee their blood. I can’t stop their cries from infiltrating my mind! Make it stop!” He shou...