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by Florentina Amon @ deviantart.com/Tiina23

Write a story or poem inspired by this image. What themes and atmospheres come to mind?

Write a story or poem inspired by this image. What themes and atmospheres come to mind?

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Art by Sans @ deviantart.com/Sanskarans

Write a Halloween-inspired story or poem which includes this character.

Write a Halloween-inspired story or poem which includes this character.

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by somatonic @deviantart.com/somatonic

Arriving at this fantasy location, your character must make The Ascent.

Arriving at this fantasy location, your character must make The Ascent.

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Submitted by CJ

The year is 2050, and all children are bought up in a government institution.

Create a story that takes place in this setting.

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While on a first date, you begin to realise that the person you’re seeing is actually someone you used to know. But now they seem very different…

STORY STARTER

Submitted by an anonymous Daily Prompt user.

"She's not who she says she is."

Write a story that involves this line of speech.

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