We’re back at, “The 52 Week Short Story Writing Challenge” after a brief hiatus during the holidays. Here’s this week’s prompt from @FuckinPrompts on Twitter. It’s FANTASTIC and hilarious, should be lots of fun to write :)
“I didn’t die as a factory worker who made your iPhone. I am a poet. I existed and died as one…. The factory was my prison, but words were my deliverance. I am immortal because of words.”
@squirrel_doom: “When registering for Spring semester online, you keep getting asked more and more specific questions on the form…”
“An Apple employee dies during a secret business meeting in Beijing, People’s Republic of China where he had gone to investigate new malware called, WireLurker.”
It was a super busy week this week—I had to get an article done so I only did a half-assed job on some microfiction. And my dog ate all my homework ;)
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? So week 8, and it has been a busy week between work and holidays so…
“A rare bird refuses to be smuggled quietly.” @nataliesbooks
“Some of the messages contain very graphic, even war like sayings. Or a juxtaposition with what’s said in the quote. Some have been terrifying. You’ll notice that one is the primer and has been deciphered as this Latin saying: ab ovo usque ad mala, from the egg to the apples, ‘from beginning to end’. Notably a more positive one than the many other notes found. Think thus far it’s been about fifteen notes found so far. A few, including yours remain unsolved.”
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This one was haaaaard. Plus I had a long week. Plus this isn’t normally the kind…
“Something terrifying is found in an old recipe book.” @NataliesBooks
“You’re too pretty and—you’re fired. I can’t have you around my husband. Sorry my dear. My husband is like the Anthony Wiener of the Palisades.”
Two women meet at a film developing counter. They both have pictures of the same man.
“A virus, I’m sure,” Brent said, turning the computer back to face him. “I’m sure I can fix it, it’ll just take me a couple of days. Do you know if your mother backed it up anytime recently?” Seo-yeon sighed heavily.
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So this week’s writing challenge comes from… moi! Being not a technical person, my idea of…
“Well, it started with my dad actually. He had Tourettes too. Pussy-pussy-pussy! Gah. Sorry. So the HFA was just the icing on the neurological fruitcake of hell that is my life,” He said laughing.
This week’s writing prompt is a picture prompt idea from Squirrel of Doom! ;)
“What are you doing?” Brandy looked at Sammy in surprise as she walked to her car. The sun was just coming up but he was headed back to the factory with what looked like a duffel bag under his arm.”
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This week’s challenge is to use the Most Dangerous Writing App In The World and it was…
“The bank they robbed was situated in the south of London. They sat in the Gatwick airport waiting for the their flight to Tenerife. They discussed yesterday’s events.”
So for this week’s prompt, we’re going to rev things up a bit! Head over to Page to Pixels Story Generator. Then head on over to, The Most Dangerous Writing App…
