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October Prompts | Halloween
Gula pouted, eyes shining with the threat of tears as Lù stitched the gash across her arm. The sickly yellow strands of her pain wound around Allifahua’s hands in a steady stream, removing it before she could feel it. Xiàyǔ squeezed a sponge over her arm and dunked it back into a bucket. Her hands ached for a towel but she kept going. Soak. Sponge. Repeat. Soak. Sponge. Repeat. One day she would…
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October Prompts | Devil's Night
Ekaterina blinks down at the children squealing beneath the tent. A line of them troop through the newly cratered ravine like ducklings. Mud streaks their hair and faces. She turns to the dimness of the interior where Gula and Saeke are bent over a lopsided stack of crates. The knife carved map is already out of date. She can’t imagine what they’ll turn to next. Allifahua is curled against the…
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October Prompts | How Do We Stop Them
The chamber fell into silence as the dragon entered, sans council. At his side was the indolent prince; once feller of empires, now slouching, a small yawn on his lips. Once he had watched them for their anger. Now his eyes were downturned and disinterested. Teller Il-un rose to his feet, choking on indignation, but refusing to debase his own comportment. He clasped his hands over his…
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October Prompts | Cheer
Allifahua stared out from under her hood at the fleet. The ships were small. She assumed that there was only a dozen on each but that was the surface. There would be many more people beneath the waves. She spared a look at one of the crew who threw their hands up in irritation and stormed starboard. She wrapped her arms around herself and stepped out of sight of the blockade. Birdsong chirped by…
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October Prompts | Wooden
The moonlight glints off of his dark skin as he struggles to breathe. The blood is fresh and dark and pools thickly around him. If he had had the strength to move he might have made an angel. At least the blood is not only his own. He blinked up at the canopy. His arms were heavy; his fingers twitched with the need to move. He inches a branch closer. If he can rise, it will support him. But he…
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October Prompts | Older Generation
Líadan lay, breathing shallow, on the bed. Her knees were pulled loosely up to her chest. One hand tucked under her chin and the other lying at her back. It was jarring to see. She was too big now to fit into the library nook or under his arm. But of course the library was long gone. They’d only stayed in that city a short while. Rumen wished they’d been there longer. He found himself wishing for…
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October Prompt | Psionic
The screen flickered. Hissed. And Kagari smashed his fist through a flickering stand. Or was it him that wasn’t real? Yelling, a tv swelled, swelled, swelled – and burst. His chest heaved. He tried to reach out but Allifahua might as well as have been a figment of his imagination. He’d been so sure – at first – that he had felt a wall or bubble. Now he wasn’t. He’d done everything he’d been…
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October Prompts | Wolfpack
Ekaterina’s bones break one by one. Her nails sharpen to claws as she stretches out her elongating spine. The startlement in the girl’s eyes fills her with glee. So long had they loathed her father for commanding wolves without considering how. Fools. She bares her teeth and waits for the pack to scatter. They don’t. But she can taste the racing of their fragile little hearts and lets herself…
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