Writing Playlist

Take some bardic inspiration for the road.

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Song Prompt #125

Morning Blue - Giant Rocks

Late night drinks with your friends turns into a scavenger hunt for a specific band you heard was playing. How many bars could there be in the city? Turns out the number is staggering.

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Song Prompt #124

Weird Goodbyes - The National, Bon Iver

There is an expanse of woods directly behind your home. Curiosity gets the best of you one afternoon, and nature's call summons you to the plants, creatures, and trees.

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Song Prompt #123

Want Want - Maggie Rogers

A track star suffers a terrible accident, leaving them almost completely paralyzed from the waist down. They are determined to learn how to walk again.

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Song Prompt #122

Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez

When you see your soulmate, the black and grey world you've always experienced turns to color. You make eye contact with a stranger and the world goes to technicolor. You watch in horror as the train they just boarded chugs away, taking them far away from you.

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Song Prompt #121

People You Know - Selena Gomez

You're a lab assistant to an elite scientist. When their hypothesis starts to take them over, you are witness to their inevitable spiral.

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Song Prompt #120

Start Walkin' - Lil Nas X

A lowborn peasant challenges another child to a duel, not knowing that that child is the heir to the throne. Luckily the peasant is able to find a mentor willing to train them.

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Song Prompt #119

Vigilante Shit - Taylor Swift

The throw-away background character was taken advantage of by the main characters. They decide to take karma into their own hands.

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Song Prompt #118

Golden Hour - JVKE

You've been gifted the power of flight. Though you know this power works, standing on the edge of the tallest building you could find is still nerve wrecking.

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Song Prompt #117

2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) - Lizzo

First day at your new job, you go in ready with all the fake confidence you can muster.

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Song Prompt #116

Holocene - Bon Iver

It's a classic situation. You've fallen in love with your best friend. Unfortunately, they're getting married in a few hours. Not prepared to ruin their big day, you instead help them get ready.

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Song Prompt #115

Control - Halsey

A group of children decide they want to be ghosthunters. When they go to investigate an abandoned (and reportedly haunted) house, they get more than they bargained for.

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Song Prompt #114

Gnossienne: No. 1 - Erik Satie, Alexandre Tharaud

Determined to solve the mystery of a group of missing kids, a detective finds themself in some sort of toy shop. Ten paces into the dark deserted building, they are surprised and terrified to hear three things. The door slam shut behind them. The lock clicking into place. And strange footsteps coming from further inside.

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Song Prompt #113

String Quartet No. 3 - Mishima, 1957 Award Montage

You have a deadline. You've been given a short period of time to get from Point A to Point B. If you fail to do so, the consequences will be disastrous. With no mode of transportation other than walking, and a badly broken ankle, your prospects are grim.

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Song Prompt #112

Bloody Mysterious - Isak Martinsson

You come across a candle. When yo light it, the flame is black as night. As you sit back and marvel at the oddity, you don't notice the smoke gathering on the ceiling, forming a shadowy and widely smiling face with teeth ready for a meal.

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Song Prompt #111

November - Max Richter

Traversing the galaxy allows you to see some beautiful sights. But during a ump to light-speed, when the stars are nothing but streaks of light passing by, someone or something keeps knocking against the hull of your ship in a clear patter: S.O.S.

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Song Prompt #110

Oil - Johnny Greenwood and There Will Be Blood

You watch form above as the village you've known your whole life is swept away in a flood. All you can do is pray. But you've never believed in any gods.