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Prompt Collection.
Struck prompts are ones I've used for titles already.
quick links:
poetry quotes | bsd-rarepairweek | types of kisses | fun sex tropes | they know each other but don't know that they know each other aus | "we're bad at dating" aus | height difference aus | ot3 prompts | pretend to be not dating/married aus | pwp aus | song titles | shitty horoscopes | generic secular december challenge | march challenge | marchenwings | dumb ways to die | write the story | let's game it out
poetry quotes
2.
an infinite amount of burnt ash3. beat my soul into the highway dust
4. bluebirds and I
5.
death prefers us orderly6. death surrounds itself with the living
7. geese I have yet to see again
8. in love with candy, anger, and sleep
9. of ambiguous religion
10. practice eulogies
11.
something heavier than hope12. stars held your sky in place
13. the cataclysmic fares
14. the empty parks filled with unloved strangers
15. the eyes multiplied into blood
16. the infant swamp
17. the screech and heat and hate
18. the silence they sit in
19. too soon made glad
20.
unrabbited woods21. whispering her own poems in her ear
22. you in a shiver of light
23. the self-consumer of my woes
34. the nothingness of scorn and noise
35. the catastrophic dawn
36. the universe that loves you specifically
37. a place of stone
38. the eyes of a mild savior
39. endlessly to turn away
40. whimsical if pompous self-regard
41. a face to meet the faces that you meet
42. a hundred indecisions
43. all the butt-ends of my days
44. measured out my life with coffee spoons
45. a promise of lightning
46. beyond anger or failure
47. do not remember me as a bridge
48. elevators going in opposite directions
49. unwelcome and warning
50. old and gray and full of sleep
51. inherit the earth without taxes
52. sorrowful awful
53. a beastly key
54. foreplay starts at breakfast
55. as good as rocks
56.
once upon a once there was a once57.
too black for stars58. the footwork of bad angels
59. the skullcap of hope and good intention
60. swivels of bone and faith
61. the bottom of a bottomless well
62. death will make the poem end
63. the storm of falling in love
64.
how the light inside the temple mocks me65. communal as plague
66. to grow by entwining
67. my reflection bleeds
68. and anyway, not to you
69. carrying the laughter of strangers
70. never go home
71. a rose, one rose
72. I've known I am Goliath if I am anything
bsd-rarepairweek
“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”
―F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Day 2: Your hand in mine // Scars
“Memories are either the greatest poetry, when they are memories of a vital happiness, or a burning pain, when they touch dried wounds.”
―Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
Day 3: Soulmates // Obsession
“I was never insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, in a letter to his mother (1849)
Day 4: Coffee // Masks
“Everybody said, “Follow your heart”. I did, it got broken.”
― Agatha Christie
Day 5: Laughter // Puppets
“The weak fear happiness itself. They can harm themselves on cotton wool. Sometimes they are wounded even by happiness.”
―Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
Day 6: Stargazing // So close yet so far
“But no matter how far he flew, he didn’t get any closer to the sun.”
― Kenji Miyazawa, The Nighthawk’s Star
Day 7: I’ll take care of you // I would die for you
“I can give myself to her
In her dreams
Whispering her own poems
In her ear as she sleeps beside me.”
― Akiko Yosano, Women Poets of Japan (1977)
types of kisses
2. morning kisses; gentle and lazy, humming in contentment, limbs still tangled together, hands wandering over soft exposed skin.
3. stay in bed kisses, mischievous and deep, punctuating flirtatiously whispered bargaining words.
4. come back to bed kisses left on A’s neck and shoulder, unhurried and tender, with arms wrapped around A’s waist.
5. rushed late for work kisses, a flash of heat before hurrying out the door.
6. tender kisses when one brings home flowers for the other.
7. sticky ice cream kisses, sitting on a bench in the park and laughing against each other’s lips.
8. cheek kisses that leave red lipstick stains.
9. kisses absently left on the backs of hands, fingers entwined in silent comfort.
10. joyful kisses peppered across foreheads and cheeks between scattered giggles.
11. comforting kisses pressed to tear-stained cheeks between whispered words of reassurance and concern.
12. heated kisses with gasps in between, hands tugging at clothes and exploring skin, bodies pressed close. giving in.
13. long, slow kisses in the afterglow, fingers woven through hair and hearts beating in unison.
14. soft goodnight kisses exchanged on lamp-lit doorsteps on chilly autumn evenings.
15. a single loving kiss left on the other’s forehead when they fall asleep snuggled close together.
fun sex tropes
2. and/or things going wrong during sex that leads to laughter
3. sex on a countertop/tabletop/sink because we couldn’t wait to get somewhere with cushions
4. kissing to stay quiet
5. biting to stay quiet
6. one person meticulously doing something entirely for the other’s benefit without expectation or need of reciprocation
7. “wow i did not know that was A Thing for me until right now and i’m totally fine with that but for the love of god keep doing it”
8. someone straddling the other while they’re “trying to read” and slowly getting them to put the book away
9. “you’re only allowed to sit there and watch until i tell you otherwise”
10. kissing anywhere but the lips
11. alternatively, touching anywhere but where the person desperately wants to be touched
12. “we couldn’t find a condom so we’re getting each other off in other ways” sex
13. anything involving the secretive brushing of fingertips against inner thighs in public spaces
14. sex with clothes half on/panties still on
15. the pleasant misuse of ties
16. sleepy morning kisses that accidentally turn intense
they know each other but don't know that they know each other aus
2. i’m obsessed with a food blogger who writes about cheap ways to be gourmet in your 20s and i flirt with them over comments but they never post pictures of their face and ALSO there’s a really cute grocery bagger at the store down the street who teases me and always asks to join me for dinner and i definitely want to say yes AU
3. there’s an overnight IT person at school who always answers the phone when i call about a problem with my computer and i totally have a crush on their voice and their exasperation and ALSO the bakery down the street is always running out of my fave scones and the adorable person behind the counter can’t hide their amusement and i think it’s super rude but also super cute AU
4. my boss is always telling me how perfect her son would be for me and she promises he’s coming to the next holiday party and don’t worry he’s heard all about me too and ALSO there’s this dude i slept with once a couple of months ago and sometimes he still sends me dick pics when i ask him to at 3 in the morning cause seriously dude’s got a good dick AU
5. our kids are bitter rivals and the only time we ever meet is when we’re both called to the principal’s office and whatever maybe i think you’re kind of cute but your kid’s a monster and ALSO someone keeps buying the last everything bagel at my favorite coffee shop 2 minutes before i get there in the morning and has heard about my plight and has started leaving me bragging notes about it AU
6. i hired a dog walking company and i’ve never met the person who comes to my apartment but they leave me really cute notes and they give my dog presents and i kind of love them because my dog does and ALSO one of the artists at this gallery opening is hella cute and i want them to paint me like one of their french girls AU
"we're bad at dating" aus
2. One of us thinks this is a date but the other thinks it’s an informal job interview
3. I decided to flip a coin about every decision in my life for a week and that’s how we ended up on a date
4. We’re both meant to be going on blind dates with other people but we sat down at the wrong table and got our hopes up
5. We took each other’s underwear from the laundromat by mistake
6. I got drunk and sent a sexy naked pic to my ex but I sent it to you instead by mistake
7. We had one really bad date and never spoke again and now our friends have set us up on a blind date
8. I’m calling to cancel our date because I’m actually in the ER right now, sorry. …I mean, sure, I guess you can come down here, but… okay…
9. We had sex at the office party but we’re both workaholics so we don’t normally date
10. We’re going on a blind date - but wait a moment, aren’t you that person that went down on me in a back alley behind a club year ago? … what do you mean “which one”?
11. You bought me at a charity auction and you’re probably a serial killer
12. You’re my waiter and I’m on a really crappy date with an asshole
13. Your appointment with a sexual therapist was right after mine and we got talking in the waiting room
14. We’re on a blind date, but wait a moment… aren’t you that guy who gave me a hand job at a Renaissance Faire a year ago?… what do you MEAN “WHICH ONE”?
15. We both picked the same power ballad at karaoke so we sang a duet
16. We’re both trying to take advantage of the unlimited appetizers deal on separate dates at TGI Fridays and I got the mozzarella sticks and I’m on my sixth plate and I want to die, can I PLEASE swap you for some of your wings?
height difference aus
2. “You were trying to reach for a box of cereal and a whole shelf’s-worth of cereal boxes fell on you here let me help”
3. “We’re both baristas and sometimes I have trouble reaching for things and I show up to work one day to find a personalized stool with hearts and my name on it i hATE YOU but also thanks”
4. “You are very tall and I am very short so you run into me all the time and honestly this is getting ridiculous”
5. “I’m in art class and I just opened a cupboard to find a tiny person (you) squished inside and you just looked at and said “shh i’m hiding”
6. “We’re on the bus and I’m really not trying to take up your space I’m sorry I just have rlly rlly long legs”
7. “We’re at a concert and I can’t see a thing let me sit on your shoulders, maybe?”
8. “You’re afraid that you’ll lose me in big crowds so you always hold my hand but now you just hold my hand when there’s only, like, five people around and I’m getting vry suspicious”
ot3 prompts
2. A is a Marvel fan and B is a DC fan, C doesn’t care either way and always mixes them up
3. A is asexual, B is aromantic, and C is demi, and they have a happy healthy partnership
4. A falls instantly for C while B is interested in C but needs to be wooed still
5. A and B have to explain to C why they never get to drive, optional: C drives wildly, speeding/running lights/etc or drives too slow/cautious
6. A has a history of severe nightmares, B knows how to calm A down but is out of town, C has to try for the first time alone
7. It’s A’s birthday but B and C both forgot until the last second, B distracts A while C sneaks out to get a gift
8. A is always up late with work related things, one night A falls asleep and B and C have to fumble through getting the work done for them
9. A is babysitting but has to go somewhere unexpectedly, leaving the baby with B and C who have little/no experience with babies
10. A helped color B’s hair but it was a disaster and C has to comfort them both while fixing it
11. A’s glasses broke while they were reading a really good part of their book, B and C offer to read it to them, switching out between characters and making silly voices
12. A has a secret fear (like of clowns/spiders/heights/etc), B and C don’t know and accidentally freak out A with their fear
13. A’s never seen the ocean but wants to, B hates the ocean but agrees to go anyways, A and C swim and make sand castles while B naps on a blanket
14. A cuts their finger while preparing dinner, B panics and wants to go to the hospital, C calms B down and deals with A’s injury
15. A only has money for two tickets to an event all three of them love, so A and B have to sneak C inside
no subject
2. Our group chat is mostly just Person A serenading the both of us with song lyrics and dirty messages oh my god this fucking dork…oh shit now I’m kinda aroused one of you fuckers meet me for lunch asap
3. We all tried to spit our toothpaste in the sink at the same time and ended up banging our heads together and communicating in unintelligible noises due to having too much fucking toothpaste in our mouths oh my god will one you just spit first I’m so tired I want to go to bed
4. Person A always sleeps in the middle because they are the smallest but that also means that sometimes they end up like a whole half of the way down the bed by morning and more than once now we’ve both been terrified we accidentally suffocated them in the night
5. Person B is literally so fucking ticklish and we tickle-attack them so often that we think they might actually secretly hate us and have plans to leave us
6. Your parents are super supportive of our relationship which is really nice but every year your mom knits us three matching Christmas sweaters and we have no choice but to wear them and now the entire extended family knows we’re all together and it can get kinda awkward at times but oh well I love you both so much, hey Person A show us your childhood bedroom
7. I SWEAR I HAVEN’T WORN A PAIR OF MY OWN UNDERWEAR IN OVER A YEAR THERE IS JUST SO MUCH FUCKING UNDERWEAR IN THIS HOUSEHOLD GODDAMN
8. You and I were innocently making out but then I got aroused and so did you but we knew Person C would be home literally any minute so we just decided to wait for them at which point they walked through the door and took one look at our faces and realized exactly what was going on before sighing at us disappointingly and taking off their shirt
9. You two are such trouble-makers and I am literally cleaning up after you 24/7 please be adults for like one second and no both of you simultaneously smothering me in neck kisses isn’t going to make me less mad….but carry on anyways
pretend to be not dating/married aus
2. We’re both professors in the same department and it enhances your reputation with the students as a mysterious enigma and my reputation as a stone-cold terror if we pretend to hate each other, plus when we back each other up in departmental meetings everybody’s so surprised they give in right away
3. My parents thought I was working for an insurance company in New York when really I was joining the CIA so I just sort of never mentioned when I met you on an assassination-gone-wrong and now we’ve been married for five years and they still don’t know you exist, this has gotten wildly out of hand and you won’t stop laughing about it
4. All your coworkers know you’re married to a cop but now I’m undercover investigating a string of bank heists and it turns out that your only friend at your shitty new job is dating the head bank robber.
5. We’ve been communicating entirely by email/phone/carrier pigeon/paid messenger for the past year as we work to bring some peace and order to this troubled land, so when I walked into the negotiation room to sit down with the fearsome and terrible politician/businessperson/famed warrior that all my people are so afraid of, I didn’t really expect it to be you.
6. I didn’t think my parents could accept me dating somebody of your gender/race/religion/species, so we’ve been keeping it quiet, but now my mom can’t stop talking about her friend’s next-door neighbor and how perfect they’d be for me and you’ve got some nosy neighbor trying to set you up with their coworker’s kid and how do we tell them we’re engaged without making them think it’s because of their completely uninvited meddling?
7. You’ve got to pretend-date your best friend for a couple of weeks because reasons, and somehow that means we’re passing ourselves off as siblings to explain why we live together but we’ve started giving each other really filthy pre-sex looks behind everyone’s back like a game of chicken and pretty soon somebody is going to start to have serious concerns about our siblinghood.
no subject
2. we were making out but then my roommate walked in and I shoved you in the closet and you had to sit in there cramped for hours I’m sorry
3. whenever people come over you have to hide and try to sneak out inconspicuously but you’re loud and clumsy and now everyone thinks I have a cat
4. “I think our friends are catching on that we’re dating. Let’s mess with them.”
5. everyone thinks we hate each other and we keep that front up in public, so we have hilarious pretend fights and squabbles and pranks
6. please stop leaving all our crap in my house, my friends keep asking me about extra shirts and toothbrushes and they definitely know I don’t wear that
7. we go on secret dates only during the late nights/early mornings to avoid people, and it’s not so bad watching the sunrise and walking under street lamps with you
8. you look so good and so many people are trying to pick you up and I can only sit in the corner and seethe, and now people are giving me concerned looks
9. we’re secretly dating and my friend suggested a double date and it turns out my secret date was you
pwp aus
2. “seven minutes in heaven with my longtime crush but we get locked in for hours bc our friends forgot about us” au
3. “got locked in a walk-in refrigerator/freezer and now we gotta keep warm somehow” au
4. “you’re a vampire with an aphrodisiac bite and i’m the drunk party-goer you decided to snack on tonight” au
5. “you’re really invested in your tv show/book/etc and i don’t think you understand how much your absentminded petting is getting to me but like hell am i gonna ask you to stop“ au
6. “this is an sos from a helpless virgin (who doesn’t want to be a virgin anymore) to you, the most virile person i know. please teach me how all this works” au
7. “i thought you were literally the most innocent thing to ever exist but then you awkwardly ask me to teach you how to bang like a pro and holy hell what the fuck but now i’m really, really turned on” au
8. “i get that it’s hotter than satans asshole out here but if you remove any more clothing i won’t be responsible for my actions-wait. why are you smirking at me?” au
9. “i chickened out of sex ages ago and you haven’t brought it up since but now i really want it, but i’m terrible at communication, so let me just strip shirtless/model lingerie for you until you snap” au
10. “we were forced to hide in this very cramped space (from friends/authority figures/people trying to kill us) and this is a very awkward position to be stuck in with someone you’re avoiding because they’re too attractive for you to deal with” au
11. “normally we duke it out to vent our frustrations but this time someone initiated a kiss in the middle of the fight and suddenly we’re fucking against the nearest flat surface” au
12. “when i asked you to put sunscreen/lotion on my back that’s all i wanted you to do, but your hands are like magic and they have my full permission to wander” au
song titles
2. somebody else's child
3. buddy, can you spare a trillion dollars?
4. are you what you want to be?
5. very good bad thing
6. a beginner's guide to destroying the moon
7. reaper man
8. lovecraft in brooklyn
9. dance dance decadence
10.
literary nonsense11. lost boys
12.
love in the age of war13. you! me! dancing!
14. my baby loves a bunch of authors
15. blooming villain
16. sugar song and bitter step
17. can't sleep love
18. two for nero
19.
heart for brains20. dressed to digress
21. well measured vice
22. my leather, my fur, my nails
23. the last of the real ones
24. smoke and mirrors
25. die by the drop
26. madder red
27. sunlight in a jar
28. crawling chaos
29. young and menace
30. if i had a heart
shitty horoscopes
2. nobody really knows the nuances of what you get up to in your spare time, and honestly they're probably better off that way.
3. busy yourself with the affairs of the living, for once.
4. the answer is no.
5. ohhh boy. you. fuck you. yes, you specifically.
6. delete your search history.
7. please practice blinking as others can be unsettled by your inhuman ability to maintain an unbreakable stare during casual conversation.
8. what did you ever do to deserve this? in all probability, something terrible.
9. you are a crayon. get out of the toolbox.
10. none will love the butcher. don't take it too personally.
11. some relationships, like warts, can be handled with the tactful application of liquid nitrogen.
12. take a long shower. wash your hair. wash the clothes you were wearing. wash the memories from your mind and body.
13. frostbite is considerably difficult to heal from.
14. there is poetry in brutal efficiency.
15. HELLFIRE HELLFIRE HELLFIRE.
16. people would take your raging far more seriously if you weren't crying the entire time.
17. what made you so vindictive?
18. some bodies may be temples, but all are ruins at your feet.
19. your contempt will always taste like grief.
20. in the process your body is subsumed piece by piece.
21. you are the bone-deep fury of an abscessed tooth.
22. you are notorious for rubbing salt in the wound. cheap vodka in the wound. battery acid in the wound!
23. vehicular arson is not the answer.
24. hate is a verb.
25. the sooner you accept your impending expiration, the sooner you can stop trying to swallow the sun.
26. embrace the inevitable, snuggle with the inevitable, take the inevitable out to a nice, candle-lit dinner.
27. there are forces outside of your control. most of them don't care for you.
28. when it all goes to hell just remember that it's what's inside that counts (though many would not find you very appetizing).
29. not all things have significance, which is scary. the things you overlooked tend to have the most, which is scarier.
30. your teeth are only porcelain, your ribcage simply glass. like all delicate things, they can know no permanence.
31. in time you'll learn that "just" and "right" only mean the same thing when they're coming from very specific people. please don't cry.
32. you may not want to change, but the world is unforgiving and will do it for you anyway.
33. sometimes we put our hearts in the wrong places. (what the fuck is it doing between your teeth?)
34. nothing can stay.
35. you can put all the flowers in your mouth that you fucking want, but dying is dying and rot is rot.
36. loneliness is the fracture that never heals quite right.
37. lay them to rest.
38. they are there, hovering nervously. you will watch the skies. you will wait.
39. eat the other.
40. there will be scrapes and sutures: viciousness and victory.
41. no loose ends.
42. a cacophony of awe and joy and terror.
43. an eye for an eye. a tooth for a tooth. a knife for the ribs.
44. you will not be swayed by the morally destitute.
45. decay will feed the bloom.
46. devour death like crows, for all the feathers between your teeth.
47. twisting/screaming/uncompromising. every inch. every iota.
48. once, answers were found in mouths, bathtubs, and bottles: this time around, get inventive.
49. romancing yourself is possible, narcissistic, and recommended.
50. contrary to popular belief, it is unwise to temper creatures of flesh and bone like steel.
51. one bad apple ruins the bunch. two bad apples leave no witnesses.
52. you know it's the real deal when you can see past the meatsuit and into the yawning dread.
53.
to break your teeth on love.54. when people ask for someone "out of this world," they often don't mean it literally.
55. when it's good it's great, when it's great it's a small calamity.
56. you are every mother's cautionary tale.
57. harpoons, while more effective than arrows, are not as wieldy.
58. a study in complacency. an essay on sensibility. a dissertation on disenchantment.
59. make up your fucking mind.
60. there are plenty of fish in the sea. some just happen to be imbibed with mercury.
61. lies you have told yourself: your humanity is the largest burden you will bear.
62. decorating your meltdowns is all well and good, but a trainwreck is a trainwreck and it might be time to get a paramedic.
63. they tell you "there is nothing to fear, but fear itself." but you have seen yourself in the mirror.
64. you may have been gutted but your mouth is soft, your tongue is silver, and your teeth are gemstones cut to size.
65. it's less like biting off more than you can chew, and more like dislocating your jaw.
66. even spectres can tire.
67. seeing yourself for what you really are would be great if you knew where to start looking.
68. it pays to kill with kindness when you're your own worst enemy.
69. you're only armed to the teeth because you're more brittle than you'd care to admit.
70. your ego cannot afford cremation or caskets.
71. frequent tastes of your own medicine can get poisonous real quick.
72. self reflection is important! whether you like what you see is up for debate. whether it can be contained in a dark basement is another matter entirely.
73. you are a quiet god, and your hunger is cavernous.
74. at times your body is simply a prison laid in gold.
75. death, dust, party, repeat.
76. devour the monsters and you can call any place home.
77. you're only as lucky as your expectations are low.
78. worse than having too many secrets is having no secrets at all.
79. if seeing is believing, you might be in some trouble.
80. suspend belief. expel fear. throw reason into a frigid cell, never to be seen again.
81. killing the monsters is the easy bit. it's finding them that's the hard part.
82. there exists a tipping point between gods and monsters.
83. a mouthful of ashes bested by a life of smoke and mirrors.
84. what's to be gained from keeping the heaviest of treasures behind your teeth?
85. you might not be afraid to die, but that doesn't mean you're ready.
86. you were a plague none were prepared for.
87. you are the mind and the malady, the medicine and the machine.
88. assholery is incurable, unfortunately.
89. no one's going to notice the difference between you pushing dandelions or daisies, so leave them something worth talking about.
90. there's no rule stating that parasites can't be pretty.
91. justice: just us.
92. anathema - me without you.
93. you aren't obligated to be anyone's cure.
94.
some are the bandage, some are the knife, some get creative.95. soothe what you can, fight what you can't.
96. the only difference between a pathogen and a person is that one is far more creative with how they'll infect you.
97.
stranger things have happened. like you. you are happening all the time and should probably stop.98. let none be the noose.
99. take what you can and run.
100. gratuitious violence: unnecessary, satisfying, heartbreaking, and so like everything else you love.
101. understanding builds bridges, suffering grows gardens, antipathy sets both on fire for shits and giggles.
102. there is a variety of sadness that makes a home in your guts and never quite leaves.
103. you could have been anyone, operating this body. the good news is that you won! the bad news is that you're stuck with it.
104. being loathsome and lovely in equal measure is probably a talent. somewhere.
105. why fear the dead, when you can fear the living? corpses in motion, cruelty and kindness.
106. if you're forging your own path, be prepared to light your own pyre.
107. what possessed you to come this far? no, honestly. was it cute?
108. you can't wrestle apologies from the sea or the sun, but by fuck are you ever going to try.
109. pick a place and die there.
110. i know you mean well.
111. may fortune favor the fuckups.
112. remarkable that one plane of existence can hold so much (and so little) distance. the spaces between people, ideals, fingertips - the sky and the sea.
113. learn when it's best to bite your tongue. temper the nest of hornets in your loveless mouth.
114. i worry. i worry. i worry.
115. time sours, rots, renews, sours again.
116.
grief and growth live hand-in-hand.117. sleeping, like dying, delivers you from one world to the next - to rest in crypts and wake in gardens.
118. words in couples carry weight: "fuck you." "hell no." "oh god." "sorry mom."
119.
make room for small, fragile things, even with bones like cement and a leaden heart.120. you win some, you lose some, you lie, cheat, and swindle some, you vanish on a crisp winter's day, never to be seen again.
121. quiet reflection is next to impossible if your mental landscape is one long scream.
122. you inspire me to be better! a better "what" is up for interpretation. (person? arsonist? alien?)
123. we don't know where you came from, but we need you to go back.
124. the dark doesn't intend to hurt you - only the creatures who plot during the cruel, cold light of day.
125. i lived better when i was ignorant of the sun, tucked away in your chest.
126. there's asking for forgiveness, there's asking for permission, and then there's saying "fuck it," and doing what you may.
127. if only it were easy! to wish and want for nothing. if only you weren't less human for it - wishing and wanting for nothing.
128. in the end there is no blaze of glory.
129. love to distraction, die due to carelessness.
130.
in the span of your life there's plenty to avoid: the wicked, the merciless, the things you want for no reason other than wanting them.131. you are dazzling and terrifying - those words are not as removed from one another as you may think.
132. flirt with death, tease the inevitable, give the void a saucy wink.
133. things to bother believing in: love, switchblades, extraterrestrials.
134. let the record show that they were ill-equipped to deal with you. which is unsurprising, since you're ill-equipped to deal with you.
135. you'll be fertilizer regardless, might as well have interesting stories for the dirt.
136. there is an exhaustion that comes with living in an embrace like a vice, a kiss like a canker sore.
137. fear is an absence of understanding. horror is the act of understanding perfectly.
138. to labour in love, to toil in tenderness.
139. your love will always be rooted deeper than any grave.
140. you've long seen your downfall spelled out in another's bones.
141. the victor spoils, the loser learns.
142. the body is rot waiting to happen.
143. you will have never loved for nothing.
144. the aftermath of your life affords you three real options: obscurity, legend, or horror story.
145. whatever i am may not be good, but it's me. and i gotta be me.
146. the dead don't care if you played pious.
147. if people were considered as faceted as precious stones, you would find them more beautiful.
148. i need you to care about anything. i need you to care about me.
149. you could live with indifference or claw at your heart, the responsibility for both rests on your shoulders.
150. the unjust is not always ugly.
151. the truth is not your concern to bear alone.
152. you could think yourself better, but you know yourself worse.
153. there are "smarter" ways to cope but they'll never be as fun.
154. your word is only your bond if they catch you.
155. there are no potions or poisons like you.
156. you will reach out, touch, find nothing empty.
generic secular december challenge.
2. plan, freedom, sharp
3. business, giving, wash
4. sick, showoff, wildlife
5. dog, cake, earth
6. safe, shop, cave
7. toy, flight, outside
8. smoke, time, fruit
9. humanity, green, pure
10. universe, library, animal
11. right, climb, phone
12. cooking, neutral, lost
13. safe, military, found
14. air, cat, tea
15. child, hate, chocolate
16. TV, share, bend
17. speak, drink, loud
18. field, ghost, clean
19. send, old, used
20. game, poetry, stand
21. wait, peak, music
22. before, light, quiet
23. fiction, family, change
24. egg, winter, spoken
25. joke, sweet, new
26. risk, thanks, why
27. nostalgia, hello, captive
28. country, open, hunt
29. deadline, cry, stay
30. feast, end, continue
31. celebrate, heal, honour
march challenge
2. book
3. well-wishes
4. war
5. indulgence
6. blue
7. origin
8. daylight
9. pink
10. jump
11. dream
12. drink
13. blame
14. river
15. cat
16. kiss
17. camp
18. parent
19. child
20. alien
21. memory
22. water
23. hot
24. truth
25. new
26. purple
27. field
28. dark
29. smoke
30. pirate
31. money
marchenwings
2. The empty landscape observed itself.
3. No method is perfect, he said, but perfection is always unlovable. What we love are blemishes.
4. But do my words ring in anyone else’s soul? Does anyone hear them besides me?
5. We are oaks — we grow in the openings side by side.
6. —so, yes: joy
7. The saccharine sweet of the concentrate combined with the chemical menthol sugar-free cherry burned as it went down, and then it salted the wounds.
8. Now entering a town with a four digit population. The gas station is adorned with thousands of wind chimes. There is no wind.
9. “Forests have secrets,” he said gently. “It’s practially what they’re for. To hide things. To separate one world from another.”
10. But when I lean over the chasm of myself — it seems my God is dark and like a web: a hundred roots silently drinking.
11. So the being grows rings; identity becomes robust
12. The forest is full of the sound of tears.
13. The mountains were fragrant with pine and honey.
14.
things the wings do15. I want to raise up the magic world all round me and live strongly and quietly there.
16. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others.
17. Green as fresh emeralds. Green as remembered rivers.
18. Your ghost remains upright in my memory, while your skeleton is in the earth.
19. Midsummer Eve, strange, pale night, you always awaken that memory, the memory that is really the only one I have, the only one that remains when everything else recedes, turns to dust, and disappears.
20. names related to butterflies, moths, and fireflies
21. There was a lovely scent of young summer in the air, a happy blend of pine, and primrose, and rhododendron, and the salty, pungent, muddy smell of a bubbling ebb-tide.
22. And looking up, she saw above the thin trees the pulse of the full-throbbing star, and
23. perhaps soon i will bring you here, and we can sit in the grass and be tender all day
24. First, the pulse of colour flooded the bay with blue, and the heart expanded with it and the body swam, only the next instant to be checked and chilled by the prickly blackness of the ruffled waves.
25. (for she was in love with them all, in love with this world)
26. With stars in her eyes and veils in her hair, with cyclamen and wild violets—
27. Mine is the moon who commands to the tides, the pale queen of white nights and hybrids, of moods.
28. ISMENE: you are a person in love with the impossible. ANTIGONE: and when my strength is gone I’ll stop.
29. MEDVIEDENKO : They love one another, and their two souls will unite to-night in the effort to interpret the same idea by different means.
30. How cruel, how profoundly tender.
31. I seemed to hold two lives—the life of thought, and that of reality; and, provided the former was nourished with a sufficiency of the strange necromantic joys of fancy, the privileges of the latter might remain limited to daily bread, hourly work, and a roof of shelter.
32. —electrified by desire so that they touch not touching. Conjoined they are held apart.
33. There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others.
34. —the tears unkissed stand in our eyes.
35.
They went out laughing into the warm soft night, and the magic was about them everywhere.36. I have dreamt in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.
37. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
38. You want nothing but patience—or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
39. There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee.
40. We’d come so close, do you see, that I wouldn’t be surprised out of myself every time you touched.
41. But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment.
42. What a fool you must be, said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self.
43. In this novel, love goes through measured, calculated pain in order to be deserved.
44. This is the wrong story, she thinks to herself, clutching her leather satchel tighter, but she doesn’t know what the right story is.
45. if it makes you glad to be alive then it’s not silly.
46. but what that means to me is that somewhere, in an older universe, the night sky looks like a tapestry of diamonds. somewhere darkness is pale white and glittering.
47. she may be queen one day, and if she cannot comfort six mourning children, how will she rule a nation?
48. She is not honest as a virtue, but as a vice.
49. What if princeing falls through?
50. with the realization that his hint-giving generosity has taught me how to give hints to others myself
51. when we imagine princesses, they always cry daintily.
52. her princes saw her and pretended to be scared off by dragons.
53. biting a great deal more than she should
54. The time for kindness is gone. Unearth the hatchet and get to sharpening.
55. like, the sound of hell opening up isn’t exactly a slurp-pop, but it does sound a lot like the way my seventh grade math teacher’s tongue used to sound when she was about to make a harsh comment about my homework.
56. i want to be so kind it echoes backwards in time and undoes the things that hurt you.
57. that you have angered one who is slow to anger, that you have incurred a wrath not easily woken
58. What was happening to you wasn’t love.
59. She left the fairy mound, an infant in each arm, and brought them home.
60. and humans are capable of growing quite old and acting quite noble and being quite strange themselves
61. in search of a youth and an eternity that might’ve existed fifty years ago, but not now.
62. hope–that radiant star which lifts and tosses everything with its gravity, distorting time and space into the most unusual shapes—you never thought it would get like this.
63. the first night is ugly.
64. how to know when someone hates you by the way they smile
65. the good quiet wonder of regular mornings with laundry and matching socks
66. a secret just welled up in my throat
67. concept: it is raining flowers
68. sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her
69. may the bridges i burn light the way
70. they see life as an inside joke
71. swans are the devil’s geese.
72. the ocean, who loves you
73. i am a real person somehow
74. no glorious battle this, but one of fear and wretched survival.
75. He was tall and he gangled.
76. They were never going to change. You did the right thing.
77. i keep anger in my breastbone
78. You’re not sure it ends.
79. a very pointed dearth of swords or spears or knives
80. OH! I BETTER BUY HIM SOME CHOCOLATE!
81. i have the beginnings of something but i need a gentler middle, and some assurance of an unbent ending.
82. maybe you will be the person who makes the sky blush.
83. fairydust and rubies, magic and gold.
84. concept: i say everything i ever wanted to say. they listen to me. they hear me.
85. I will love the me that survives
86. a horrible crunching sound
87. one day these stories will be about you.
88. “If I can’t save humanity,” pondered the machine, “I suppose I could save the next best thing.”
89. there was always a very small delay between something happening and her smile, as if she had to remind herself to pull the strings, and it was agonizing.
90. sometimes she lives at half-resolution.
91. with rot in our ribs, with sour on our tongues, with weakness in our backbones
92. enough kindness for even half an orange
93. Don’t go, unless you can’t help yourself.
94. If this is the end of all things.
95. a terrible, human sadness
96.
But at least you die at home.97. “You can’t hear me,” she says quietly, “because you won’t.”
98. like there are doors that need to open
99. The fairies are old as the stars. But not older.
100. a stardust name
dumb ways to die
2. Poke a stick at a grizzly bear
3. Eat medicine that's out of date
4. Use your private parts as piranha bait
5. Get your toast out with a fork
6. Do your own electrical work
7. Teach yourself how to fly
8. Eat a two-week-old un-refrigerated pie
9. Invite a psycho-killer inside
10. Scratch a drug dealer's brand new ride
11. Take your helmet off in outer space
12. Use a clothes dryer as a hiding place
13. Keep a rattlesnake as a pet
14. Sell both your kidneys on the Internet
16. Eat a tube of superglue
17. "I wonder, what's this red button do?"
18. Dress up like a moose during hunting season
19. Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason
20. Stand on the edge of a train station platform
21. Drive around the boom gates at a level crossing
22. Run across the tracks between the platforms
write the story
2. A Family Mystery Uncovered
3. Drama In and Out Of the Lab
4. Chasing the Enemy
5. An Unexpected Union
6. A Lunch Date Gone Wrong
7. Business as UNusual
8. The Year is 2563...
9. Friends on the Town
10. Today at the Amusement Park
11. A Day in the Life
12. The Last Moment of Childhood
13. Wrapping Up a Business Trip
14. A Couple on a Cruise
15. Unsolved Mystery
16. Magic Interferes In New Orleans
17. A Romantic Scene in an Unromantic Place
18. On a Quest
19. The Supernatural Invades the Everyday
20. A Journalist Crosses the Line
21. Big Time Deals in the Big City
22. A Scientist Makes an Unexpected Discovery
23. Students Take on a Challenge
24. Office Intrigue in the Future
25. Political Machinations
26. History Rewritten
27. On the Campaign Trail
28. The Problems of Celebrities
29. Tension in Suburbia
30. The Gala Event of the Season
31. The Love of Each Other's Lives
32. A Much Needed Vacation
33. First Love
34. Circus Performers are People, Too
35. A Bartender's Best Night Ever
36. A Small, Local Political Race
37. A New Love Blooms In Old Age
38. A Family-Run Farm
39. A Support Group Meeting
40. Behind the Scenes at the Theater
41. On Main Street in a Small Town
42. Running Away From Change
43. A Police Investigation
44. A Woman's First Day in a Convent
45. A Fishing Trip
46. Living with a Chronic Illness
47. Doctors Off Duty
48. Two Best Friends are Baristas
49. A Middle Class Family Doing Its Best
50. An Intern Meets Someone For Lunch
51. A Babysitter Snoops and Finds Something Unexpected
52. A Fortune Cookie Comes True
53. Having the Boss Over For Dinner
54. A Camping Trip in Which No One Has Ever Been Camping Before
55. The Night Before Graduation
56. A Strange Proposition From a Stranger
57. A Mysterious Package
58. Fired From a Long-Term Job
59. A New Take on the Arthurian Legend
60. Anonymous Gifts Start Arriving at the Doorstep
61. Mash Up Two Classic Fairy Tales into One Story
62. A Missionary in a Remote Village
63. A Teenager Whose Parents Have Unwelcome News
64. A Shooting in a Public Place
65. Picking Up a Hitchhiker
66. Selling a Childhood Home
67. A Wild Animal Loose in the House
68. A Midlife Career Change
69. A Ghost Story
70. The Main Character Thinks He or She is About to Get Fired
71. A Coastal Town in New England is Full of Crazy Characters
72. A Haunted House
73. Something Bad is About to Happen, But Nobody Believes the Main Character
74. A Writer With Noisy Neighbors
75. Newlyweds on Their Honeymoon
76. The Main Character Goes on a Trip Alone to Gain Perspective
77. A Character With OCD in the Worst Possible Situation
78. An Alien in Disguise Among Humans
79. A Young Child Makes a Discovery
80. High School Hierarchy
81. The Main Character has Amnesia
82. The Early Days of the Zombie Apocalypse
83. Adult Friends on Vacation in the Tropics
84. The Main Character Thwarts Traditional Gender Roles
85. Memory Editing Wreaks Havoc
86. A Tour Guide in the Florida Keys
87. A Dystopian Glimpse of the Future
88. A Letter Changes Everything
89. Getting Away with Murder
90. A Sales Manager Has Had Enough
91. Something Believed to be Myth is Very Real
92. Based on a True Story
93. Reliving Childhood Memories as an Adult
94. A Story Pulled From Today's Headlines and Rewritten
95. The Villain is Really the Hero
96. The Main Character Has Woken Up Missing One of the Five Senses
97. A Story Told Through Emails
98. Parents Solve a Problem Together
99. An Alligator on the Loose
100. Magic in Everyday Occurrences
101. A Story That Takes Place in One Room
102. An Unexpected Visitor Shakes Things Up
103. A Hairdresser Received a Shocking Confession from a Customer
104. War on Foreign Soil
105. A Conversation Between Artists
106. A Dinner Party
107. A Night at the Opera
108. A Suspected Affair
109. Conspiracy Theorists Convention
110. The Main Character Witnesses a Crime
111. The Loss of a Loved One
112. A Lucky Break
113. Tumultuous Soulmates are on Opposite Sides of a Conflict
114. An Interrupted Journey
115. A Hike Through the Woods
116. The Best Night the Main Character Won't Remember
117. An Anthropoligist at a Costume Party
118. A Crime Scene
119. A Countdown
120. A Child's Dream Literally Comes True
121. Stranded in a Foreign City
122. A Spy on the Job
123. In the Middle of a Long, Cold Winter
124. Something Valuable Has Been Stolen
125. A Famous Fictional Character in the Wrong Story
126. A Talented Musician Struggles to Make It Big
127. A Family Gathering on a Holiday
128. The Main Character Ignored the Warning Label
129. Conversation on a Train
130. The Phone Rings at Three A.M.
131. The Characters Are Aware That They're Fictional
132. Two People Who Hate Each Other Have to Cooperate
133. The Story Begins at a Funeral
134. Five People from Completely Different Backgrounds Seated Together
135. Time Travel
136. Someone is Hiding in the Linen Closet
137. A Deal with the Devil
138. A Priest Hearing a Unique Confession
139. The Main Character Is Startled Awake By...
140. Escaping a Natural Disaster
141. A Blind Date
142. A Hermit is Forced to Go to a Crowded Place
143. Caught in the Rain
144. A Couple Who Married Young
145. A Myth That Explains a Common Natural Occurrence
146. A Nasty Rumor
147. A Lifelong Bachelor Visiting Married Friends
148. A Mistake That Costs Someone's Life
149. A Good Reason to be Afraid of the Dark
150. Alone on a Deserted Island
151. A Fairy Tale in a Faraway Land
152. The Main Character Gets Rejected
153. A Divorced Couple is Stuck Together
154. An Anniversary Party
155. A Difficult Decision
156. The Cast of a Broadway Show
157. A Summer Job
158. Grandparents Acting Like Children
159. Keeping a Promise
160. Ten People in a Blackout
161. Shenanigans on a Movie Set
162. A Coup at a Secret Base
163. Halloween Night in a Hospital
164. A Comedy of Errors
165. An Amateur Film Competition
166. An EMT Jinxes Him/Herself by Hoping for a Quiet Shift
167. Last Call at a Bar in a Big City
168. A Creature Feature in Present Day
169. The Crew of a Commercial Fishing Boat
170. A Single Parent Solves a Problem
171. Blast from the Past
172. A Dog Walked in Washington, D.C.
173. An Interview on Live TV
174. It's a Setup!
175. Be Careful What You Wish For
176. A Harebrained Scheme
177. Starting Over in a New Place
178. Tea Time in an English Inn
179. Right Under Their Noses
180. Cleaning the Attic Brings Back Memories
181. A Hostage Situation
182. The New Chef's First Day on the Job
183. An Object Found in the Trash
184. A New Life on a New Planet
185. An Encounter at Sea
186. A New Customer Walks into the Shop
187. The Day Two Lifelong Friends Met
188. A Team Comes Together
189. A Fan Fiction Writers' Group Meeting
190. A Cabaret Singer's Night Off
191. Revisiting a Fond Memory
192. A Second Chance
193. Scientists Are Never Off Duty
194. Nerds in a Heated Argument
195. The Closing Arguments of a Big Case
196. Retired Veterans Telling Their War Stories
197. Old Friends Meet Over Coffee
198. Follow the Main Character Through a Day with no Dialog or Direct Interactions
199. A Wedding Reception With Hundreds of Guests
200. The Hottest Day of the Year
let's game it out
2. This Zoo Is 100% Pure Havoc
3. People Order Pizza and I Deliver Torment
4. I Built a Kingdom of Suffering Where Nobody is Safe
5. I Used an Entire Kingdom to Torment One Person
6. I Abducted Everyone's Pets and Ruined the Neighborhood
7. I Built a Prison Where Being Alive is Optional
8. I Became a Millionaire by Only Shoplifting
9. I Built a 600 Meter Human Cannon That Ends All Existence
10. I Built an Unethical Zoo ON THE MOON
11. I Used VR to Terrorize Gods and NPCs
12. I Ruined an Entire Town with My Torture Tavern
13. I Kidnapped an Entire Town with My Glitched Out Arcade
14. Becoming the #1 Youtuber by Exploiting Everyone
15. I Built a Sadistic Rec Center That Experiments on People
16. I Built an Unstoppable Tourist Hell That Broke All Pilots
17. I Created a Sentient Colony of Lunatic Seagulls
18. I Solved City Disasters by Using Human Sacrifices
19. Meet the Worst Trained Police, Firefighters, and Medics Ever
20. I Built a Railway System Literally Through a Mountain and Into Hell
21. I'm a Lunatic Chef That Cooks Food Using Explosives
22. What Normal People Turn Into When Stranded on a Subway Platform
23. I Became a Multimillionaire in 1 Year by Tormenting the Police
24. I Became an Amazing Author While Being Held in Captivity
25. Tech Support Maniac Goes Spyware Crazy
26. I Lost $1,007,905 Selling Shirts for Serial Killers
27. This Factory Exists to Make You Question Life
28. I Run a Post Office That is Clearly Purgatory
29. Buff Psychopath Accidentally Becomes a Drug Dealer
30. I'm a Blacksmith That Only Makes Erotic Swords
31. We Accidentally Sucked Earth Into a Black Hole
32. Finding the Best Way to Stop Hipsters Forever
33. Jerk Aliens Broke Our Afterlife, We're Getting Even
34. What Happens When You Love Furniture TOO Much
35. Stole Spaceship, Littered in Space Like a Jerk