INKsters Virtual Literary Salon Competitive Writing
Daily Prompts Text Only Version for May 2009
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1st
Uncomfortable
Describe a time when some scary people made you
uncomfortable.
Returning
He was angry and on his way back to the place where he'd
bought ...
2nd
Academia
What is your magical faraway land?
Next Up
She could see the storm coming and ...
3rd
Jail Break
So how are you going to bust out?
Bathing Day
The appearance of the lighted orb caused him to leap from
the bathtub and ...
4th
Locals
Tell a travel story where some of the locals played an
important role.
Arrival
Only a few hundred yards of sand stood between her and the
enemy compound where she planned to .,.
5th
Manna
Money falls into your backyard from heaven. You're now
unimaginably wealthy. What are your first moves?
Laughing Monkey
One watched in 3D, one listened in stereophonic sound, but
the laughing monkey ...
6th
Senses
You've left your senses. What will you do?
Pathway
She thought she heard somebody say, "I wouldn't go down
that way," and yet ...
7th
Gasoline
Tell a story about your worst car ever.
Campfire
Things went so well until he asked her to pose for a photo
by the fire and then ...
8th
Moon
You're standing on the moon. Your cell phone rings. Who is
it and what do they want?
Igloo
Finding the igloo in the frozen forest was one more
important step in putting an end to ...
9th
Recent Events
In light of recent events, what are you afraid you're going
to have to do?
Waiting
She tried to be patient while waiting on the front porch
that morning, but ...
10th
Peeping Tom
What goes on in your neighborhood?
Swinger
She should have enjoyed the garden swing, but the longer she
sat there ...
11th
Attorneys
Go ahead. Tell your attorney story.
Vampire
They'd wanted her to take vampiring seriously, but even when
they called her into the committee, she ...
12th
Time Machine
You have a time machine and can go back into time. What
would you go back to fix or relive?
Tropicana
The sign on the front of the building couldn't have been
more deceiving and ...
13th
Eden
You're in the Garden of Eden. What will you do first?
Kneeling
He knelt down, but the real surprise was ...
14th
Costco
What would you like to buy in bulk?
Zombie
She wasn't going to wear those old rags anymore, so ...
15th
Replacement
When are you a bull and when are you an ostrich?
Homecoming
She stood outside the house marveling at the changes they'd
made, but she knew the facade ...
16th
Muscle
What would you need to do to improve your outlook?
Hey You
She approached him thinking she knew him, but ...
17th
Assistant
Tell a story about why your assistant disappeared and where
she may have gone.
The Tower
He climbed and climbed and climbed hoping ...
18th
Doing Nothing
What are you doing nothing about?
Car Fire
"Well this is really going to make me late for work,"
she thought staring at ...
19th
Stuck
People are in your way. How will you get them to move?
Vacant
The court should have been crowded by dozens of local boys,
but ...
20th
High School Star
Warehouse District
He slammed the jeep into park in the abandoned part of town
and ...
21st
Downtown
What information do you have the cops need?
Overseer
From his vantage point, he plotted ...
22nd
First Things First
What are your first things?
Waiting
He felt overdressed and awkward waiting there when he should
have felt ...
23rd
YouTube
Who is your favorite YouTube star and why?
Cologne
She didn't want to meet him at the cathedral, but she didn't
listen to her own instincts and ...
24th
Dating
Tell your ugly date story please.
Abandoned
The new robots made the old robots obsolete so many went
into hiding and ...
25th
Kidnapping
Who would pay the ransom if you were kidnapped? Why would
somebody take you?
Black Widow
She hated the stereotypes about female black widows so much
she planned to ...
26th
Leak
You've sprung a leak. Now what?
Fenced Out
The wall between them meant ...
27th
Obscurity
What are you going to do to become famous?
Tree House
He could see them in the tree house even though they'd been
told to stay out, and so ...
28th
TV Dinner
What shows do you watch while eating?
Whoa!
Jumping on the bed was forbidden, and now he began to
understand why, because ...
29th
Happy
Are you happy or asymptomatic?
After Dark
As the sun disappeared in the west, he knew the night would
bring ...
30th
Compromise
Are you living a life of quiet desperation or are you living
a life in the fast lane?
Tuned In
He'd never seen electronic devices like these and he knew
immediately they could be used for ...
31st
Hedge Fund
Which criminal would you like to implicate?
Window
The light being cast from the window seemed all wrong to him
and he suspected it meant ...