[WP] You are a genie, set free by a benevolent master who wished for your freedom. Nowadays, you wander the world. Although your powers have somewhat weakened, you try your best to secretly grant wishes for those that you deem worthy of getting one.
[WP] Fantasy stories often have a talking sword or grimoire. You, a modern-day teenager, were endowed with a talking, fully sentient familiar that assumes the shape of a smartphone to justify always being around you. How will you navigate the perils of freshman year with a sassy phone by your side?
[WP] Twelve years ago you and your enemy swore to return to this place and finish it once and for all. Having trained to become a master fighter, you return to the designated meeting place only to discover that you have severely misunderstood what your enemy meant by ‘finishing it once and for all’.
[WP] You fall asleep in the occult section of your local library. When you wake up, your electronic watch reads ‘25:78’ and there’s a bird frozen in mid-flight outside the window.
[WP] You’ve finally found it… the secret toothpaste that is recommended by the remaining one dentist from the Council of Ten.
[CW] Smash 'Em Up Sunday: Mad Libs VII
[WP] Millions of years after the fall of mankind, trees become sapient creatures. As their civilisation becomes akin to our 21st century society, they discover artefacts from human civilisation. This discovery changes them forever…
[WP] A brilliant but impoverished scientist accidentally ends up being accepted to teach at a university for wizards. Desperate to pay off his debts, the scientist must pretend to teach magic, while actually teaching science.
[WP] For centuries, the secret tunnel system owned by the Vatican that runs below Europe has been sealed shut. According to legend, the colossal structure was built with demonic forces… Now you, an excommunicated priest, have been assigned task of investigating these tunnels… none have ever returned
[WP] Mermaids are the women thrown overboard by superstitious sailors, saved and altered by the sea's magic. They lure ships onto rocks for vengeance, singing with husky voices from throats that remember the sting of inhaled saltwater.
[WP] We first played hide-and-seek 3 years ago. I haven’t been found since then.
[WP] Four years ago you opened a fortune cookie that simply read "Don't panic", and since that day you gained notoriety for your unbelievable acts of bravery. You just opened a fortune cookie that reads "Reach for the stars".
[WP] Your servants betrayed you, enchanted you and buried you in a stone sarcophagus. Eternity later, the light blinds you, a strange speech sounds in your ears: "Look, a completely untouched mummy! This is the discovery of the century!"
Update on the state of the sub
On this day in 1941 Nazi Germany began a massive invasion of the Soviet Union
Welcome to the sub!
My Thoughts on Wednesday 5/26/2021 :)
Hi! I just started a subreddit for the Bradbury challenge — 1 short story, 1 essay, and 1 poem to read each day of the week. I couldn't find anyone else making a resource for this famous writer's challenge, so I decided to make a sub out of it. Come check us out :)
I just started a subreddit for the Bradbury challenge — 1 short story, 1 essay, and 1 poem to read each day of the week. I couldn't find anyone else making a resource for this famous writer's challenge, so I decided to make a sub out of it. Come check us out :)
Wednesday 26/05/21
LitPrep Week 1 - 24.05 - 30.05
Ever-growing list of resources
