[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?
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[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’.
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[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.
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[WP] You’ve finally found it… the secret toothpaste that is recommended by the remaining one dentist from the Council of Ten.
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[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…
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[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.
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[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
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Ever-growing list of resources
A weekly list of short stories, poems, and essays to read based on the Bradbury Challenge. It's like meal prepping, but for literature!
