#167: Mind Yourself
Do you sometimes feel like you spend a lot of your time in a fictional reality that has little to do with the real world? From cooking up imaginary scenarios about what we could, should, or would have said,’ to overthinking the smallest of incidents that happened years ago, our minds can make us feel incredibly powerful one minute, and equally helpless the next. These tricks our minds play can change our perceptions of both ourselves and the people around us.
This week’s prompts are inspired by the creativity of the mind — and the worlds we construct in our own heads (with both positive and negative consequences).
This week's prompts
Start your story with a daydream sequence, before snapping back to reality.
High School – 63 stories
Set your story inside a character’s mind, literally.
Fantasy – 58 stories
Write a story about someone who thinks their life is a romcom and they’re the protagonist.
High School – 15 stories
Write a story about a character who can’t tell what’s real and what’s not.
Horror – 80 stories
Stories
“What We Want to be Real” by Madison Eccleton
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“Battles of the Mind” by Sky S
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“Ticket, Please ” by Gloria Bartone
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“The Universe According to Mary Anne Mickiewiczs (With Apologies to James Thurber)” by Kathryn Minicozzi
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“Please, Just Save Me” by Ash Tenebris
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“Mortal Danger” by Dawn Kaltenbaugh
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“Dream Sequence - Rock and Roll Band” by Christine Reding
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“A Monsterous Thing, Fashioned in a Cruel Furnace” by Jaydon Brown
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“The Hot Dog Killer” by Lucille Caspian
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“What Could Have Been” by Samael Lynch
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“Elevator Game” by Holly Gilbert
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“Up in Smoke” by Jessica Hilborn
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“Tiny Anxiety” by LisaMarie Goddard
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“One Last Time?” by Christa Dor
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$250
Prize money
232
Contest entries
96
Stories
Ended on 23:59 - Oct 14, 2022 EST
Won by Lucy Joyce 🏆
Title: Adelaide's Cemetery
Submissions must be between 1,000 - 3,000 words and will be approved and published on Reedsy Prompts within 7 days of the contest closing.
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