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#8: Off on an Adventure

Life is an adventure — especially when you read adventure books! Let's be honest, not many of us have gone on exciting and harrowing voyages across mighty seas. But we can when we read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Or we can go an epic journey through space just by flipping through the pages of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. A commute to work, a lazy Sunday afternoon, or a spare hour before bed can all become a grand adventure with the right book.

In case you haven't already guessed, this week's writing prompts all challenge you to write about adventure! And if you need a little extra inspiration, check out our list of the 100 best adventure books — and feel free to let me know what books you think are missing!

This week's prompts

Write a story about an adventure on the water.

Adventure – 36 stories

Write a story about an adventure in the desert.

Adventure – 23 stories

Write a story about an adventure in space.

Science Fiction – 28 stories

Write a story about an adventure on a shipwrecked island.

Adventure – 23 stories

Write a story about an adventure in a small town.

Adventure – 63 stories

Stories

“Streaming Sunlight” by Chalinor Lillico

Submitted to Contest #8

The clear black of space felt endless and out of reach, but he had worked hard to get there. The astronaut turned the latch and the door hissed open onto the blackness. Deep shadows echoed back from the floating rocks around him. What stories they would tell, if only he could take just a sample back to Earth. The astronaut took a step out of the shuttle door and onto the porous surface of the asteroid and shuttered. It was not due to the emptiness of space, but because he had no way of knowing what he would face on the space rock.&nbsp...

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“Immortal” by Shruti Bhutada

Submitted to Contest #8

It was the human desire for longevity that birthed me. Without a body and without a face, I exist as long as matter exists, as far as matter exists. I wasn't always this way though. Many years ago, or was it decades? Maybe it could have been centuries. Time doesn't flow straight for me so I cannot tell. But long, long ago, I had a form. I had skin the color of caramel. Although you may not know what skin is or what caramel is since you don't know what food is. Maybe imagine the rocks of mars but duller? Like the blood was drained from them. ...

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“The Adventures of Cane Greenwall” by Jacob Goldberg

Submitted to Contest #8

Cane Greenwall’s reality came into existence at the exact moment his head thumped against the bottom of a raft. He attempted to stand, trying to gain his barring’s, which caused a loss of balance and resulted in a trip into a tepid body of water. Panicked, he swam back to the vessel and flopped over its edge. Taking a moment to breathe, he then propped himself up on his elbows. He saw nothing but barren sea around him. The ship he was thrown off was nowhere to be found. Cane sat clutching his knees thinking about the mutiny that had ju...

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“I, Florida Man” by Robert Mattin

Submitted to Contest #8

There are a few moments in one’s life where you are offered the opportunity to really reflect on the choices you make and how they affect your current standing, be it good or bad, thin or flush. While I am not one to, as a rule, externalize the circumstances that lead to a particular destination I can say with full honesty of thought that this is not my fault. How then, you might ask yourself, my dear reader, did you come to find yourself stark naked, standing in a swamp, holding your severed thumb in a plastic sandwich bag in one hand ...

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“Rosek” by Alexander Ferrick

Submitted to Contest #8

The smell of salt hung heavy in the air, and the wooden deck pitched sharply beneath my feet. This was it, I thought. This was how it would end. In the sky the clouds were heavy and dark. They seemed almost to sag under the burden of the coming rain, and the sea was rising to meet them, as if the two collections of water could sense each other and longed to be reunited. A raindrop hit my face. Their reunion would come soon enough. The ship lurched beneath me again, in a different direction this time, and nearly sent me tumbling. I grabb...

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“Marly's Misadventure” by Jasmine Shouse

Submitted to Contest #8

“Make yourself useful and get up to the crow’s nest,” Darius growled, pushing a metal tube towards Marly. A heavy hand reddened by the sun threatened to cuff the smaller figure. Marly took a hasty step backwards nearly tripping on the rope coiled at the base of the mast, much to the amusement of the other deckhands. Quickly regaining her footing, Marly moved to the mast, still a little unsteady with the ship’s sway on the water. She tucked the spyglass into the waistband of her britches and started up the ladder. The journey up was na...

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“Mom and Dad and Me” by Daniel Ott

Submitted to Contest #8

Mom and Dad have gone out to 'shop' as they like to call it but I know what it's really called, scavenging. They leave me at the shelter to braid more rope. We can never have enough rope, Dad says. I'm good at it, I'm quick and smooth. I'm good with knots, too, so I can make the ropes as long as I want. Sometimes I braid ropes faster than they bring me the palm leaves. I also know what those are called, fronds. When I finish the pile I have beside me, I chew on a too-short piece and watch the ocean, making sure the hot coals beside me don't ...

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“The Pirates!” by Wesley CARUSO

Submitted to Contest #8

There were once two pirates, the first pirate was named William. William and his crew were not traditional pirates, they always tried to do what is right, thus earning the name “Williams Willful” across the side of their ship. Penelope was the second pirate, everyone on her ship “Penelope’s Prestige” were the meanest and most dishonest bunch of sea rats the world had ever seen. One of the good things about Penelope’s crew, however, was that they were extremely loyal to her. Being that William was a good man, most people would wonder as to wh...

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“Midnight After Halloween” by Samantha Chevez

Submitted to Contest #8

It was past midnight and I couldn't sleep. I looked at the half open window of my bedroom. A good run doesn't sound so bad right now. Maybe it'll tire me out and help me sleep. I swung my legs over the bed. I exchanged my PJs for sportswear. I was ready in three minutes. But I still needed my earbuds, I thought as I turned— I screamed. I hadn't heard the stranger in the clown mask crawling in through my window. There was a stranger in my bedroom! Luckily, I kept a bat underneath my bed. Just in case....

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“Adventure under the sea” by Carmelita Haynes

Submitted to Contest #8

Adventure under the sea.It was that time again. Cleaning time. I was at Grape field watching the ocean come and go. My grandma had sent me. “Go and get me some sea water and some sea moss girl” she said. I always forget to ask her why the sea moss was so important. The sea water I understood. We used that all the time to clean the house for the new year and about this time of year. I never understood why it had to be sea water. But we don’t question our parents or grandparents when they ask us to do something. I had two big contai...

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“Nebula in the Deep” by John Popovich

Submitted to Contest #8

Her muscles seemed to tense with every chime of the warning alerts; proximity, fire, and power failure alarms each ringing in their own distinct tone and pattern. As the captain called out for a report on every station the voices went from stern and confident, to shouting and chaotic. Venturing into the cerulean and fuchsia mixed cloud, the crew of the ISS Condor had no idea what to expect. The observation windows were useless as the clouds covered the ship like thick cream. The current of plasma that comprised the beautiful anomaly clung t...

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“Land of the Wanted: Journey to Mt. Kestler” by Ashlyn Feld -

Submitted to Contest #8

You made it out of my fiery realm of death I see. Good progress. Get off your butts and keep moving. To retrieve the next key, you must cross the river, and hike up Mt Kestler. Use your knives.I placed the instructions back into my pack and took out my knife. I slung my bag over my shoulders. “Ready Seth?” I asked, gesturing him to hop on my back. “I sure am!” He replied, grinning even bigger. Jessica helped him stand, and helped him onto my back. We started walking, but I stopped in my tracks. “How are we gonna get across the river?” I aske...

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“The Death and Life of Moisha David” by Tony Hall

Submitted to Contest #8

"Moisha, keep close, don't stray too far," his father, Yosef David, said."I won't, Papa. Just going next door to the barber shop to visit my friend, Uri."Moisha and his father worked at the bakery in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland. His mother, along with all the other women, had been deported to a different settlement camp last month. Currently, the ghetto numbered about 60,000 Jews squeezed into a one square mile area.Entering Able's Barber Shop, Moisha was alarmed to see about thirty men jammed into the room, all armed with handguns, knives, ...

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“Lady Elvira” by Pauline Breatnach

Submitted to Contest #8

Lady Elvira walked along the path on the Manor's western wing. April with the pinkish, white cherry blossoms was her favourite time of year. Mama, Marquess Anne, had already departed the Manor for her weekly visit to the Dowager. Papa, Marquis Edward, had his usual Wednesday meeting at the bank. Reaching the Manor's exit gate, Elvira turned left towards the local village of Cliffdale, that was situated close to the seashore. She felt a frisson of excitement. Just a mere fifty souls inhabited Cliffdale. The blacksmith, Mr York, already h...

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“Where?” by Colin Devonshire

Submitted to Contest #8

“Ni, Khun och!”“What?”My head felt like a wasp’s nest, large, noisy and thumping with activity. The man was not happy; He was pointing to the bus's door; It seemed a light year away in the distance. “Where am I?He grunted, I was none the wiser, and in no state to push this any further. Wobbling to my feet and making my way juddering to the front. There were no other passengers, no luggage.“Did I have a bag? Must have?”Turning, “Bag?”A shrug was the answer, he glared as I peered at the back seat. The reason for his unfriendly behaviour b...

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