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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

“Thanks to Quackers” by Christine Hungerford

Submitted to Contest #8

I walked from the beach shore up to my makeshift bed—a hammock made of palm branches and bamboo sticks. It wasn’t the most comfortable, but I was grateful I didn’t have to sleep on the sand. I was physically tired, but, more importantly, I was tired of this island. This place had been my home for the past twelve days, where I studied, did homework, ate fish and other seafood, slept in my hammock and waited for the day I would get out of here alive. I was losing hope fast tonight. I was sure that no one would rescue me. I was feel...

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“Hell of a Time” by Rick Pascal

Submitted to Contest #8

Rick Pascal (2019)38-35 Brookside AvenueFair Lawn, NJ 07410H (201) 791-9526C (201) 208-7191rickpas@optonline.net (Approx. 2060 words)Hell of a Time Father Gregory smiled as he gazed out upon his Sunday morning flock. It was an unusually hot day for early June, not yet summer but already the temperature in the heartland was pushing ninety degrees. Many of the women were swishing home-made fans in front of thei...

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“When night made me Knight” by Prasoon Jain

Submitted to Contest #8

I am unable to forget that night when we tried to became a knight but the opponent was invisible.It was a cold December night, very cold and dark night me and vicky (my maternal uncle) were scrolling the pen in the note book and were enough excited for a night study first time in the lifetime, it was also an adventure for us.The blankets were covering us like skin and we were feeling like a tortoise as it hide himself into his hard hat.The place was the big house of my Maternal Grandpa and it has around 14 rooms and 4 floors the mid portion ...

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“The old Whittaker House” by Daniel Ott

Submitted to Contest #8

Dex skidded around the corner of the building and bounced off the bulk of the local overweight Sheriff, Sheriff Woods. Dex's glasses and Sheriff Woods' chocolate glazed and rainbow sprinkled doughnut both went crashing to the pavement. Dex screamed when he hit the sagging belly of authority and quickly dropped to his knees, searching for his sight. Sheriff Woods sighed and grumbled to himself, lamenting the wasted second half of his precious treat, "Stupid kids, always causing trouble." Dex found his glasses and stood up, breathlessly apolog...

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“Mission: Moonlight Adventure” by Chastity Rylan

Submitted to Contest #8

The engine purrs. Intake hisses as the beast whips around the winding road. Wind tousles with her chestnut-colored hair.Moonlight leads the way to an empty pasture. Lightening bugs fly through the open air. Meghane pressed the brake pedal to the floor and shifted to park.She jumps out of the convertible and spins around. Honeysuckle permeates the air. Humidity frizzes her hair more so. Meghane made her way towards the center of the field and lays back on the soft grass.The small town illuminates the night’s sky as the pasture sits on a high ...

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“Brianna” by Bethany Robertson

Submitted to Contest #8

“I think we have to be getting near," Nicole says. She speaks loudly, as if volume will make her words more true. I can tell by the way that she is tapping her hand against the steering wheel that she is not feeling as confident as she wants to sound. I do not blame her. The darkness is oppressive on the car around us, and we can not see past her oldsmobile's dim headlights. These country roads are too far out for us to see the lights of our town square. The road seems to twist and turn nonsensically. The few houses we had passed before...

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“FOREVER IN MEMORY” by Rajan V Kokkuri

Submitted to Contest #8

'We are landing soon in Chathrapathi Shivaji International Airport soon'. I heard the voice and got ready to get down from the flight. I was under deep sleep and the hangover was continuing. My connecting flight to Bangalore was after four hours and that gave me a relief. I have reached the helpdesk of Indigo flight after standing for long time in the emmigration que. 'Which is the gate for 7.00am Bangalore flight. 'Gate No. 20'. I walked towards gate no. 20 and took a seat. After few hours an middle aged man came and sat near me. I was unde...

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“ Morris Kuritsky breached in a berth with Miss Universe alias Hulk Helen” by Matthew Harris

Submitted to Contest #8

This "FAKE" non existent author admits prevarication when he went figuratively, literally and need dull aye say more - metaphorically bobbin along while willy steamboat (housing him and other passengers coursed merrily along destination unknown. Hmm.. me thought maybe the outer limits of the twilight zone. Prosaic license blithely nudged, stitched, and wove upon the scantiest clad warp and woof. The threadbare (seam ming lee) believable swiftly tailored (harriedly styled) story predicated upon conjured paranormal phenomena points in one dire...

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“The Tourist Trap” by ALLISON FRANCIS

Submitted to Contest #8

“Now, Grace, I want you to keep an open mind on this trip,” my mother repeated as she turned around to look at me. I stepped onto the boarding platform and followed the bright pink fanny pack belted across my mothers’ khaki shorts. “Alright, Mom, you don’t have to keep repeating yourself,” I retorted. She had been repeating herself the whole flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Yes, I was twenty-three and going on my first Europe trip with my parents, but it was an opportunity I was not going to miss. Especially, if I did not have to pay f...

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“The Paranormal Vacation” by Gabby Lovely

Submitted to Contest #8

June 8th 2019 My friend Taylor and I are going on a week long boat trip, I'm so excited! Right now I am finished packing. I have five swimsuits one bikini thats white with black polka dots,one is a pink and white striped bikini, and the last three one piece bathing suits that are all solid colors one blue,one green and one yellow. I also have eight outfits. I am bringing three sets of sandals as well. We are going from June 10th to June 17th. We are going on her boat that her parents bought her when she was 19 since he family is v...

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“Darkfin” by Chris Manta

Submitted to Contest #8

“Ugh, cold water is the worst.” Maybe you’ve had this thought before. You’re trying to slip into a pool, or maybe you are trying to work up the courage to go down the water slide. And then you feel it. The unmistakable chill of icy knives of pain, they shoot right up your feet. Blake Darkfin had been diving for a long time, and he still wasn’t used to it. You will put up with a lot for twenty million dollars though. That’s how much he was diving for. “Bloody jerks better have gotten my bank account number right.” Blake cursed inwardly. He wa...

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“RAMANA” by SHYAMALA BHUVANACHANDRAN

Submitted to Contest #8

Ramana was at the driver seat in the BANANA Ride. Behind him, were the four girls (Anita, Vanita, Sunita & Vinita). He was about to start, then, Anita said, ‘I know scootering. I shall drive and you just guide. It will be very thrilling to go riding the waves.’ Ramana wanted to caution them. Driving a scooter on plain roads in mainland, was far-far different from riding on the tides. He was there to take care of them and ensured that all had worn life jackets. They were tourists. They had come to Goa seeking fun and thrill. Why shou...

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“CORSAIR” by Andrew Grell

Submitted to Contest #8

CORSAIR By Andrew Paul Grell “A letter of which, Thad?” Cletus Oglethorpe fancied himself considerably more informed about the peculiarities of Congress than the typical member. He looked around his office at the paintings of peaches and peach trees on the walls, which he always did when thinking, but he came up blank on his friend’s request. “Marque. A letter of Marque and Reprisal.” Thaddeus Matolek and Cletus had been friends since high school; Clete clawing his way out of a shotgun shack and kissing the Jim Crow shar...

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“The Search for the Garden of Eden” by Cheza Vidal

Submitted to Contest #8

This was about the sixtieth time I’ve licked my lips. The wind had thrown itself against me from all directions. The heat was bearable, but not for long. I know that at some point, I would stumble and fall, ending the one main purpose why I still willed myself to live: The Garden of Eden. It was, as one would think, an impossible cause. The evidence simply lay upon the foundations of the desert itself--the harsh, howling winds, the reddening sky, and the vague visibility. There might even be a storm coming up or maybe a twister too. In short...

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“Oasis in the Storm” by Lori C

Submitted to Contest #8

The setting of Deserts Khretior, year EA 792, represent a special memory to me. I was hiding behind a rock from the sand storm, struggling not to get buried alive. My clothes had enough sand for a construction site. I could hardly breathe through the mask, fearing if I would fall unconscious every second. My body somehow was sweating. A sharp pain nailed my feet, hurting like hell. I wanted to grab my chest, while sadness surrounded my soul. A part of me wanted it. Sometimes you happen to become addicted to sadness, you know. That was h...

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