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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

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“The astronaut” by Cora Lee

Submitted to Contest #8

The roar of rocket thrusters, the shaking of the shuttle, rattling the inside of the capsule invigorated me. The force of gravity made me feel as though i was melting into my seat. "We have lift off", static in my ear from the earpiece of NASA confirming we were air bound. Straight through the clouds, the ground disappearing within seconds. Instruments glowing and gages flowing, telling us the temperature and altitude.The heat of the atmosphere sucking the ship in and spitting it out into darkness. The vastness of it all was breath taking. A...

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“Gisoo, the last-born human in the New Dark Ages” by Seth Underwood

Submitted to Contest #8

Please sit and bear with me as you read this. In an immense amount of time from now. Not millions of years or billions of years from now. But two times ten to the power 36 amount of years. That's a two undecillion years or 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years. A point when the stars will shine no more. The new dark ages of the universe. During the new dark ages, the final black holes evaporate, the last of the iron stars float in the void, the galaxies have all fallen apart, and proton decay threatens to dissolve the univ...

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“A Woman's World” by Rebecca Parker

Submitted to Contest #8

Robert remembered the sensation of falling. He remembered the feeling of cold dread as the engine stuttered and died and his stomach dropped through the floor. He could never forget the look on his colleague’s face as the colour drained from him and his skin turned paper white. He didn’t remember plummeting through space, searing through the planet’s atmosphere, or the deafening landing. His colleague, Martin, hadn’t been knocked unconscious and had managed to pull him from th...

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“Space Desert 101” by Fred Aiken

Submitted to Contest #8

We crash landed about eight months ago. It’s only an approximation because I’ve lost count of the days. The crew split up the first time someone mentioned cannibalism casually as if were an option. None of wanted to become the next textbook Donner Party. Now I spend most days discovering new species to observe their main form of sustenance, and then I typically mimic them by eating whatever they couldn’t finish. The lizards know where all the good stuff is. There are a couple of mammal-looking creatures that are covered in hair and te...

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“Cat to the Chase” by Abby Wadlington

Submitted to Contest #8

Thirteen moons glittered down from the smog-packed sky. Their silvery light cast ethereal glows across the glass sidewalks and streets. The purple gas trapped below their feet danced and spun like living creatures. As polluted as Neptune was, still beauty could be found. Of course, Ace Lowell was too busy to seek out the beauty of his home planet. He had a job to do. His nineteenth birthday. This had been the day he had tossed and turned over each night. This was the day his dream was finally supposed to c...

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“Tony Coyote and His Good Heart” by The Tors

Submitted to Contest #8

With the arrival of spring, Dad Coyote anxiously awaited the happy news."Why won't that door open already?" he wondered. When suddenly, he saw Grandma Coyote come out."Congratulations, there are twelve puppies," she said. Inside, Mama Coyote invited him to pass."Come meet our little pups," she said. Dad Coyote step...

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“The Island” by Cora Lee

Submitted to Contest #8

Mindy was having some hardship at home, so she decided to take her boat on a journey through the ocean in search of another land. She road the treacherous seas for many days and nights. She often wondered if she made the right decision.On the 4th day at sea she awoke to a crisp, beautiful, calm morning. She stretched and got out of bed, went to the deck and looked through her telescope. She saw an island dead ahead. She felt a turning in her stomach, and a lump in her throat, she was scared and excited. Mindy anchored her boat just off the s...

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“Prayers from a Cold Island” by Oscar Turnbull

Submitted to Contest #8

The small tug boat lurches on the waves. The side of the cliff is shaking through the black rain. The first rock comes out of the water and splits the bow.“Wyatt! We have to make for the beach!” Wyatt can’t hear me through the rain. He’s somewhere inside. I’m out on deck. A wave pushes the remains of the boat into a rock shelf and we tip. I don’t have time to jump. The deck bucks underneath me and I shoot into the metal railings. They give way with a metallic crack almost lost in the thunder. I hit the water. I can’t move my arm. It’s shatte...

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“5 Lives” by Andrea Nichols

Submitted to Contest #8

Introduction 2128Day 179, The world. It was gruesome, filthy and crude. We had destroyed the world. Multiple world wars, disease and poverty. It was miserable for every human alive. We had to get off this planet; we would do anything. But only the brave, intelligent, creative, and healthy could go. The smart, the ones that could handle pressure, make quick, logical decisions. I was in charge of the final test, to see if people were capable of being colonists. All you have to do is get captured by cannibals. -John Williams&nb...

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“The Island” by Tyler Flickinger

Submitted to Contest #8

It was just a normal day on the sea. The sun was shining, the waves were crashing against the ship, and activities abound. Then the storm came. It was far worse than they had predicted, and came upon us a lot faster than expected. And then it was all gone. The sea cares not about who you are or where you are from. I awoke sometime later on a beach. I must have been carried to shore by the tides. I had lost all sense of time and direction, and was alone as far as I could tell. My clothes were completely ruined, soaked as they were. ...

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“Lola's Journey” by Amy Hill

Submitted to Contest #8

Lola had been planning her trip to Hudrose Haven; a secluded, tropical island, for quite some time. Lola was adventuress and daring, she thrived on excitement and loved travelling. This trip would turn out to be the best one yet, one she would never and could never; forget. 7:30am -Lola's house Beep! Beep! Beep! Lola sprung out of bed and headed straight into the bathroom. She showered, shaved and groomed herself to perfection, there wasn’t a hair out of place; she was ready. 8:15am- Outside Lola’s house &nb...

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“S.O.S.” by L.A. Crum

Submitted to Contest #8

Hello. My name is Damian Alders. I was born in the town of Stonington, Connecticut in 1981. My parents are Joseph and Amelia Alders and I have one brother, Alexander. I was aboard the Oasis of the Seas with Tara Sanders when the storm hit. I don’t know how many survivors there are or where I am, but I am hoping that if something happens to me you will find this. If something happens to me, please tell my parents and Alexander that I love them. I will see them again.Sincerely, Damian.Damian’s back was aching. He had been sitting in the same p...

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“It's a Small Town After All” by Roberta Kerosevic

Submitted to Contest #8

She has always grown up under the lights and heights of the big city. For the most part, she revels in the energy buzzing around her; the people rushing from sidewalk to crosswalk with a fresh cup of coffee in their hand-- the rows of cars pushing through the morning commute. But lately, the liveliness has been making her feel... less alive. It's becoming to be the same old routine. Get up in the morning. Grab breakfast at an overpriced coffee shop chain. Rush to the full time office job-- that's easy yet not challenging. She knew she was me...

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“Truth or Consequences, New Mexico” by Jay Kasperbauer

Submitted to Contest #8

The little mortuary sat on the corner with the parking lot squeezed in just to the west. In the tiny town it sat adjacent to a single-story hardware store on one side and a modest post office on the other as if to say that the services provided by the three businesses, alike in size and appearance, were of equal and regular utility to the townspeople.The captain slowly rolled his four-by-four over the steep entrance ramp and into the parking lot, leaning forward over the steering wheel while gazing at the building’s windows with his mouth op...

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“Solving a murder in a small town” by Tea Kleva

Submitted to Contest #8

I live in a small town where people talk too much and don’t listen very often. I didn’t really care about the topics they were talking about, because I wasn’t interested in gossip, other people problems and their judging. One day, everything changed. I was in a bar, sipping my morning coffee and reading newspaper, when I heard from an old lady that there was a murderer in town. It was a small town, so anybody became very suspicious. Suddenly I didn’t trust anybody. I decided that I’m going to solve this case, so I went on a little adventure....

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