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Something Wicked This Way Comes
140 contest entries /
64 stories
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Write a story where a character is exploring their religious or spiritual identity.
Fiction
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59 stories
Start your story with a character saying “Are you there, God? It’s me…”
Dialogue
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108 stories
Set your story in a drawing room.
Fiction
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29 stories
Write a story about a group of sisters, or a group of brothers.
Vampire
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35 stories
Start your story with the arrival of a new person in a town full of gossips.
Adults
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41 stories
Write a story that includes (or subverts) the enemies-to-lovers trope.
Romance
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25 stories
Write a story titled ‘The Locked Door.’
Dark
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77 stories
Set your story in a nameless world.
Kids
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27 stories
Start your story with someone finding an object labeled with their name.
Horror
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37 stories
Write about a character whose name you got from our Character Name Generator.
Character
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46 stories
Create a title with our Title Generator, then write a story inspired by it.
Teens
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97 stories
Write your story from the point of view of someone learning or teaching an extreme hobby.
Narrative
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19 stories
Set your story in a snowed-in chalet.
Winter
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56 stories
Write about a skier who accidentally strays off-piste.
Adventure
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30 stories
Begin your story with a character crashing into something (or someone) while skiing.
Adventure
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30 stories
Write a story about a conflict that breaks out over something ordinary (like tea, perhaps).
High School
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26 stories
Write a story about a tea party that your character is reluctant to go to.
Summer
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44 stories
