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Two friends meet up to go check out a jazz band in the 1920s.

Historical Fiction

They stormed in, demanding to see the court with a fury that had never been witnessed before.

Historical Fiction

The steaming tea was sitting on the tray, the plate of biscuits placed neatly beside it. All there was left to do now was wait.

Historical Fiction

The crops provided nothing that fall. You were tasked with visiting neighboring villages to see if they were experiencing similar problems.

Historical Fiction

Pick any time period and any place where people were migrating in large numbers. Write a story based on a character or a few characters who are currently on a voyage from one place to another.

Historical Fiction

Long-lost loves meet up for lunch in the 1950s.

Historical Fiction

It was a sunny Saturday in 1960s California, you were driving your new car, and freedom had never tasted so good.

Historical Fiction

Before James Bond there was the English Spy, John Knight. In 1890, he was England's top spy and was about to embark on a new mission.

Historical Fiction

A loved one was traveling on the Titanic, and you'd just received news of its sinking.

Historical Fiction

A love story between the boy who delivered milk bottles to the neighborhood and the girl who delivered newspapers.

Historical Fiction

A famous historical person packs for a trip.

Historical Fiction

A family sit around their brand new radio for the first time after dinner.

Historical Fiction

A duo of time-travelling detectives.

Historical Fiction

A bard falls in love with the monarch who employs them.

Historical Fiction

1930. The travelling circus is in town. The first performance night would be rife with scandal.

Historical Fiction

You had one job, he said to the young squire who had been tasked with delivering a scroll — and failed spectacularly.

Historical Fiction

You spent a whole day inside, not realizing that everyone else in the world had dissapeared.

Fantasy

You took a nap that lasted 8 years.

Fantasy

Your main character has been stranded on a desert island for months. Alone… or so they thought. One morning, they wake up to a message written in the sand. What happens next?

Fantasy

You’ve learned the secret to life after death. Revealing it will help millions of people connect to their departed loved ones, but if you do an unspecified disaster will occur to someone you know. Do you spill the secret?

Fantasy

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