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You overhear someone having a breakdown in a changing room.

Dramatic

You know a friend is hiding something and you need to find out what it is before it puts you in danger. How do you find out what their secret is?

Dramatic

You find a $100 bill on the street. A few blocks later, you find another. A few blocks later, another..

Dramatic

You fell asleep in the desert, wondering how you would survive the next day.

Horror

You are stranded on a winter hike when you come across a little cottage.

Winter

You are an explorer who's just discovered a new island.

Dramatic

Write a story that begins: That was the last we ever heard of him/her.

Sad

The theatre critic had spent so long critiquing plays, they'd forgotten how to enjoy them. Until now.

Dramatic

The curtain rose and the audience waited for the play to begin. They waited a long time.

Dramatic

On a cold evening, two people cheers over hot chocolate. One mug contains more than just hot chocolate.

Dark

Major downsizing meant this was the last day of your 30-year career as a mailman/mailwoman.

Sad

It's your first day in a new city where you don't speak the language.

Sad

It was so silent they not only heard it, but felt it.

Dramatic

It was a hell of a way to die.

Dark

It was a regular Saturday night at the speakeasy, until...

Dramatic

Each morning for 25 years, you and one other person waited at the same bus stop for work. This was the first time they weren't there.

Dramatic

Big Brother is real. And it's you.

Dark

As they rode away from their old life, they knew they'd never look back.

Dramatic

A writer is fighting with writer's block. They reminisce about the last time in their life they felt inspired.

Sad

A winter night in the city.

Winter

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