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Temptation Time

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Write a short story in which you try to predict the future — and every prediction you make comes true.

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You can buy a pill that lets you decide exactly what you will dream about while you sleep.

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You find a polaroid camera that seems to predict the future: its pictures show what will happen exactly 5 minutes from the moment you take them.

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

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You took a nap that lasted 8 years.

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You wake up and have totally forgotten everything other than the past 24 hours. So has everyone else.

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You wake up and at some point in the day realize you have become invisible.

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You sit down to family dinner and notice that one of your parents has been replaced by a robot. Nobody seems to notice except for you.

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You head to work on Monday morning, only to realize it's Saturday again and you're stuck in a loop of the weekend.

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You have the ability to freeze time. One day, when you've frozen everything, you spot a person walking around.

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You got on the wrong bus and ended up in a remote town where things seemed a little... odd.

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Wearing dirty jeans and a flannel shirt, a lone traveller shows up at a village on a day they happen to be hosting their annual fall festival. The year is 1800.

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Everyone in the world has the ability to read minds, except for you. However, you're also the only person whose mind can't be read.

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A secret society makes contact and reveals that your whole life has been founded on a lie – what is the lie and how will the answer turn your world upside down?

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A group of scientists on a submarine are alarmed when they spot what looks like a functioning lighthouse at the bottom of the ocean.

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I wish I could skip next week, you think as you get into bed that night. In the morning, you wake up 100 years in the future.

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I remember the last spring. It was 18 years ago.

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This week's theme: Temptation Time

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