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Random story stuff to get you writing. Run the gauntlet by responding to all 150 prompts, found here -> bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5czgnb5wwk…

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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I called it a statue, but it was only a weather-beaten stone, its human features an accident of nature. I still brought it food and treated it like my only friend. One day, it spoke. "Run home," it said. That night, they found a dead man. His phone had pictures of me. His blood stained my statue.
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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
At 13, I made countless Beatles mixtapes. Organizing their songs into orderly categories made me feel safe. One night, as I played my tapes, I heard a voice under the music. I put my ear to the speaker. “I’m in your closet,” it said. “Open the door.” Somehow, finding the closet empty scared me more.
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Leigh HR @leighhr.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
My brother was always broke, but he had an enviable music collection. For gifts, he lovingly created mixed tapes — a small cost. When I bought a Eurail pass to explore Europe solo, my favorite travel tape from him included The Pretenders, which I listened to over and over and over and over and …
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Leigh HR @leighhr.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I was mistaken to think that the house next door was abandoned. When raccoons peered through a hole in the roof, I knew I had neighbors. There, they had a Birds Eye view of their world.
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Dunstan Clarke @drumbelievable.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
@halfbakedprompts.bsky.social #hbp150
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MA303 @mountainalchemy303.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
My ol' mixed memoirs: Synced layered beats from those times.. Yesterday's fusion taped over protection tab. Now replaced with app playlist.. #hbp146 #tanka #music #vss365
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MA303 @mountainalchemy303.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Reflections of the abyss.. (Playful journal writing brought back to life from some combo #prompt ideas @inkmine.bsky.social & @halfbakedprompts.bsky.social Thx! 💜🙏😊🌻 All #art & #pics ©️ me #inkMine #hbp134 #vss365
Watercolor/Ink painting turned into a B/W mountain scape with playful words of wondering thru the forest in an altered state of mind (2010 era)Eerie aspen woodland sceneColorado mountain view
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Jess @jessdean77.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
(Step by step protocol) Lift off & exit self. Switch mode to neural channel recalibration. Let hidden scripts begin to unfold old letters contained... #hbp134 #tanka #HallucinogenicReprogramming
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Anum - poetry @anumbudonuts.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
my heart, it still wants me to know that I enjoyed every minute #haiku #poem #hbp150
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morganrrhaze.bsky.social @morganrrhaze.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
#UnchainedSymphonies #thepenflows #hbp150 The Beginning Euphoria is now just Embers, but It Was Fun While It Lasted HansLinde pixabay.com #writingprompt
Glowing Embers
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Annika Carmen Schmidt @fuenfsiebenfuenf.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
winter - farmers market I sell potatoes, turnips & my health a frozen memory of my cool student life #tankathursday #tankapoem #market #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #vssdaily #health #inkmine #life #2wordprompt #job #depend #snow #vss365 #ice #vsspoem #winter #waleshaikujounal #hbp146 #frozen #memory
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morganrrhaze.bsky.social @morganrrhaze.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#hbp134 #WIPwordsearch #vssfantasy   Hallucinogenic Reprogramming was Pushed by the Robotic Clairvoyance. It was intended to Quell the population's unrest. It caused an Everlasting Stalemate DeltaWorks pixabay.com #writingprompt #scifi #microfiction
A person's head, but drawn with circuitry
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Thewebster75 @thewebster75.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
There. In the darkness of our buried dreams and visions The black of the inner conscious In our bones and memories: We find ways to remember who we are. And we etch our names there. #hbp67 #poetry #skypoets #poetrywriting #poetrycommunity
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Annika Carmen Schmidt @fuenfsiebenfuenf.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
subway morning suddenly at my shoulder a sleeping child #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #vss365 #dream #sleep #vsspoem #gently #fantaiku #writingcommunity #scifaiku #sff #2wordprompt #rest #shoulder #hbp142 #small #vssdaily #child #inkmine morning #shift #subway #underground #tube
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Annika Carmen Schmidt @fuenfsiebenfuenf.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
spring - screaming each other in the face falling in football love not war #blueskyrelay #wrath #poetry #haikufeels #spring #tanka #2wordprompt #hot #match #sff #moonmystic #gamesyouplay #hbp19 #theyhatedeachotheratfirst #vsspoem #final -ly falling in #love #inkmine #flower power #vssmagic #lover
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Annika Carmen Schmidt @fuenfsiebenfuenf.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
the end is not your only friend my friend, the end #hbp150 #songku #thedoors #theend #haiku #homage #poetry #sff #dadaku #fantaiku #friend #senryu #senryusunday #2wordprompt #rest #answer #vssmagic #death #inkmine #life #dailyhaikuprompt #nirvana #moonmystic #wanderingintime
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Thewebster75 @thewebster75.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
They stood in front of a tall, thin, square-arrow of a Tower: a stalwart 4-year-old girl in cargo shorts and purple & white stripped T, and a 68-year-old woman, a broad purple stripe at the back of her white haired head.🧵
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Thewebster75 @thewebster75.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
'Tis a mistake to think one knows where the road will go. For there may be chaos at the crossroads Engendering an abrupt turn, directionless, to escape. #hbp112 #2wordprompt #poetry #poetrywriting #writingcommunity #poetrysky
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morganrrhaze.bsky.social @morganrrhaze.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
#hbp137 #366FF #BlueSkyRelay #CrowCalls #DailyPrompt They ask me, "Y are U on the roof?" I just stare Enraptured N Reverence @ the Plethora of Stars Drifting above. Y answer when it should B obvious? EvgeniT pixabay.com #writingprompt #pixabayimage #microfiction #WritingCommunity #naturelovers
The Milky Way in the night sky.
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Annika Carmen Schmidt @fuenfsiebenfuenf.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
dandelion the feline flower shines bright like cat eyes by night & day I sit next to her & purr #poetry #tanka #tankathursday #caturday #inkmine #flower #haikuchallenge #yellow #dailyhaikuprompt #catkin #vsspoem #dazzle #gold #fantaiku #sff #hpb149 #youfoundme #moonmystic #alongtheedgesofyou
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 10/04/2025
Mmmmm. One bite with fresh glaze, soft donut and then sip of hot coffee. Black. Alive. Time savored. Flavor. (Then back to work.)
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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Once I chose a hill to die on, I cast the spell to raise trees around it. My forest gave me all I’d need. Wood for a hut, game to eat, a barrier to keep the witch hunters (and everyone else) out. The woods asked only one thing: my life on a day of their choosing. Each night, I watch for the flames.
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morganrrhaze.bsky.social @morganrrhaze.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
#hbp142 As the storm raged and the waves pounded the coast, the only thought I had was, "I never felt so small." Michael Dam unsplash.com #writingprompt #unsplashimage #WritingCommunity #microfiction #naturelovers
A stormy sea and coastline
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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“One glazed bar,” I told the raccoon who owns the night bakery. The doughnut was so moist and yet crispy. “What’s your secret?” I asked. “Trash!” The owner cried. “Trash! Trash!” The employees said. As the customers took up the chant, I took another bite. Yeah, I tasted trash, but it blended well.
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Thewebster75 @thewebster75.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"Someone put a lot of time and effort into this painting." "Huh?" "LOOK at it! Look at the detail: the ideas, thoughts, emotions raging, buried in the background. You can almost fancy yourself in some character's backstory, as if..." "Hey! Where'd you go!?" ... #hbp69 #writingcommunity
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Thewebster75 @thewebster75.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The child stood at the Tower's base, facing a heavy door. They knew inside were nearly endless stairs. Secrets and Mysteries clung to the treads and walls. At the top was the biggest secret of all: how to soar and see. #hbp82 #writingcommunity
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ᓚᘏᗢ 𝙼𝚒𝚣𝙿𝚎𝚗𝚗🍂♩·¯·♬˖·𖤣𖥧𖡼 @mizpenn.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
"I didn't think I'd ever find you again." He enveloped her in a crushing embrace; their tears mingled together as they kissed. "What a strange yet magical journey we had," she said softly. "It was fun while it lasted. Let's go home, my landscaper husband." #hbp150 #finalhbp #mindtheatremusings
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Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
It had been centuries since anything floated down its currents. The river knew how to keep its secrets -it buried all of them at the bottom. The day will come when its banks will recede and the river runs dry. When everything there’s to know, good and bad, will be exposed for all to see. #hbp89
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Sam S @sws1991.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Armed with swordfish and the sigil of a lionfish painted on their shields, the penguins hopped on the log, and floated down a river to war. They did not ask for this conflict, nor did they desire it, however they would sow destruction on those who would tariff their home.
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Michael Higgins @bairdduvessa.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Kids today would never understand how hard creating the perfect mixed tape was. Timing the two cassettes perfectly, having to record sound bites live. One missed button press and it would be ruined. No wonder we are a wreck.
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Thewebster75 @thewebster75.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
What's the worth of living there If your Spirit gets eaten and your Soul withers? A lot... for I know what not to do in the future. #hbp113 #prompt #poetry #poetrycommunitu ##writingcommunity
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Rose Blackwell 🌹🌈 @roseblackwell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
#hbp89 #excerpt #horrorstory #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompt
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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
When Nickelodeon announced the sweepstakes, I couldn’t believe they’d really makeover your room however you wanted. So when I won, I had them turn my room into a deep sea aquarium. That night, needle-toothed creatures tapped at my glass walls. Weirdly, they made eye-contact. Then the glass cracked.
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Thewebster75 @thewebster75.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Watching this night of unending rains Caught in a net of unbreakable chains. Tied, so they think in thick, hempen rope Here's one thing they missed: She has a deep hope. Silently singing dark, magical words Shrinking herself into narrow thin chords... She slips free. #hbp107 #poetry #writing
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Eden Lee Lackner @edenlackner.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I knows all about the goats on top the tourist stop, yes'm. Sure, ye can take the ferry, spend all yer hard-earneds at the market, get an ice cream & a little peep at the ol' horns 'n hooves. But I can do ye one better. A tenner & yer tiptoes will getcha yer fill of me woof up on me roof! #hbp137
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Thewebster75 @thewebster75.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Sorting diaries: is it necessary to keep 40+ years of angst, anger, and pain? There are loose pages, torn from a missing journal, stapled together: Who the hell wrote this nightmare scenario of a baby brother, smothered, then buried in a garden? The handwriting is unfamiliar... #hbp75 #writing
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Michael Higgins @bairdduvessa.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I spent hours, painstakingly sorting every piece by color and shape, a Lego Earth Set. It took me weeks or toil and arthritis, but I did it, I built the Earth, only for it to fall off the table..yes my whole world collapsed
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Annika Carmen Schmidt @fuenfsiebenfuenf.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
until the wake hibernating in her heart her inner heroine #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #hbp149 #youfoundme #2wordprompt #girl #forward #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff #vss365 #hibernation #waleshaikujournal #vssmagic #death #inkmine #life #haikuchallenge #nascent
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morganrrhaze.bsky.social @morganrrhaze.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
#hbp121 #loveletters Behind a Waterfall lies Glimmering Crevasses. Places for Midnight Escapes Jackson Simmer unsplash.com #writingprompt
A cave Behind a frozen Waterfall
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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The queen’s eulogy for her lord husband brought the chapel to tears. Little did she know, in his bunker in the catacombs, the king wept too. He’d survived her attempt on his life and bore her no grudge. Watching his funeral online, he smiled. The queen’s face was full of doubts, but she’d do fine.
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Rose Blackwell 🌹🌈 @roseblackwell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
#WritingPrompts #hbp #writesky #writingcommunity "The statue spoke to me." Seth can sense the girl's eyes staring at him through the black canvas sack covering her head: two burning pinpricks that make his skin prickle. "Which one?" he asks. Chillingly, she starts to laugh. "All of them, sir."
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Thewebster75 @thewebster75.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The Midway barker called, "Custom glassware! The choice is yours- how do you want to portray your life? Turquoise, red, green, clear, burgundy. Genie bottle, beaker style, Mason jar, tea cup, whiskey bottle, vase? Souls included." #hbp111 #prompt #customglassware #soulinc
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Rose Blackwell 🌹🌈 @roseblackwell.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
‪ #hbp150 "Welp," Ren says with a grim smile, looking down at the red-slick meat-thing that used to be their chief, "it was fun while it lasted." Mark lets out a noise that sounds like he's spitting seeds. "Fuck." "Indeed." "What do we do?" "Lie." "I...I can't." "Then it was nice knowing you."
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