20250330 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com How to give a statue a heart? Riddick paced back and forth across his studio. Wringing his hands behind him. Scratching his chin and smoothing his beard. Fussing with his hair which refused to stay pulled back. The challenge was absurd. The local lord had

20250329 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com This is a disgrace! I, the greatest scammer in the city, swindled by a cat! Now a dozen restaurant owners are after me, my vital anonymity is in tatters, my boots stink of rat shit, and - worst of all! - the wretched beast ran

20250328 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com Whimpers. That was the first thing Gar registered. Whimpers and the weight of shackles around his limbs. The pain only hit when he lifted his head. Throbbing pounding it would be blinding but the space was pitch black. He went limp again and his groan

20250327 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com Barron-on-Fens never got visitors before those ghost hunters showed up dead. Now it was overflowing with hunters and researchers and festering content creators, all clamouring to hear “the legend”. They were all loudly disappointed by how little legend there was. As if that was the

20250326 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com “Do you know why my family’s mad?” Not a question Harold expected while interviewing to rent a room from someone. “Ah… why?” Christine didn’t answer. Just continued fussing about with the teacups. It was as if he’d imagined the strange comment. Or

20250325 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com Everyone said it wasn’t a graveyard. There were no bodies buried in it. The police had checked. So it wasn’t a graveyard. It was simply a patch of ground that - so far as countless civil servants had been able to find -

20250324 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com Pipkin’s walnutty brow furrowed. “What?” “It’s to keep away goblins.” Waldo repeated. “No offence to yourself, of course!” “Ah, yeah, none taken.” The small fey peered up at the chalk scrawls. “But… goblins don’t exist.” Waldo scoffed. “Of course they do!” “No.

20250323 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com This was definitely the place. Olivia examined the front of the music shop, trying to find a nicer way of saying ‘ratty and worn down, like most small businesses around here’. This was a community interest piece after all. ‘Charming traditional establishment which wears its

20250322 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com “Tess, you’re being too hard on yourself again.” The frantic rummaging in the wardrobe paused as a haughty scoff escaped. “You would say that.” Barnaby sighed. “You know I’m right. Working yourself into a tizzy isn’t-” “I know you know nothing about

20250321 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com In the semi-darkness the pebbles looked like coffee beans. The dirt crumbled underfoot like rich dark sugar. The water dripping down the walls could be chocolate. No, it was too orangey. Well maybe there was orangey chocolate. Or it could be coffee with syrups added?