Fiction Prompt:
“Write a scene where the main character gets an unexpected message—digital, handwritten, or mysterious—that changes the tone of their day. The message can be strange, comforting, or confusing, but it reveals something about the character.”
Response:
It was another ordinary weekday morning. Shana walked into her office with a latte in one hand and a half-eaten bagel in the other. She nodded at her coworkers as she passed, relieved to have made it through the city’s morning obstacle course.
Booting up her laptop, she noticed something odd: more people were in the office than usual. Most of her team worked remote these days. Probably free lunch, she thought.
Scanning her inbox for any last-minute meeting requests, Shana froze at an email with a strange subject line:
“Open first — lmk 137.6.”
“Spam,” she muttered, dragging her cursor toward the block button.
But curiosity tugged.
She clicked it open.
Leave the office asap. There will be a raid.
Shana closed her laptop in one smooth motion, stood up, and walked straight out of the building.
MY DIGITAL HOME 