Category: Fiction & Creative Writing

I work at the National Plumbing Corporation. My grandfather started the business, passed it on to my father, and now I am in charge.  Being in charge means serious business—zoning laws, city contracts, and life-or-death decisions that impact our city. Well, not really, but I like to think that without me, the pipes would burst…

Fiction Prompt: Genre: Quiet realism with a soft mystery Tone: Warm, observant, lightly uncanny, human You live somewhere ordinary — an apartment building, a townhouse row, a quiet block. There’s a neighbor whose door you pass all the time. You’ve never once seen them. Not leaving. Not entering. Not grabbing packages. Not talking to anyone.…

Fiction Prompt: Write a scene where you’re using a device you use every day — your phone, your smart speaker, your watch… anything. But today, it says your full name out loud. Calmly. And it tells you one sentence that feels oddly personal. Keep it: quiet, uncanny-but-soft, grounded, human. Story: I work in a robotics…

Prompt: Genre: Soft introspection, grounded realism, micro-mystery Tone: Gentle, observant, slightly uncanny-but-human (not supernatural) You’re going about your ordinary day when your eyes land on an object you’ve owned for years — something completely mundane: A mug, a keychain, a book, a scarf, a ceramic bowl, a tool, anything. But today, for some reason, it…

Fiction Prompt: Genre: Quiet suspense with emotional undercurrent Tone: Still, restrained, slightly haunting — not supernatural, just human One afternoon, you find an envelope in your mailbox. No return address. No stamp cancellation mark. Someone must have placed it there by hand. It’s light, almost empty-feeling. Inside is only a single sheet of paper with…

Fiction Prompt: Genre: Quiet realism with a hint of mystery Tone: Warm, observant, nostalgic-but-grounded You’re going about your day when you discover an object someone left behind — something small, ordinary, and clearly used. It could be on a park bench, a bus seat, a library table, a café counter… anywhere. Describe: what the object…

Prompt: Genre: Quiet realism, soft human emotion, subtle tension Tone: Observant, introspective, cinematic Write a scene where you notice someone in public — a stranger who, for some reason, catches your attention in a way that feels unusual. You don’t talk to them. You almost do. Something about them pulls you in: a gesture, an…

Fiction Prompt: One evening, as you walk past a corner lamp in your home, it suddenly switches on by itself. No flicker. No glitch. Just a clean, deliberate click — as if someone had turned it on with intention. The bulb glows a warm, steady light. Nothing else in the house reacts. No sound. No…

Fiction Prompt: You sit down at your desk one quiet morning and notice your speakers giving off a faint static hum. When you lean closer, you realize the static isn’t random — it’s forming words, like a voice trying to come through from somewhere else. Write the moment you first understand what it’s saying…and what…

Fiction Prompt: “The Shift in the Mirror” Write a short scene (150–250 words) in which: The main character catches their reflection doing something slightly different from their real movement. Keep it subtle. Nothing dramatic. Nothing horror. Just off by a fraction of a second, or in a slightly different posture. Your job: Describe the exact…

Fiction Prompt: Write a scene (150–250 words) where: You enter a familiar place — your living room, a café, your office, your car — and everything looks completely normal except for one small detail that is slightly off. Not supernatural. Not glowing. Not dangerous. Just… wrong in a way that only you would notice. In…