The Prompt
When you arrive at your vacation rental for a much-needed getaway, you are so tired from your travels you collapse into bed without unpacking and without looking around. Next morning, you look out your window and see this:

Tell the story of what happens next using only a series of text messages or phone calls. Before starting, you may want to consider which rental belongs to your character and who planned the vacation, likewise whether they’re travelling alone.
OR,
Tell the origin story of this remarkable town. You may want to tell it through a series of magic spells, or you may want to consider making the town your protagonist. Or maybe let the whale narrate. Do you see it to the lower right, rising from the ocean?
(*This gorgeous print was created by writer, artist, and fellow StoryADay Superstar Marta Pelrine-Bacon and hangs beside my desk.)
Michele Reisinger
Michele E. Reisinger’s work has appeared in Across the Margin, Stories That Need to be Told, Sunspot Literary Journal, Dreamers Creative Writing, and others. She studied English and Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University and received an MA in English Literature from the University of Delaware. She lives near Philadelphia with her family and never enough books. Find more of her writing her online at mereisinger.com.
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