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  • Day 6 | Talking to Animals by Max Delsohn
    The Prompt Write a story that entirely or mostly consists of a human character talking to an animal. Max Delsohn Max Delsohn is the author of the short story collection, Crawl, which was named a November 2025 Indie Next pick and a Best Book of 2025 by Vulture, Them, Debutiful, Electric Literature, and Chicago Review of Books. … Continue reading "Day 6 | Talking to Animals by Max Delsohn"
  • Day 5 | Stranger than Fiction by Jared Lemus
    The Prompt Look up “funny news stories” or find as many local newspapers, real estate magazines, Craigslist ads, or NextDoor posts as you can. Which headlines speak to you? Some of my favorite from the last year are: “Urgent! Stolen Turkey!!!!!!” from NextDoor, “Man in Chicken Outfit Robs Supermarket” on my local news channel, and … Continue reading "Day 5 | Stranger than Fiction by Jared Lemus"
  • Day 4 | Use These Words by Julie Duffy
    The Prompt Your prompt today is to find a way to use all of the following words in a story. (The words are taken at random from Mary Oliver’s “Upstream: Selected Essays”): The point of this is to lower the stakes for you, so that you can write something without worrying about making it a … Continue reading "Day 4 | Use These Words by Julie Duffy"
  • Day 3 | Ride the Wind by Myna Chang
    The Prompt People often react to weather in unexpected ways. What weather events haunt you? Alternatively, what weather simply annoys you? Maybe a sudden gust of wind blows your character’s hair up, or an untimely frost nips their tomato plants. Put your character in the path of a coming storm, or set them a thousand … Continue reading "Day 3 | Ride the Wind by Myna Chang"
  • Day 2 | Funktionslust by Aimee Ogden
    The Prompt Write a story about a person, an animal, or even an inanimate object that finds joy or deep meaning in fulfilling its purpose. (Note from Julie: this song was inspired by a Bermuda Palm that lived out its life in a glasshouse in Scotland.) Aimee Ogden Aimee Ogden is an American werewolf in … Continue reading "Day 2 | Funktionslust by Aimee Ogden"

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