Collaborative Stories for the Collective Imagination

Story Prompts

August 2025

Every month, we release new creative writing prompts to help you launch your next collaborative fiction journey.

This month’s theme: Birds of Prey

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"Breaking News: NYC Peregrine Falcon Attacks Global Pesticides CEO"

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2

A golden eagle flies over a chaotic, bustling city and drops its prey, a heavy tortoise, from the sky…

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3

At my own sky burial, I watched the griffon vultures eat my carcass before moving on to my next incarnation on Earth.

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4

A bullied and lonely kid becomes obsessed with flying the new KES9000 – a small kestrel-inspired drone.

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5

I was a night owl and spotted my prey.

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