Story Prompts

A city left in gray ruins suddenly bursts with the fuchsia-pink flowers of "bombweed," putting local survivors in the mood for love and intimacy in any of its forms. Write such an encounter where two beings blush in the face of disaster. (⭐Bonus: Write with a potential crush or current life partner)

Outside the "Fairy House" strip club, I saw a dandelion weed in the sidewalk and its myth came to mind: blow every seed away in a single breath and your wish comes true; fail, and the remaining seeds count your years left to live. I put down my drink and reached for the dandelion. (⭐Bonus: Write with a lover of fairy folklore)

An "alpha-male" retreat begins by giving its campers a decoction of Jimsonweed designed to dissolve their boyhood memories and unleash the "outrageous potential" of post-modern masculinity across various camp activities. (⭐Bonus: Write with a male writer or master of horror)

An underwater data hub, hidden within a giant kelp seaweed forest, churns the code for "artificial evolution" – the ability to code the planet's rotation speeds and tide patterns. The engineer, tame and trusted by the tech elite, maintains the servers alone until one day nearly drowns and starts to glitch. (⭐Bonus: Write with a sci-fi lover or ecologist) 

Not long after the funeral, I visited Grandma's grave to pull weeds and update her on my troubles. One stalk was harder to pull than the others as if its roots were intertwined with some object underneath. (⭐Bonus: Write with a grandmother)