Collaborative Stories for the Collective Imagination

Story Prompts

December 2024

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

This month’s theme: Heirloom

1

Write a multi-generational story where each chapter presents a new family member and their unique relationship to an heirloom piano.

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2

"LOST: Gold bloodstone ring. Family heirloom. Last seen near dog park. Reward if found. Please contact…."

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3

After my grandfather died, I learned of my inheritance: a plot of land, a metal detector, and a jar of unmarked heirloom seeds.

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4

The wavy dagger was a pusaka so powerful that it would snatch the souls of anyone it deemed an enemy of the truth.

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5

Assemble a gastronomic story where every chapter is a layer of a sensational sandwich, including at least some warm slices of heirloom tomato.

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