I will be your host each week as we probe the darker corners of your imagination. This series is meant to help feed your mystery/horror muse, so try to give us chills! The prompt is open to interpretation, but try to include the phrase somewhere in your piece.

This Week’s Prompt

There are nine planets spinning around this solar system and only one has life on it. Or so we believe. For this week’s challenge, I want you to take a look at our solar system and what it offers. Spin us a tale that is set on another planet or,??find a way to incorporate at least one other planet into your piece. Be sure to account for things like temperature and gravity! I like it dark, don’t be afraid to push the envelope.

The rules are simple:

1. Read the prompt and the history behind the phrase.
2. Write a story 700 words or less answering the challenge.
3. Share the URL to your story in the comments OR, if you don???t have your own blog, share??your story in the comments. Either way, it will be seen.
4. Please keep your stories pg-13 or under since this is a public page. Add trigger warnings where necessary. Keep vulgarity to a minimum.
5. Have FUN!

Until next time, scribe happy and stay sassy!

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I will be your host each week as we probe the darker corners of your imagination. This series is meant to help feed your mystery/horror muse, so try to give us chills! The prompt is open to interpretation, but try to include the phrase somewhere in your piece.

This Week’s Prompt

Regardless of our religious beliefs, most of us know what the 10 commandments are and many can even recite them. If you need a refresher, you can find them here. At its core, it is a list of rules to govern daily life. For this week’s challenge, I want you to develop a list of unique commandments for your MC and a scene where they break at least one of them. I like it dark, don’t be afraid to push the envelope.

The rules are simple:

1. Read the prompt and the history behind the phrase.
2. Write a story 700 words or less answering the challenge.
3. Share the URL to your story in the comments OR, if you don???t have your own blog, share??your story in the comments. Either way, it will be seen.
4. Please keep your stories pg-13 or under since this is a public page. Add trigger warnings where necessary. Keep vulgarity to a minimum.
5. Have FUN!

Until next time, scribe happy and stay sassy!

P.S. Have you subscribe to OWS Ink, the exclusive literary journal brought to by the Our Write Side team you know and love? Why wait? Subscribe now!

Welcome to ???Coldly Calculating: Writing by the Numbers.???

I will be your host each week as we probe the darker corners of your imagination. This series is meant to help feed your mystery/horror muse, so try to give us chills! The prompt is open to interpretation, but try to include the phrase somewhere in your piece.

This week???s prompt is:

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The rules are simple:

1. Read the prompt and the history behind the phrase.
2. Write a story 700 words or less answering the challenge.
3. Share the url to your story in the comments OR, if you don???t have your own blog, share??your story in the comments. Either way, it will be seen.
4. Please keep your stories pg-13 or under since this is a public page. Add trigger warnings where necessary. Keep vulgarity to a minimum.
5. Have FUN!

Until next time, scribe happy and stay sassy!

Welcome to Coldly Calculating: Writing by the Numbers.

I will be your host each week as we probe the darker corners of your imagination. This series is meant to help feed your mystery/horror muse, so try to give us chills! The prompt is open to interpretation, but try to include the phrase somewhere in your piece.

This Week’s Prompt

We’ve all heard the phrase and some of us have seen the movie. Seven year itch refers to the supposed phenomena of wanting a new mate in the seventh year of marriage. I can’t verify this personally because I wanted a new husband in the very beginning of my first marriage. My second marriage hasn’t made it to that point yet but I think it’s safe to say I have had my fill of husbands. For this week’s challenge, I want you to work in a situation for your MC has got the girl (or guy) that they struggled to get. Put us post story, in the happily ever after. Is it? I like it dark, don’t be afraid to push the envelope.

The rules are simple:

1. Read the prompt and the history behind the phrase.
2. Write a story 700 words or less answering the challenge.
3. Share the URL to your story in the comments OR, if you don???t have your own blog, share??your story in the comments. Either way, it will be seen.
4. Please keep your stories pg-13 or under since this is a public page. Add trigger warnings where necessary. Keep vulgarity to a minimum.
5. Have FUN!

Until next time, scribe happy and stay sassy!

P.S. Have you subscribe to OWS Ink, the exclusive literary journal brought to by the Our Write Side team you know and love? Why wait? Subscribe now!