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Ameronis RanGenameronis
2026-02-01

Might your characters find themselves in this location? Swamp. Ocean. Mountain. Canyon. And many more besides! Get your terrain descriptions hot and ready to go. The Terrain Generator: twp.ai/NTZL6V

2026-02-01

I think this month's IndieWeb Carnival blogging challenge will appeal to a lot of people here.

"Our hobbies, passions, and curiosities rarely exist in neat boxes. They bleed into each other."

zacharykai.net/notes/icfeb26

#IndieWeb #IndieWebCarnival #blogging #writing #WritingPrompt

The Doctor (Commissions open)lucidillusions.in@bsky.brid.gy
2026-02-01

Perfect #WIPSnips word ‘zeal’ to showcase one of my favourite stories, which not only had an eldritch god, but also the four horsemen. You can read it on: www.patreon.com/posts/136530... become a member, or buy the story, this one is worth it #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #StunDay

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jecquekt6dif7ctvonpphsu6/post/3mdrwayp3md2u

The Horsemen, it seemed, had a far broader and less nuanced definition of "Universe" than I'd anticipated. Or perhaps, in their *zeal*, their cosmic rampage didn't just trip over the containment field; it shattered it with a force that sent tremors through my unfathomable form. 

For a fleeting, horrifying instant, I felt the gnawing tendrils of Pestilence seeking my consciousness, the suffocating void of Famine reaching for my essence. An unholy, universe-shattering blunder.
InterNutter :nb_verify:internutter@blahaj.zone
2026-02-01

Challenge #04781-M032: Power of Belief

Mavis has made her escape with various Board Apes and gold jewelry pilfered from her cultists. A flawless escape, save for one hiccup: the Great Yogi Upadya Nirmanka is real and has no need for early wealth, only the mind, body, and soul of a disciple…
Sequel to: [https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04738-l354-the-vanishing-mystic -- Deathshead419
Belief is an incredibly weird thing. It's why placebos work on patients. It's all in the presentation. Their glorious leader Suma Loma had shown them the beginning steps. She insisted that she was merely a studant of the great Yogi Upadya Nirmanka.

And then she literally vanished.

Mikya had been the one to break into Suma Loma's isolation house after three days of silence. He found her robes on her meditation mat as if she had simply evaporated during her meditations. There was nothing more there but empty cupboards and a fine layer of dust.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04781-m032-power-of-belief

#flashfiction #mundanematters #shortstory #writingprompt

Ameronis RanGenameronis
2026-01-31

What happens to your story if you introduce a character with THIS power?

InterNutter :nb_verify:internutter@blahaj.zone
2026-01-31

Challenge #04780-M031: Gifted a Curse

Whilst perusing a market, Waithvine’s companion hands hir a small statuette of an odd winged God. Nothing seemed to be odd about it, but, when ze handed it back, and statuette soon reappeared in hir pocket. Try as ze might, it always returns, while the merchant who sold it is long gone and the mysterious curse grows ever tighter… -- Deathshead419
Wraithvine had grown used to Girrautuvit sticking her hands in hir pockets. She had yet to learn that it was inadvisable to do that. Especially with attempted withdrawals. But since Girrautuvit was a twig-thin, undersized waif with no real name, Wraithvine was willing to put up with a lot more from her.

This time, she made a deposit.

It was a small, gilded idol of a figure with wings and a beard. There was a heavy toga and boots in the figure's ensemble. There
had been gemstones in the eyes, but only one remained. It looked angry, and seemed primed to strike out at a moment's notice. "Girra," Wraithvine warned. "What and why?"

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04780-m031-gifted-a-curse

#flashfiction #fantasy #shortstory #writingprompt #fantasyfiction

Ameronis RanGenameronis
2026-01-30

A place of local legends; "The Treacherous City". What do the people say about this place? Who (or what) can be found here? , #amwriting

Visual InspirationVisualInspiration@mas.to
2026-01-30

2026-01-30 #VisualInspiration prompt:

How do you juggle your problems?

Use this short video as inspiration to write a very short story based on it.

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#VisualWritingPrompt
#WritingPrompt
#Juggling
#AiArt

Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)golgaloth@writing.exchange
2026-01-30

Your character's job makes some things in life more difficult than they should be.

#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #StarTrek #SciFi #WritingCommunity

A red-shirt from Star Trek is thrown out of the Life Insurance company office.
InterNutter :nb_verify:internutter@blahaj.zone
2026-01-29

Challenge #04779-M030: Those Were the Days

King Nydon is gone, and the jubilation from his fall was real. Yet now years have come and gone, allowing memories of how bad things were to fade, had leaving King Reginald to deal with a burgeoning nostalgia for his father’s reign.
Follow up to: [https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04632-l248-better-than-perfection ] -- Deathshead419
King Reginald of Bevuran and his Prince-consort Connow ruled wisely and well for decades. Raising a junior niece as the intended heir to the crown. Bevuran was no longer perfect, and many greeted that as a good thing.

A few did not.

"The streets used to be spotless," complained an old saw at the bar. "You could eat your breakfast off 'em. Horses and all the city beasts had to be trained to use a special privy. Now you don't see any of that any more. Gotta watch your step or clean it up yourself."

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04779-m030-those-were-the-days

#flashfiction #fantasy #shortstory #writingprompt

Ameronis RanGenameronis
2026-01-29

Keep your readers on the edge of their seats with these dramatic plot points.

InterNutter :nb_verify:internutter@blahaj.zone
2026-01-28

Challenge #04778-M029: And a Little Bit of Lavender

The human's friends fill an enormous, deep tub with hot water, saposin rich flowers, and several doses of lavender oil. The human DID say they loved lavender scented bubble baths. -- Anon Guest
Space does not encourage water immersion for reasons that quickly become obvious the more you know about freefall. So when spacers come to shore leave on a planet, the first thing they do is head for large and indulgent bodies of their chosen fluid. It's no surprise that port towns have a lot of swimming pools and bath houses.

And when they're very far from such places, yet still in a gravity well... some people dearly
want to dunk themselves and soak. Which is not safe in an unfamiliar biome.

Companions Ans and Uum noticed that Human Nhi was getting 'tetchy' four weeks into the planetary survey. No matter
how thorough the cleansing booths were, Nhi was bemoaning the absence of pools, hot tubs, and baths. Especially baths.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04778-m029-and-a-little-bit-of-lavender

#flashfiction #sciencefiction #shortstory #writingprompt

InterNutter :nb_verify:internutter@blahaj.zone
2026-01-28

Challenge #04777-M028: Safety Inspection

This mine has an over 90% safety margin!/ "How in all the Holies you manage that??"
Meet the supervisors. /"These are Kobolds!"
Yep, best damn safety inspectors and supervisors we've ever had! -- The New Guy
Everyone knows that the world of Alfarell was made for Dragons and Dragonkind. Fortunately, after centuries of irreconcilable differences, the Dragons have deigned to share their world with smaller intelligent creatures. Fortunately for Dragonkind, the other intelligent creatures were willing to talk.

Unfortunately for the Kobolds, just about everyone viewed them as minor pests at best and vermin at worst.

Given that they were a species destined to end as a brief, crunchy squeak... it was inevitable that they evolved a unique survival strategy. Instant reincarnation. The only issue is waiting for muscle strength to catch up to the needs of the moment. Many newly hatched Kobolds report how they died before they can walk again.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04777-m028-safety-inspection

#flashfiction #fantasy #shortstory #writingprompt #fantasyfiction

Ameronis RanGenameronis
2026-01-28

Exercise your writing muscles with this challenge. The Writing Prompt Generator: twp.ai/NTZL6e

Danroiddanroid
2026-01-28

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