Rumor was, there was a fortune #hidden beneath the floorboards. So the Charmer siblings broke in one night…three went in, whole & hale. One made it out, still human. One definitely dead. The third…that’s complicated. The house itself burned down by morning. #FastPrompt 238

He was hailed as a genius, the ultimate wizard of an age, with #boundless magic & the will to wield it. His peers & rivals left in frustration & despair…Everything was going according to his plan, until they found his entire family, drained of their life-force… #FastPrompt 238

“…sorry, say that again?” “About the recipe?” “No!” “Oh, the old family rumor? The original Rue was pulled into the mirror #dimension. The one you know is her reflection.” “How do you—” “Her freckles, silly. Plus, she went from being right-handed to left-handed.” #FastPrompt 238

@fastprompt.bsky.social #fastprompt I'm a beauty of endless complexity. Beyond the beautiful eyes and hourglass figure lies many a hidden talent waiting to be expressed. You, presumptuous nob, will never learn my secrets. Be gone!

They walked carefully through the dark of the cave. For minutes, hours, forever. A sudden light in the distance made them freeze— “What do we do?” Mason whispered. Lee couldn’t speak, or shout—should you shout in a cave? The #beacon flickered. Then moved closer. #FastPrompt 238

Her #memories were buried in the garden. Long after the family moved away, a tree grew in that spot. When Skye plucked a ripe fruit from a low-hanging branch & bit into it, the light shifted—he was twenty years ago, pushing away a boy who’d tried to kiss her. #FastPrompt 238

One of the scariest feelings is that there may be no boundless depths hidden anywhere. #fastprompt

Why do you remain hidden in your thoughts? You have so much to say but your voice was stolen Someday you will laugh again Until then, you need to create You need to live. Not this. Not inside in your head #FastPrompt

there is nothing hidden here. you keep trying to bend me. I won't break. #fastprompt 238:5

The sun’s getting real low, #FastPrompt fam, you coming in or staying out?

the ocean is boundless. my affection for you is not. #fastprompt 238:4

there is no dimension of you I explored I adore. #fastprompt 238:3

@fastprompt.bsky.social #fastprompt To be able to cross off Items on the to-do list To feel the satisfaction Of a completely clean household Oh, to blessed with the boundless Energy of my toddler son! Demolition crew disguised As a cutie patootie!

Memories made but not reinforced with true kindness fade even more than ones made by people at their best in happenstance moments - in those you can hold on to a beacon. The flip side of the memories of being near some Napoleon - a different kind of beacon. #fastprompt #vss

Your self from the dimension less on fire owes a fourth-dimensional whale money. That's why they switched places with you. The whale can tell you're not them, so it slumps on the roof with its fourth-dimensional weight being light - but the burden of fourth-dimensional refugees ... #fastprompt

Your once boundless spirit is now tied to the earth. You're spread among the waves and the roots. You're in the hearts of your family and around their necks. You will always be spirited, but now that spirit is bound to others #FastPrompt

@fastprompt.bsky.social #fastprompt I need a distraction As a reaction This world is too much My brain is out to lunch Seeking a new dimension That lacks all this tension Release me from reality That doesn't involve criminality I'm too cute to go to jail..

You claim to be a complicated man but you only show one dimension any time. Perhaps you think that because you are not an outright hero that makes you complicated. But you're just a man. Nothing more or less. You're not complicated at all Just mistaken #FastPrompt

@fastprompt.bsky.social #fastprompt You know you have been a ghastly waste of a human when the beacon of light you think leads to a beautiful overlook is actually pointing to the surf.

You were a beacon of the darkness. All the malice and hatred directed itself to you. For a long time you were where it dissolved, never to be an issue. But then you experienced your own tragedy and never cared again. Letting all that darkness fall onto the innocent #FastPrompt

the beacons have been dimmed. there are no superheroes only wimps. #fastprompt 238:2

have memories all right, of bleeding ear drums, night terrors, and how we were too chicken to stop this vocal atrocity. We can never go to that bar again.

@fastprompt.bsky.social #fastprompt She did it, she actually did it. She can't say she was drunk as an excuse. No, she was stone cold sober. We braced ourselves for the inevitable disaster. The music swelled, she took a breath and started singing "Memories". Singing? That's generous We will

my memories of you all that's left the door's slowly closing #fastprompt 238:1

Every box was full of broken memories Every shelf sung of silence There was a half life in these walls. And I was surrounded by an echo #FastPrompt

Welcome to the 238th week of #fastprompt with your hosts @jelaymon.bsky.social and @k----t.bsky.social! Bright days make for somber nights, nights where we crave the darkness and all that gives off shadows. Nights where we can hide from the sun for a time. Write for the prompt or the pic! Have fun!

Something stirs in the dark of your heart. Some restless flicker has increased in tempo. You find yourself wondering if you can feel again. But that question will have to wait. For her eyes tell the story of someone who just wants to be alone. And so today is not the day you will heal #FastPrompt

Enclosed you will find a list of your sins. Every single action that brought you to this point. You will not be allowed to return. You will spend what passes for eternity in these halls. You have, simply put, been banished from reality. You will have only these empty halls for company #FastPrompt

You have climbed the heights. Stabbed more than a few friends in the back to get here. And for what? The crown is not yours to hold. It never was. Your life is spent chasing that which you were never meant to have. It will be empty except for the failure of power just out of reach #FastPrompt

Snakes? Snakes are not your problem. Snakes are patient, they wait, they strike when opportune. You are dealing with something that is not patient. You are dealing with something that wants nothing more than to burn it all down. You are dealing with humans. Not snakes. Much worse overall #FastPrompt

It's circling you, the great pain of your life. You try to fight not every direction you turn seems to pull you farther in. You're drowning in agony but you refuse to ask for help. Your pride will be your undoing and you've made peace that all you will no is despair #FastPrompt

When Sara got home from the graveyard, her grandmother was waiting at the window, staring out into the #dark. “Sorry I’m late, Gran, I’ll start dinner in a minute—” The old woman turned, staring with mirror-glass eyes. “Such a good girl,” she croaked, backwards. #FastPrompt 237

“But why…” he sobbed, watching as the younger twin was #enclosed in a scorched wooden box, wrapped in iron chains, & buried beneath the manor. A necessary evil, he was told, because of the curse… Ten years later, he can still hear his brother screaming at night. #FastPrompt 237

After several nights pouring over translated texts, he came across a lead: a holy spring, at the top of the mist-shrouded mountains. “No one can survive those #heights,” his master said, as Shin packed supplies. “Something may return your bones, if you’re lucky.” #FastPrompt 237

Oh, to reach great heights with help of system happy to enclose it all #fastprompt #haiku

The voice in his head was clear: follow the girl with #snakes on her arms. He’d taken that literally, until—duh, she had tattoos. His surveillance skills were further tested when he lost her in the crowd—until she cornered him in an alley, a knife at his throat. #FastPrompt 237

His death was foretold at his birth: #drowning before he came of age. His mother did what she could: he learned to swim before he could walk. At 16, he met a girl at the beach. With siren song & scales on her arms, she dared him to swim out, farther & farther… #FastPrompt 237

The #FastPrompt word of the day is Phobia, from the Greek “phobos” (fear, panic, terror). It’s a scary good time!👻😱🖤

It's the landscape of snakes. Not yours, per se. Snakes pat each on the back. Or really they build things just for that, because they can't do it themselves. The figurative kind wouldn't even be enough. You must disregard them and their hissing, bites and strikes on your way to anything. #fastprompt

It is possible to drown in the dust of the barren hearts that make the scenery that paint the scenery of this world as it is #fastprompt #vss365

Welcome to the 237th session of #fastprompt with your resident therapists @jelaymon.bsky.social and @k----t.bsky.social. Tonight, we dissect fear. What are you afraid of? Explore that fear and write with us!

She tended to the Eternal Flame her whole life, #nurturing the fire like it was her own child. When the conquerers came in their great ships, the egg at the centre of the sacred hearth cracked open at the critical moment—the phoenix rising, raining hell upon them. #FastPrompt 236

#fastprompt We all return to our first maternal figure, Earth. For we are products of billions of years of its bounty. So buddy, you best remember to call your mom or you'll be reunited your planetary mother sooner than you want!

#fastprompt I hold the deepest love for my spawn. Sure she was a hot mess of a toddler, terrible twos lasted until elementary school, and her teenage sighs! But she will cut a beyotch with her devastating sarcasm. Sniff, I am so proud of her!

#fastprompt Nurture her gifts Feed her soul Water the seedlings Provide her with the brightest light Protect her from the cold Soon, she will grow And spread her Arms, embracing The possibilities. You did well ma'am..

#fastprompt Motherhood is so easy according to the presumptuous man child talking to me on the bus. Sure, with enough wine, it's a breeze! Either because it calms you down, or you're too drunk to care that the brats are being little bastards. Speaking of brats..

#fastprompt We are a clan of royalty, uncrowned and without land. We carry ourselves with regal bearing, ignoring the epithets shouted our way. Yes, we are poor in coins, but we are queens. Solidarity for each other. Let the pretenders fight for the scraps.

Daria & Penn shoplifted their mother’s memoir, a “gritty, feminist tale of balancing a career & #motherhood.” Skimming through it, they were disappointed. “Doesn’t even mention the time she dated an art thief,” Penn said. Daria laughed. “That was a great summer.” #FastPrompt 236

As Pearl was pampered & prepared, her mother offered some helpful advice: “Don’t think you’ll be so fortunate as to marry for #love. Cozy up to the Duke’s son & try not bore him.” At the party, Pearl chatted with the gardener, leaving her heart among the roses. #FastPrompt 236