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Challenge of the Month XIV: May

Spirit World. Some call them ghosts, or angels, or guides. The Japanese call it Shinto. Cultures around the world call it Shamanism. Many call them the schizophrenic ravings of lunacy. Whatever you call it, or them, write about the unseen world of spirits. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.

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Dancing With Death

The last time I danced with death, I stepped on his toes

Not many people can say that they’ve met death and lived to tell the tale, but I’ve done more than met him

I’ve talked with him, walked with him, even waltzed with him

You may think that death is more of a tango kind of guy, but trust me, he much prefers the waltz

Or that’s what he told me, anyway

Now that I think about it, maybe he was just saying that to get me to let my guard down

My story should be a warning to all: when you’re in the same room as death, you should never turn your back on him

No matter how charming he is, you must never let your guard down

Because that is all just a guise to get what he really wants: your heart

Not in a romantic sense, however it comes across, but in a literal sense

In order to remain the same age physically, death must consume someone’s heart once every thousand years

This can’t be just any random stranger’s heart, though,

it must be given to him willingly

Trusting death was the whole reason I got into this mess, and it’s fitting that the last thing I do on this earth, as I bleed out into the very paper I’m writing this message on, that I am trusting you, reader, to heed my warning and stay far, far away from death

There is no sure way to spot him in a crowd, because he is always changing his appearance

However, there is a way to defeat him once you are certain that it is really death you have come into contact with

He has one weakness, one way to bring him crumbling down faster than a burning building

That weakness is—

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First sentence: "I didn't intend for her to find out that I lied, but of course, you can't always get what you want."

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She would have found out eventually, I’m sure. How important are long-lost twin sisters, really?

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The lamest superpower ever

Be unexpected! Poetry or prose, all good.

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Being able to hold your breath underwater in a world in the distant future that is a desert wasteland, with no water at all.

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I’ll write a post (1 sentence) then you write a sentence to continue it. (At the top write what number you are, then I will post the whole thing at the end)

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Unless it’s natural for humans to have hearts of stone and steel-trap minds.

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Think of a dream from your childhood

You will know the one immediately. Try to capture it as vividly as possible. Take us there.

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Hiding underneath the bed covers

From a malevolent, evil fox

It still finds me cowering

With it’s long, pointy teeth

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Make Me Cry My Heart Out

Write a sad story. It's as simple as that. No rules, just make it sad. Thanks

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Blue

Tears streaming down my face

Falling faster than runners in a race

Leaving no trace

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Write a Poem that begins with "Together" and ends with "Forever"

abergen in Poetry & Free Verse

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Together

Even when we are apart

Our love draws us back to each other

I see you everywhere

You have been gone now for three years

But soon, we will be reunited

Forever

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Create something by only using the first letter for ea. word (ex: S snake, slow, slitter)

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Slippery snakes sliding, swerving

Sucking souls slowly

Someone sighs

Snakes succinctly supply solace

Sinking sharp-

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Twist Ending in 50 words or less.

In such a short amount of words it is hard to tell any story. See if you can write a story that sets expectations and subverts them in the word limit. Change the genre from horror to funny or the opposite. Or trick the reader into believing there is something there is not and reveal it in the last line. Surprise us. Here is an example of a short story by Hemingway: For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

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Cliff hanger

Lucky moments

I have a handful

You have a whole bag full

One of us fell off a cliff

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write a poem beginning with the line "I miss you" and ending with "I miss you, too." anything in between is your call. have fun, and tag me @dream

abergen in Poetry & Free Verse

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I miss you, she texted

But what’s the point if he has my number blocked?

He did block me, right?

Otherwise he would have responded

As she was about to leave the room, her phone pinged with a message from the person she couldn’t get out of her head:

I miss you, too

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