Prompts were created by the entries of the Dream Beginnings Contest. They are arranged in the genre in which they were entered but can be used in any genre. You must use at least one prompt, and it must be a prominent part of the story but are free to use two or more. You are free to use the prompts outside the contest.
And now, here are the prompts for the Short Dreams 2022 contest!
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Sometimes there are personal consequences to doing the right thing, but you didn't expect this.
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Peter Atkinson has long suffered from childhood, having lost his parents and been bred by abusive foster parents. Years later, given that he was a talisman, this resulted in him being a part of a world that he never wanted. Being chased by assassins from outer space and recruited by beings from out of the earth. All of this is happening because of that Talisman. The question remains: What will happen to him? Where will he end up?
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You wake up in a fairytale, only to find out that you are the bad guy.
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You live near a railroad that's been closed for years. One night, you wake up to the sound of a train.
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Write a story where Cinderella's Fairy Godmother is the villain.
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You're a young woodcutter apprentice and stuff has been going surprisingly well for you today. But, on the way home, it starts to rain. To your luck, you encounter a small hut and decide to take shelter. Little do you know how many dangers await you there.
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You just can't have a dragon without someone complaining.
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Repeated vivid dreams haunted you. After council with a mage/shaman, he/she advised that these were not your dreams. You were called.
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A woman's dead older sibling contacts her through dreams claiming the afterlife is just another dimension.
