The Ennead Contest Entries

Prompt 1: Limbo. 1000-1500 words telling of someone trapped in the Minotaur's labyrinth.

Prompt 2: Lust. up to 500 words of the life of someone who now resides in the second circle of Hell.

Prompt 3: Gluttony. 1000-1500 words telling of a woman failing in school who finds a key and opens a door to the third circle, whose king wishes to conquer Earth.

Prompt 4: Greed. 1000-1500 words about a group of friends--tempted by stories of wealth--entering King Midas' castle. Only one is allowed to leave, forever burdened by the punishment for their greed.

Prompt 5: Wrath. 1000-1500 words about two travellers crossing the River Styx--one of which is carried away by a dziwożona.

Prompt 6: Heresy. 1000-1500 words about someone who tries to convince others of their controversial opinion.

Prompt 7: Violence. Under 1500 words retelling a story in your own words, in which the primary conflict is violent.

Prompt 8: Fraud. 1000-1500 words about someone in a dream, standing at the precipice above the sixth bolgia, where the bridge spanning the eighth circle crumbled during the Great Earthquake after Christ's death. A maskinganna holding a digitalis approaches here, offering to help the character cross for a price. (Rated Mature)

Prompt 9: Treachery. 1000-1500 words about someone who pulls a resident of the ninth circle out from the ice, and the reason they would do such a thing.