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Art of a Killer
Genre: Mystery & Suspense Plot: A child’s artwork corresponds to a series of murders in town. Words to use: school, painting, disturbing, image, repulsive, insight, clue, danger, witness, deep, understanding, communication, help, sociopath, outlet. Art class was Alice’s favorite class in school. She loved to paint and draw. Her paintings were often of sunsets and houses with…
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Monster Under the Bed
Genre: Horror Plot: A child’s imaginary friend turns out to be a serial killer Words to use: ghost, memory, belief, mind, play, innocence, violate, shadow, vision, mate, pretend, fake, dream, reality, weapon Little Timmy was such a precocious child with a vivid imagination. He would often play with his “friend” in his room, hours at a time.…
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My father’s coin collection
Genre: Fantasy Plot: An inherited coin collection transports you to different worlds. Words to use: money, metal, mint, insignia, face, value, map, portal, chamber, door, travel, warp, time, will, heirloom. My father loved to collect money from all over the world. He had stories that connected him to his travels with all the metal coins and paper bills that was…
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Once Upon a time…
Genre: Romance Plot: A soldier falls in love with the daughter of the enemy Words to use: battle, combat, warrior, revenge, armor, emotion, trust, attraction, assassin, resist, urge, duty, honor, passion, savior. The battle was raging on the eastern front. The carnage was great on both sides. Not something that you would expect anything good to come…
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Jasper the Toy Maker
Genre: Action/Adventure Plot: A toy maker discovers his company is sold to criminals with nefarious plans for his toys. Words to use: machine, factory, tinker, novelty, collection, production, violence, defile, abomination, evil, franchise, distribute, cover-up, abuse, plant Jasper Evergreen loved to tinker. Ever since he was a boy he loved to make toys. I began as…
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Life of an Explorer.
Story: The Assistant to Marco Polo A work of fiction by Rachel Knepp Words to use: travel, world, seas, map, danger, mongols, china, court, ship, route, explorer, Venice, rivalry, risk, fame. Being the assistant to Marco Polo, the famous explorer was so exciting. Enrico dreamed of travel. Seeing the world, marking off places on the map that he longed to see. He…
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Mind Trap
Genre: Sci-fi Story line: A trapped hypnotist must fight a way out of their own mind. Words to use: pendulum, hallucination, slumber, control, zombie, repressed, unconscious, sense, waking, inner, lock, memory, prison, escape, coma. The large pendulum on the old grandfather clock in the home office swiftly shifted back and forth in a typical rhythmic manner. Tick…
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The Mannequin Salesman
Genre: Horror Plot/Story premise: A mannequin sales man has a store full of real monsters. Words to use: display, storage, display, hideout, underworld, creep, mask, beware, entry, Halloween, body, model, dominion, design, fake. On my way to school, i walk by all the closed and shuttered windows of past stores that didn’t survive the economic…