Urban Fantasy writing prompt
The Library Beyond the Shadows
Describe a modern city where every full moon, the shadows of buildings stretch and transform into doorways to other dimensions. One night, a young, curious librarian steps into a shadow and finds themselves in a library where the books predict the future. Explore their journey and the implications of bringing knowledge back from beyond.
Suggested length: A short story: 1,500 to 5,000 words, or flash fiction under 1,000
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Three ways to take this prompt somewhere nobody else will.
- 1Start in the middle of the strangest moment, and explain nothing for a page.
- 2Write it as a document from the world: a letter, a field report, a warning sign.
- 3Make the magic or technology cost your hero something they can't get back.
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