Urban Fantasy writing prompt
The Enchanted Spray Cans
In a bustling city where magical graffiti murals have the power to heal or harm, an underground artist discovers a series of enchanted spray cans that grant extraordinary powers to their creations. However, a shadowy organization is on the hunt for these cans. The artist must decide whether to use these powers for personal gain or to protect the city from a hidden threat.
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.
- 1Choose one ordinary object and show how this world changed it.
- 2Start in the middle of the strangest moment, and explain nothing for a page.
- 3Write it as a document from the world: a letter, a field report, a warning sign.
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