prompt responses for the writing cartel https://discord.gg/33bJrdZ
Darkness filled the space, deep down below the surface. Something floated in the water, massive and waiting—The Sapphire Shine, one of the Elders, though not the oldest. It was as black as the depths, though lines of blue, like veins, danced in and out of view. Bubbles wrapped around it as it swam. Well, swam …
I sat down at my desk, coffee in hand, just as the doorbell chimed. It rang throughout the house. Who could that be? I wondered. I didn’t have any company planned toda as I was hoping to spend all day alone at my computer, finishing the sketches I’d started earlier in the week. I sighed …
Gravel crunched under tires as Ben drove up to the yellow house. “You’ve arrived at your destination,” said the disembodied voice of his GPS. He pulled his phone off the velcroed stand and checked the texts between him and Susie. They’d met on Facebook Marketplace. Susie had a cat to get rid of, and Ben …
I spit a mouthful of toothpaste into the sink and smiled at the mirror. My reflection smiled back—a big, toothy grin. I ran my tongue over my clean teeth, then put the toothbrush away and headed out. For the first time in a long while, I wasn’t running late. I checked my watch. 8:42 A.M. …