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Small Excerpt #34
The conversation lulled. The silence became oppressive, and in an act of mercy for the both of us I told her, "I have to go."  
"I love you,” She blurts out before I can do anymore then stand. “Did you-?" She didn’t need to finish the thought.
"I did," I said, "but... You look great,” I laughed. She did not.
“What happened?" 
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Amphibology (n. Middle English, 14th century): A phrase or sentence that is grammatically ambiguous, such as “She sees more of her children than her husband.”
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Prompt From Poetry #14
One autumn night, years before, they came to a place where the moonlight stopped and change was among the stars. A place of rose colored dreams and white lily petals. They were lovers, but the world killed that.
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Hillock (n. Middle English): A small hill or mound.
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Plot Prompt #57
A: A time-cop tracks down people who escape from their own time periods through "time leaks." B: a physical engineer who fixes the leaks. 
Their experiences with each other are out of sync (e.g. one’s first meeting is the other’s 52nd), but somehow they make it work.
During first meeting: the repair worker is thinking about how the cop looks attractive when they just comes up to kiss him. Repair worker faints.
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Gazetteer (n. Italian, early 17th century): A geographical index or dictionary
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Dialogue Prompt #65
“Where- Where is everyone else? Where are all the people? The other humans?”
“There are none.”
“I... am the last?”
"No, precious human, you are not the last," he said in a soft, compassionate tone. "You are the first."
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Izzat (n. Arabic, unknown date): Honor, reputation, or prestige.
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Dialogue Prompt #64
"We have no place to go and no money to get us there. We have no choice. We must stay here and wait. It is not safe for us anywhere, but we must not fear, such insanity cannot last. You will see, evil always destroys itself. All hysteria will soon die down, it has to"
They shake their head. "No, it can not be put right. The world outside cannot be mended. There is only acceptance now."
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Soupçon (n. French, mid 18th century): A very small quantity of something.
"The steak came with a soupçon of horseradish sauce for dipping."
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Will You Press The Button? #17
You have the ability to stop time 
BUT
You continue to age while time is frozen 
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Fulsome (adj. Middle English, unknown): 1) Complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree. 2) Of large size or quantity; generous or abundant.
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Inspiration From Trivia #15
Béla Kiss, also known as the "The Monster of Czinkota,” was a Hungarian serial killer born in 1877 and active from 1900-1914. It is thought that he murdered 24 young women and attempted to pickle them in giant metal drums that he kept on his property.
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Curtail (v. French, late 15th century): Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.
(Continued history of Béla Kiss below)
Kiss was a tin smith in Czinkota, Hungary (modern Budapest) since the 1900. His neighbors considered him pleasant and he engaged in amateur astrology and found interest in other occult practices. Around 1912, local towns folks began to notice the accumulation of mental drums on Kiss’ property. Kiss reasoned that the drums were filled with gasoline in preparation for the oncoming war (WWI). When the war began, Kiss was conscripted and left his home in care of his housekeeper, Mrs. Jakubec. 
In July 1916, police received report from a local landlord that they had found several large metal drums on his property. Recalling Kiss’ stockpile, the constable directed needy soldiers to the containers. An odd smell was noted upon the opening of the containers. At this point a detective took over and requested the opening of the drums on Kiss’ property, despite the protest of Mrs. Jakubec. Inside was discovered the body of a strangled women. After opening all the other drums on the property, the police uncovered a total of 24 bodies. 
The police notified the military to arrest Kiss if he were still alive, but due to the commonness of his name he was not able to be located. The police also initially arrested the housekeeper, believing that she was involved. However Mrs. Jakubec argued that she had known nothing and cooperated with the police by showing them to a room that Kiss had told her never to enter. Inside was a room filled with bookcases with books primarily about poisons and strangulations as well as a desk that contained a number of letters involving Kiss’ correspondence with 74 different women as well as a photo album. 
The police were able to learn several things from the letters: the oldest of the letters was from 1903, Kiss had been defrauding women who were looking for marriage, he placed ads in the marriage columns of several newspapers, and he had selected mainly women who had no relatives living nearby and knew no one would notice their disappearance right away. He courted them and convinced them to send him money and if they proved troublesome he killed them. Police also found old court records that indicated that two of his victims had initiated court proceedings because he had taken money from them. Both women had disappeared and the case had been dismissed.
On October 4th, 1916, the detective, Charles Nagy received word that Kiss was recuperating in a Serbian hospital, but Nagy was too late. By the time he arrived, Kiss had escaped by placing the body of dead fellow solider in his bed. Nagy alerted the Hungarian police but all “sightings” proved false. 
Speculation arose later that Kiss possibly assumed the identity of the dead solider he used to mask his escape. Many additional rumors sprouted up around this time to explain his disappearance, but none were ever confirmed. 
In 1920 a soldier in the French Foreign Legion reported on another legionnaire named Hoffman (the name Kiss had used in some letters) who had boasted how good he was at using a garrote, and who fit Kiss' description. "Hoffman" deserted before police could reach him.
In 1932, homicide detective Henry Oswald was certain he had seen Kiss coming out of Times Square Subway in New York City. There were also rumors that Kiss was living in the city and working as a janitor but they could not be verified.
The fate of Béla Kiss remains unknown.
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Writing Challenge #8
Lie to your readers. Take a generally accepted fact or story and convince them it's untrue. Tell them "what really happened" and how it's different from the original. 
Use whatever logic you have to, but make sure it's believable.
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Exiguous (adj. Latin, mid 17th century): Very small in size or amount
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Inspiration From Trivia #14
Hungarian noble women, Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed, was an alleged serial killer in Hungary from 1590 to 1610. She and four of her servants were were accused of torturing and killing 600 girls and women.
Elizabeth Bathory was referred to as the “female Dracula” because she bathed and drank the blood of her victims to maintain her youth. These accusations only began to arise after the death of her husband in 1604. Original accusations claimed that peasant women were the victims of Bathory, but these claims were largely ignored. In 1609 there arose claims that Báthory had slain women from noble families as well. These were the claims that drew attention and led to her eventual arrest. 
In January 1611, she and her servants were arrested for 80 counts of murder. The servants were put on trial, convicted, and sentences to death. While Bathory herself was never tried, she was confined to a bricked-in room whose only access to the outside world was a few slits for air and food. She survived there for three years until being found dead in August 1614. She was 54.
While historical documents supported these allegations, modern research indicates that Báthory might have been the target of politically motivated slander that allowed relatives to appropriate her lands. For example, Matthias, the king of Hungary and the individual who ordered the investigation into Bathory, owed a large debt to the family which was cancelled in exchange for permitting them to manage Elizabeth’s captivity.
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Galère (n. French, 17th century): A group or coterie.
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Plot Prompt #56
The Person with awful handwriting is the one writing love letters for their love interest
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Burgeon (v. Old French, 14th century): Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish
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Small Excerpt #33
A hint of satisfaction glinted in his eye as he watched. "You have failed, brother."
"For now." His voice was calm, but his hands had begun to tremble. "There will be more," he warned. "Your killing me will only make me a martyr. More revolutionaries will come to your gates. They will succeed where I have failed today."
His smile did not falter. "No, they will be dealt with in the same manner. You have failed today. Your revolution shall fall tomorrow."
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Caliginous (adj. Latin, 16th century): Misty, dim; obscure, dark.
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Character Abilities #6
Powers to manipulate reality (pt.2)
Alchemy: The ability to alter chemical elements, changing them from one substance to another by rearranging the atomic structure. May be limited to self-transmutation
Animation Selene: Ability to bring inanimate objects to life or to free an individual from petrification
Concussion beams: Ability to generate or transform various forms of energy into a "solid" or concussive beam of energy
Darkness or shadow manipulation: Ability to create or manipulate darkness, often by mentally accessing a dimension of dark energy (e.g., the Darkforce dimension in Marvel Comics, and the Shadowlands in DC Comics) and manipulating it
Energy blasts: Ability to expel various forms of energy from the body
Golem Creation: Make golems out of inanimate materials like rocks, woods, plants, magma, etc.
Gravity manipulation: Ability to manipulate or generate gravitons, or other types of gravitational interactions
Immortality
Light manipulation: Ability to control, generate or absorb light particles
Magnetism manipulation: Ability to control and/or generate magnetic fields
Mass manipulation: Ability to increase or decrease mass in an object
Molecular manipulation: Ability to mentally manipulate the molecules of objects and/or one's self on a molecular level
Poison generation: Ability to assault others with one or more varieties of toxins, with widely disparate effects.
Probability manipulation: Ability to alter probability, causing unlikely things to happen, or likely things not to happen
Radiation manipulation: Ability to generate, manipulate or have immunity to toxic radiation
Reactive adaptation/evolution: Ability to develop a resistance or immunity to whatever they were injured by or exposed to. This effect can be permanent or temporary.
Reality warping: Ability to change or manipulate reality itself
Resurrection: Ability to come back to life after being killed as well, or to bring others back to life
Self-detonation or explosion and reformation
Sonic scream
Technopathy: Ability to manipulate technology. Manifested as a special form of electrical/telekinetic manipulation, a special form of "morphing" which allows physical interaction with machines, or even a psychic ability that allows for mental interface with computer data
Vortex breath: Ability to inhale/exhale with superhumanly powerful strength. This can range from exhalation on par with gale-force winds to inhalation on par with the power of a gravitational vortex. In some cases, freezing temperatures can also be achieved.
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Lightsome (adj. Middle English, 14th century):  1) Merry and carefree 2) Gracefully nimble
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Writing Challenge #7
Write a story using one of the following titles:
Acquaintance by Marriage
A Score Settled
Free of Thought
Drift Endlessly
This Valley of Ashes
Creative Temperament
Eternal Blindness
Alone Against the Forces of Evil
An Unforeseen Eventuality
The Victim of Her Own Fascination
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Hubris (n. Greek, 19th century):  1) Excessive pride or arrogance 2) Overconfidence leading to an eventual downfall
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Inspiration From Trivia #14
General Character Motivations
Basic Motivations:
Survival
Failure
Peer pressure
Curiosity
Desire
Desire 
Instability
Nobel Motivations:
Love
Loyalty
Honor
Obedience
Inequality
Unfulfillment
Egocentric Motivations:
Vengeance 
Hatred
Dishonor
Pride
Greed
Lust
Jealousy
Fear Motivations:
Humiliation
Death
Pain
Rejection
Loss
Regret
Shame
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Frabjous (adj. Author Lewis Carroll, 1871): Delightful; joyous
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Writing Challenge #6
Pick 3 traits from “Strengths” and 3  from “Weaknesses” and build a character. (These are broad categories. Traits included in “Strengths” can be brought to extremes and positives can be found in the “weaknesses”)
Strengths: 
Adventurous
Altruistic
Analytical
Artistic
Athletic
Calm and practical
Charismatic and inspiring
Charming
Clever
Compassionate
Creative
Curious
Decisive
Determined
Disciplined
Emotional Intelligence
Excellent communicator
Excellent people skills
Great in a crisis
High self confidence
Honest
Imaginative and original
Independent
Open minded
Passionate
Quick witted
Reliable and patient
Responsible
Spontaneous
Strategic thinker
Strong willed
Supportive
Team oriented
Thoughtful
Trustworthy
Warm and sensitive
Wise
Weakness
Absent minded
Accident prone
Aggressive
Argumentative
Arrogant
Bad sense of direction
Bossy
Chaotic
Clueless in romance
Cold and ruthless
Comes on too strong
Condescending
Conforms to others wishes
Controlling
Cynical
Defiant
Dependent
Difficulty expressing emotions
Low self esteem
Greedy
Shy
Impatient
Impractical
Impulsive
Insensitive
Intolerant
Judgmental
Naïve
Reluctant to change
Shallow
Short sighted
Stubborn
Tries too hard to please everyone
Trouble working with others
Vague
Wasteful
Weak leadership skills
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Boswell (n. English, 18th century): A person who accompanies another and records their life.
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Inspiration From Trivia #13
Medical Drug Names and Uses:
Triple Antibiotic Ointment (Neosporin): used on cuts, sores, and scrapes to reduce risk of infection and promote healing
Acetaminophen + Aspirin + Caffeine = Excedrin: Usually marketed as "Migraine relief" as a generic
Naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn): Treats fever, pain, arthritis pain, gout, period cramps, tendinitis, headache, backache, and toothache. Is also NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug)
Ibuprofen (Advil, Midol , Motrin): Used for pain and fever, is an anti-inflammatory. Is good for period cramps because it is an NSAID 
Acetaminophen (Tylenol): Used to treat pain and reduce fever. Do not take with Ibuprofen
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Parol (adj. Old French, 15th century): 1) Given or expressed orally 2) (of a document) Agreed orally, or in writing but not under seal
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