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When a woman wakes up with no memory of the past three years, she discovers that she has a husband and child that she doesn’t remember. As she…
A group of friends on a road trip stumble upon a mysterious town that seems to be stuck in time. As they try to leave, they realize that…
A detective investigating a series of murders begins to suspect that the killer may be a ghost. The evidence seems to point to a man who died 50…
A mysterious illness is spreading through London’s supernatural community, and Blaze is hired to find out what’s causing it. As he investigates, he discovers that the illness is…
A young couple moves into their dream house in the country, but as they begin to settle in they notice strange things happening. Doors and windows open and…
Blaze is hired by a group of ghosts who are haunted by an even more malevolent spirit. As Blaze tries to track down the spirit, he discovers that…
A group of astronauts on a routine mission to Mars discover a strange object buried on the planet’s surface. As they begin to study it, they realize that…
Colin Blaze is hired by a group of mermaids to investigate a string of missing pearls from their underwater kingdom. However, when Blaze tries to dive down to…
A woman wakes up in a hospital room with no memory of how she got there. The last thing she remembers is going to bed in her own…
You were having a perfectly ordinary day right up until the moment you met a demon. The demon was utterly miserable, cold, and hungry. You decided to take…
In a few hours, you will be gone and another you will appear. For you, “new year new you” is literally true. At the turn of midnight, you…
He enlisted in 1944. His rise through the ranks to Captain he put down to luck. Now, in 2023, collecting his pension while looking the same as he…
Hey, Bloodscream, we’ve got some teens with a classical Latin summoning. You took Latin, right? Can you take this one? I’d ask Skullsmite but he’s off on a…
Your character is drinking some coffee. Maybe it was the caffeine but they suddenly have a moment of insight. The penny has dropped and they can do something…
Without any warning switch genre. Bonus points if you do it again in the same chapter or the next one the whole story is cast in a whole…
Add a wizard to your story who tries to help and only makes things orders of magnitude worse in every respect.
The chapter that you are working on is suddenly filled with puppies. Lots of puppies. And with the puppies comes puppy-related chaos. Extra points… if this was a…
Introduce poo as a theme and/or plot point in your chapter. Perhaps someone trod in it. Maybe someone failed to flush the loo. Or, perhaps, a baby needs…
We dare you to sit somewhere public and include conversations you overhear into your story.
Have a character suggest a shady action that would (if it works) help the characters overcome the antagonist. Have them debate the relative morality of doing evil for…
Take a dip into our writing dares archive. Try and get five of them on the same page.
Your character, by chance, is temporarily granted magical power. For a short while, they can bend the very nature of reality itself to their will. What do they…
It is cold outside. You characters decide to take a break and go inside to warm up. They enjoy a nice hot cup of coffee as they talk…