Tag: family

The happy couple love their imaginary daughter

What secret or forgotten aspect ties your character to the history of your setting?

This could be an ancestor involved in a historic event, a similarity to a person of legend, or something else that you have invented. Even if this does…

My Family: An image collection prompt

Tell us the story that links these images

A door to another world

After your parents’ tragic accident, you inherit their old apartment in a run-down building in the heart of the city. While renovating, you stumble upon a hidden door…

You are the ghost whisperer

You’ve always had a special connection with the supernatural world, able to communicate with spirits. One day, you encounter a restless ghost who is desperate to pass on…

Your magical (birthday) gift

On your 21st birthday, you receive a mysterious package from an unknown sender that contains a necklace with a unique symbol. When you put it on, you suddenly…

The truth about your family’s superpowers

While helping your elderly grandmother clean out her basement, you stumble upon a hidden door that leads to a secret laboratory. Inside, you find evidence that your family…

Family secrets

You’ve always thought your family was ordinary until one day while cleaning out your grandparents’ attic, you stumble upon a hidden door. Behind it, you find a secret…

You, a detective, learn the world is bigger and darker than you imagined

As a detective in a bustling metropolis, you’re used to investigating crimes and catching criminals. But when a series of bizarre murders start happening, you realize that the…

The case for killing uncle Melvin

When all members of the family were invited to the city all expenses paid, we never could have guessed why. I think we all expected an announcement of…

The stepsister’s dark secret

Your rebellious and troubled step-sister told you a dark secret last night. She claims that your stepfather is over two hundred years old. He maintains his life by…

Dinner with the family’s many feuds

You are part of a large and complicated family. The family is divided into factions none of which are willing to talk to the others. The one thing…

Haunted by the vile and unforgivable

Six days ago, your abusive uncle and his equally unkind wife died in a car accident. You did not go to their funeral – no one did. After…

Magic runs in families

The day before your eighteenth birthday, your parents tell you that magic runs in the family. Most first manifest your gift or gifts after they turn eighteen. As…

A slumber party you will never forget

It is the last week before you all go off to university. You and your friends decided to have a slumber party like when you were younger. There…

Mummy?

Introduce two villains that are thinly disguised versions of your own parents.

Twins?

Your protagonist meets a twin they never knew they had. Or have they?

Child of dragons

On your eleventh birthday, you accidentally discovered that one of your ancestors was an actual dragon. Your family’s secrets get stranger. A lot stranger.

Grandpa from space

You’ve always felt a little different but never knew why. Then, one day you ask your grandfather where the family came from. To you surprise, he pulls out…

My sister’s phone

Two years after your sister went missing – and had been pronounced dead – you start getting text messages that could only be from her.

Missing me

Our family’s past

Story in pictures

Tell us the story that connects these images