SciFi/Fantasy – October 2

“It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.”- Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, which premiered on this date in 1959. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which what your protagonist sees leads him/her to make a mistake that proves fatal for a companion.

SciFi/Fantasy – October 1

“After sixty-six generations of breeding—thirty-three to Bay and thirty-three more—they’d come to nothing. Kaela Stewert did not want the same happening to his own line.” The ship Tesah will be attacked on this date in R.M. Meluch’s 2182. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must settle for less than s/he requires.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 30

“Some stories are true that never happened.”- Elie Wiesel, born this date in 1928. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s mentor relates the most important true story that never happened in the world you’ve created.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 29

“There is no shame in asking for help, my lord. It takes great strength to admit one’s limitations.” Alaric Morgan was born on this date in Katherine Kurtz’s 1091. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails to protect a person s/he’s been sworn to defend.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 28

“Nicolas Flamel reached the age of eighty. He spent the last years of his life writing books on alchemy. He carefully settled his affairs and planned how he was to be buried: at the end of the nave of Saint Jacques la Boucherie. The tombstone to be laid over his body had already been made. On this stone, in the middle of various figures, there was carved a sun above a key and a closed book.” Nicholas...

SciFi/Fantasy – September 27

E=mc2- Albert Einstein in “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content,” published in Annalen der Physik on this date in 1905. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must persuade a peer group of something for which there is no observable evidence.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 26

“The unknown future rolls toward us.”- Sarah Connor, as portrayed by Linda Hamilton, born this date in 1956. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns the value of life from something non-living.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 25

“I always think a day when you never get out of your pajamas is a win.”- Mark Hamill, born this date in 1951. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist starts a journey s/he would rather not take.