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Searching for that inspiration to write? Yearning for the most entertaining short fiction? Look no further! "Prompted" is the official podcast of the WritingPrompts section on reddit.com. Hear the best prompts, stories, and interviews with writers from the community!

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Your host today is Count Brapula

[WP] During a blackout you light a candle only to discover there's a spirit living in the candle's flame. The spirit is quite charming and offers sage advice, but they're very evasive when asked how they got trapped in the candle. They also REALLY want you to build them a bigger fire.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/725zr1/wp_during_a_blackout_you_light_a_candle_only_to/dng2qeh/

Written By /u/kinpsychosis

Read by Katiedead

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[WP] One by one, someone or something has been murdering the voices in your head.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/74efq7/wp_one_by_one_someone_or_something_has_been/dnxw3fg/

Written by yaq_

Read by BusyKat

Check out more of the authors stuff at http://yaqzone.blogspot.com

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[WP] You're a demon haunting an old home that's been abandoned for years. Finally, a person purchases the home, and as soon as he enters the first thing he says is "Now demon, you're stuck in here with me." in a very hostile tone.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/5gad73/wp_youre_a_demon_haunting_an_old_home_thats_been/darfj8t/

Written by /u/notyourcure

Read by LLCoolBrap

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[WP] When you die, your ghost remains in the world until the last person who remembers you also dies. 15,000 years after your death, you are still here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6jltzv/wp_when_you_die_your_ghost_remains_in_the_world/djfyjmm/

Written by bakonydraco

Read by CheeseRox

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[WP] Usually, horrors take place in dark isolated areas in the middle of nowhere. Write a horror story that takes place in the middle of a busy area in broad daylight.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/43v6ii/wp_usually_horrors_take_place_in_dark_isolated/czlnzfe/

Written by regula_et_vita

Read by Katiedead

If you liked this one, send the author a thanks for the story and maybe check out their user page!

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Music used in this podcast

Kevin MacLeod - Seven Off

Kevin MacLeod - Immersed Kevin MacLeod - Fire Prelude

Kevin MacLeod - Echoes of Time

Kevin MacLeod - Thinking Music

Kevin MacLeod - Sardona Kevin MacLeod - Colorless Aura

Kevin MacLeod - Vanishing Kevin MacLeod - Spacial Harvest

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[IP] River Below https://tomtc.deviantart.com/art/River-Below-700459573

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6vuxcz/ip_river_below/dm3b50a/

Written by /u/2odditus

Check out their reddit userpage for more of their work: https://www.reddit.com/user/2odditus

Read by Katiedead

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The Sea of Trees. The deeper you go, the taller they get, and the more incredible the animals. After a month of traveling, you just found your first clearing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6ht9ur/wp_the_sea_of_trees_the_deeper_you_go_the_taller/dj1g2w1/

Written by /u/Rackalackin

Read by LLCoolBrap

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[IP] Tree of Memories https://baxiaart.deviantart.com/art/Tree-of-memories-704592518

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/71w5bf/ip_tree_of_memories/dne1gd1/

Written by /u/No_Tale

Check out their subreddit that they just started at https://www.reddit.com/r/CassidyLilly/

Read by BusyKat

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[IP] Blazing Fox https://seerlight.deviantart.com/art/Blazed-Fox-703327596

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/70k0sp/ip_blazing_fox/dn3wxji/

Written by /u/BookWyrm17

Check out his subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/WrittenWyrm/

Read by LLCoolBrap

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[WP] There's a door in the middle of the forest. No one who has ever gone in has come back. Your job is to guard anyone from going in. One night, you hear a knock on the door.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/36bvym/wp_theres_a_door_in_the_middle_of_the_forest_no/crcmsm9/

Written by /u/JeniusGuy

Read by Katiedead

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Music used in this podcast

Kevin MacLeod - SockHop

Kevin MacLeod - Danse of Questionable Tuning

Kevin MacLeod - Overheat

Kevin MacLeod - Metaphysik

Kevin MacLeod - Serene Kevin MacLeod - Juniper

Kevin MacLeod - Inexorable

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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[RF] With his last dollar, he decided to play.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/5bstms/rf_with_his_last_dollar_he_decided_to_play/d9r3s58/

Written by /u/WinsomeJesse

Check out their writing subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/winsomeman/

Read by Giglomesh __________ [WP] An elite poker player in the final years of their life receives an invitation to join other elderly players in an exclusive tournament. The buy-in: what little remains of their life-force. The winner will walk away with their youth restored

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/30rq1e/wp_an_elite_poker_player_in_the_final_years_of/cpw9l06/

Written by Latetotheprompt

Read by LLCoolBrap __________ [TT] You wait tables in a small Southern town, and are privy to your regulars intimate details. Some of the secrets are starting to keep you awake at night.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/41kokt/tt_you_wait_tables_in_a_small_southern_town_and/cz3lrqb/

Written by /u/revirino

Read by Giglomesh __________ [WP] A night at a high stakes underground casino where memories, sanity, passions, and even one's very humanity can be wagered in a wide variety of games.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6vir5s/wp_a_night_at_a_high_stakes_underground_casino/dm0wnw4/

Written by /u/Mass_fusion

Read by LLCoolBrap _________ Music used in this Podcast

Kevin MacLeod - SockHop

Kevin MacLeod - Danse Morialta

Kevin MacLeod - Long Note One

Kevin MacLeod - Clean Soul Kevin MacLeod - The Sky of our Ancestors

Kevin MacLeod - Ossuary 5 - Rest Kevin MacLeod - Anguish

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Today's host is LLCoolBrap

[WP] A single man declares war on the entire world. One year later, the leaders of each nation gather to discuss their surrender.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2blgas/wp_a_single_man_declares_war_on_the_entire_world/cj6khrk/

Written by: /u/The_Pecking_Order

Read by Giglomesh

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[WP] You're the clichéd high-school super hero who has to balance heroics and school life. One day, you rescue your love interest while on super hero duty, when suddenly she starts talking about your alter-ego. You decide to stay and talk with her as a to see what she thinks of you at school.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6ifcie/wp_youre_the_clichéd_highschool_super_hero_who/dj66cvo/

Written by: /u/alivesince85

Read by LLCoolBrap ______________________

Flash fiction segment

https://www.reddit.com/r/Prompted/comments/6uodv6/podcast_prompt_009_the_first_day_on_the_job_for_a/

Thanks to everyone for writing and sharing your stories! Our chosen heroes for today are:

Theminionkings Shuflearn Zuberan TDWfan Lilwa_Dexel

Be sure to check out their user pages!

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[WP] You are the ageless evil of the land, and a prophecy has been made about a chosen one arising to end your rule. Instead of antagonizing the Chosen one, you send Gaurds to his farmstead, and give his parents tax breaks.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6tfvwv/wp_you_are_the_ageless_evil_of_the_land_and_a/

Written by: daeomec

Read by Katiedead

Check out /r/hfy for awesome stories!

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Music used

Kevin MacLeod - SockHop

Kevin Macleod - Quinn’s song: first night Kevin MacLeod - Impact Lento

Kevin MacLeod - Furious Freak Kevin MacLeod - Comic Plodding Kevin MacLeod - Cephalopod

Kevin MacLeod - Hero Theme Kevin MacLeod - Past the edge Kevin MacLeod - DarkStar Kevin MacLeod - Dopplerette Kevin MacLeod - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod - Division

Kevin MacLeod - Bicycle Kevin MacLeod - Snowdrop

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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