Writing Prompt

Behold the wretched creations known as flowers, deceivers of the natural world. These seemingly innocent plants lure unsuspecting victims with their alluring colors and tantalizing scents, only to reveal their true, sinister nature upon closer inspection.

The roots of these floral monstrosities burrow deep into the earth, strangling the life from the soil and draining it of precious nutrients. The...

the summer trees gave way to the summer winds and will never rest until falling to the the ground...

“Perimeter check, east solarium 328, all secure. Continue scan,” Millers Unit 011 said.

Warm grey clouds hovered beneath the huge clear dome. Mounds of electric green spaghum moss in precise grid pattern dotted the coarse carpet of synth tree bark. The Android monitored the humidity levels. Something felt off.

“Organic gas levels within acceptable range, humidity 80 percent,” Millers Unit 011...

The red rose

Made up of a green stem

And red, velvety pedals

Has intrinsic beauty

Down to its thorns

As the flower blooms

It radiates a soft, sweet smell

That is pleasant...

Me and my sister were having our average daily walk. The cold autum wind was still a bit hot due to the fact we were just exiting summer. We were waving to people we knew, it was a small town. Cars past us as usual.

“Oh my god!” My sister pointed to a firetruck.

“I wonder what happened” we had lived in the same town our whole lives, everyone’s families had lived here for generations, and woul...

The lights in the sky are comparable to our bulbs. Inside the tenements, they blink on and off, not reliable. Like those, the sky lights do the same, keeping us on edge as to whether or not we can rely on them. Like the woman, walking up four flights of steps to reach her $3000 a month apartment on the 6th floor of a broken building, that is loud and stuffy, wonders if she will have to light a can...

Stacey Thompson, a 25 year-old first-time mother, delivered her daughter at 3:47 AM at First Baptist General Hospital. After several unsuccessful pregnancies, Stacey and her child’s father, 30-year-old Tyler Thompson, say they are “absolutely ecstatic to finally have this opportunity. “

The birth, while a significant personal milestone, unfolded with clinical precision in the delivery room. Stace...

West Coast of Cumbria, June 20, 2024

In an unprecedented and perplexing turn of events on this summer evening. Residents throughout the nation were left in a state of astonishment and shock as they observed what experts are referring to as a "sunset." The widespread public reaction has left authorities scrambling to address the phenomenon, which unfurled across the skies this evening.

In a spect...

Many days pass and nothing chaches its always the same and it always will be the same. As the sun shines on it one day the rain will drip down the beautiful marble the next. The weather continues and the people walk by like nothing has even changed. The beauty that the statue brings is too much to ignore. It’s like the townspeople are ignoring the shining gory like the stature is invisible. The wh...

What had once been my neighborhood was now gone. The dam had broken yesterday, as I knew it eventually would, sending deadly waves of water down the valley. The school where I taught science to 4th graders, now rubble. Our peaceful, happy valley.

But then I saw something. A ray of light bursting through water droplets, slowing speed and bending as it traveled through air to the density of the wa...