Writing Prompt
STORY STARTER
Write a short story that follows an archaeologist excavating a city 500 years from now.
What has lasted 500 years, and what hasn’t? What do they discover, and what goes unfound?
Writings
Lost Signals
The dirt was brown and bone dry. It clung to him everywhere, on his clothes and in his hair, in his eyes and ears, everywhere was invaded by the choking irritating dust of bygone days, of worlds that once were but have now faded into memory and out of memory. With the tip of his boot, he taps at what may be a rock or what may be something else, something representing a world that has moved on. The...
Relics
The material reminded Henrik of a insect’s carapace; black and hard as stone, but with an iridescent sheen like the surface of a bubble. Slight imperfections in the surface made it appear unmistakably organic. He’d felt for a while now like he was exhuming some monstrous invertibrate.
“They won’t buy your story,” said Helli. She’d already downed tools, and was standing over Henrik with hands on h...
Disneys Downfall
“They discovered it last week, it’s estimated to be at least 500 years old. It was different than other city’s we’ve found, five castles that we’ve uncovered.” My assistant informed me as we found our seats on the plane. “Yesterday they found a statue, of a man and a rodent. There’s said to be several other discoveries of the said rodents appreciation. Tokens, signs, a few carts of sorts, even ent...
Rusted Rainbows {Pride Month 2022 #8}
The laser brushed away the dirt with ease. A bone buried within. “Looks like an old graveyard” Cabi called to their instructor. “Let me take a look at that” Locke the instructor replied, making zir way over.
Locke pointed zir brush at the rest of the dirt revealing the dusty yellow bone beneath. It was a person. Pieces of fabric stuck out of its bones where clothes once laid. Nothing but bone, c...
discovery
one day! this girl “ the great American Annie!” was searching “texas”. she discovered a big building . She went to her room wondering what she found and searched all night for any information. She found that this building is called “The Alamo”. She read that this building is very important! She warned people to be careful about what the do with building....
NYC + D
Buried under centuries of tidal silt, New York City had been eliminated from the eastern seaboard. Once a thriving metropolis, the population was wiped out after a series of category five hurricanes made landfall. There were a total of thirteen storms over twenty two days with each successive hurricane being larger than its predecessor. Some experts argued it was a result of global warming. Ot...
Day 6 - Angel City Dig
Entry ID: 2522.05.30.134
Dig Site ID: 34.052234; -118.243685
Common Name: Angel City
AOF: “Fame Walk,” Hollywoodland
General Notes and Observations
Status: Day 6
LOD: Raw, First Pass
General update: It would appear that the excavation team has uncovered the totality of what, for all intents and purposes, appears to have been known as FAME Walk or Walk of Fame (See below for an updated glossary o...
A Promise Of Discovery
The year is 2522 the world is different due to a meteors storm crashed into the planet outright destroying some continents or states but mainly it affected the weather and the ocean being poison and because of this for some states we had to build land beneath our old one.
Venter Hans looked at excavation site for hours with much to show for it. He is researching what happened to an old land named...
The Day Earth Saved Us
Haz pressed her palm against the rusted carcass, a jolt of excitement shivering down her spine as she did so.
“And you say they moved around in these? To get from place to place?”, she asked.
An electronic hum came from her father beside her before the quick reply.
“They called them ca-hars”, was her fathers’ robotic response.
Silently and under her breath, Haz sighed “marvellous”.
“Do you su...
The Coast
A time capsule is what they had called it. These words raced through Dr. Francesca Lucci’s mind as a rather loud speaker announced their arrival to the ancient city of Los Angeles.
The early 21st century had always been her favorite era of history to study and explore. She found it so interesting, how a world so riddled with turmoil and despair could not only persevere, but thrive. Now, as she p...