Creative Writing Prompts

Recommendation: The Hunger Games

   In case you haven't yet read it, I seriously recommend the Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. It's the perfect combination of action, survival, and undeniable romance between two of the main characters that must battle to the death. I wouldn't want to give it all away, because this book is so suspenseful and the surprises stored in this fantastic book will leave you gaping and breathless- which is pretty embarrassing whether your in public or outside with your cat, who gets pretty freaked out when they see you making weird faces like that. But that's not the point; the point is, you must read the Hunger Games. And I mean the whole trilogy- but I shouldn't have to tell you that, because after reading the first book, you'll be dying to get your hands on the second book-and that will leave you wishing to have the third book because you are nearly insane after reading Catching Fire and The Hunger Games. Mockingjay is life changing...

  In terms of Catching Fire, I think I speak for everyone when I say Suzanne Collins has done that rare thing and written a sequel that improves upon the first book. I literally couldn't stop reading it, and I think others will find that they cannot put it down either. The above photo is an image of the three book logos, the trilogy title, and a quote from the almighty Effie Trinket- and in case you cannot read it, it says: "MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR".

  In conclusion, you've gotta read these books- I recommend buying the boxed set, like I have recently done.

Miniseries: Mysteries on Venus #1

  The year is 3014.

  Acid rain streamed down my window as I was researching the secret of alien-life, if it was possible- which it probably was. One terrifying year earlier, an enormous asteroid had wiped out earth entirely and the only survivors were those who hid in a special device that protected ourselves and our home. Unfortunately, there were just over about 500 survivors, including my family and I. We are currently living on planet Venus, while the only living scientists (about 60% of the population on Venus is scientists) search for another planet that is capable of supporting human life. We live off of the materials and supplies that still rain down from empty space after the blast. Under no circumstances can we go outside.

   I peered outside just in time as a laptop computer falls from the bright orange sky and smashes to pieces at the ground, quickly becoming dusty and covered in crumbling rocks. 

   But this laptop was not alone- crawling out from behind it was a creature about the size of a basketball with one beady black eye and 6 limbs. It was dull white in color and had six long limbs. The creature crawled up to my window and hissed at me, revealing hundreds of razor sharp teeth. At the ends of its legs were single sharp claws that allowed it to pierce the glass and cling to it. I was a little scared, for this creature had never been seen on Earth nor Venus before. 

   All of a sudden, this creature looked me in the eye and everything went black. All I could hear was a high pitched BEEP, and I was out like a light.

Shortest Horror Story EVER

   The year is 3014. There are no living things left on earth, it is only freezing rock, due to the relocation of the once-beautiful planet far from any star; let alone our sun, which died out mysteriously early. There is a room, at the very bottom of the earth, AKA the South Pole. It sits on a piece of frozen magma. Just one remains; the last woman. She is only minutes from dying of starvation and hypothermia.. 

   Suddenly, there is a rumbling outside and the earth shakes; as if it is shivering, because it is so cold. She stares at the door, predicting the distant future: there is a knock. Seconds later, the room erupts in flames and she screams at the dark figure standing before her. So alien life is real...

A Short Story

   It was a warm Summer day, a cool breeze silently pushing the tight ruffles of my baby-blue wedding gown. I lay down in the soft, green grass and stared at the pictures in the clouds floating across the sky. Suddenly, an asteroid came hurtling down from space, its flames like a bright red tail. I could hear screams coming from the small cabin, only a couple hundred yards away, telling me to move. I jumped to my feet and began to race towards my friends and family calling to me. But it was too late; the impact that the asteroid made with the ground seemed to shake the entire earth. A door opened, and I saw two eyes peek out from the inside. I then collapsed in fear. 

                                                    __________

   

   I awoke the next morning in a lush, white bed wearing a pair of royal blue silk pajamas, my friends and family standing all around me. They had such fearful and sad looks on their faces, you'd think they were at a funeral. I did not recognize the room I was in, but it was full of renaissance-like furniture that made me shiver, despite the warm sunlight being filtered in through the rather large, dusty windows. My mother breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of my opened eyes and knelt by my bed, clutching my small, delicate hand tightly.

     "Dear, we thought you had died..", she began. "I suppose we'll have to reschedule your wedding day.", she chuckled, and a warm smile spread across her pale yet perfect face. Tears rolled down her rosy cheeks and she gave me a light kiss on my own cheek before disappearing into the dark hallway. My aunt Clarisse touched her gloved hand to her heart, then left with everyone else. Only my fiance remained, so he smiled at me, blew me a kiss, and left. I was all alone.

   I showered, changed into a bright red sundress, and headed outside. But as I eased into a small wooden chair under an umbrella, I saw a group of about ten people limp out from behind the cabin, moaning in distress. They looked like my family, but their skin was a pale-green color and they were dripping blood all over. I looked toward the asteroid and saw many more people just like them. Except that they weren't people- they were ZOMBIES. Zombies that were out to get the last one left- me, because my family had already been bitten and I had nowhere to hide.

   Suddenly, as if it were a light bulb, the sun went out and all was dark. I could only see the distant glowing light of other stars in the universe. I had one last thought, a thought of love for my family, when I felt a pinch in my neck- then everything really went black. 

  

COMING SOON!

Coming soon is my new story, THE GOLDEN 
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BOOK RECOMENDATION

I highly recommend the Dead Is series by Marlene Perez! Her books are awesome, I read the entire series in a little more than a month, and there are 8 books that I know of!