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example_000 | Write a story about a mythological character, the god Horus, meeting someone from the present who has to explain the modern world to him. Write between 1300–1400 words telling a story about how an ancient god is brought back only to find the world is beyond saving. The main character is an archeological enthusiast and ... | It was just another day at the coffee shop. Alexandra had her nose stuck in another Egyptian mythology book. She was so fascinated with anything ancient and about the Egyptians, she was studying to become an archaeologist one day. However, reality took hold when her boss yelled, “Alex, get your head out of tha... |
example_001 | Write a story about a mythological character meeting someone from the present. The story must be between 1,550 and 1,600 words and written in the first person. In the story, the main character meets Apollo, a god from Greek mythology. At first, Apollo appears to be a normal human, and he forms a romantic relationship ... | It was all my fault. I am the one who made Cassie go out the night she met Apollo.
My favorite DJ was playing at the Sol Club in downtown Chicago. Cassie was not usually the clubbing type, but I had driven all the way into the city from the ‘burbs, and talked her into going. “You’re so boring. You’re al... |
example_002 | Write a story about a Greek mythological character meeting someone from the present in a cafe. The narrator is a mortal human encountering the mythological character, and the story is in first person. The narrator has spent most of their life moving from place to place, and finds a home at the cafe. The narrator recogn... | I don’t know how many times I’ve moved in my life. I mean, I could count, but when your dad is career military, you kind of lose track? Schools, neighborhoods, restaurants – they all blur into each other after a while. Even after I got into my first pick university, dorm life meant I shuffled from building to b... |
example_003 | Write a story, third-person perspective, around 1600 words, about a mythological character meeting someone from the present who has summoned the mythological character through a ritual. The mythological character is surprisingly nonchalant about being summoned. Make the protagonists two archeological researchers who su... | “We should do the ritual!” Leah held up the bowl, a bronze vessel with a pedestal base, about eight inches in diameter. “You read Old Norse better than I do. What does it say to do?”
“I get that your love life is suffering, but wow. You’ve reached the point of summoning nonexistent goddesses to help you... |
example_004 | Write a story about the mythological character, Orpheus, meeting someone from present-day New York City. The main character is a weary young woman who is a struggling poet. She meets Orpheus on her way home from her job working as a waitress. He is playing his lyre amongst other street musicians. She is so touched by h... | The self-doubt was as crushing as the cold air, making Giselle’s lungs ache on her walk home from work. It was the end of another soul-obliterating waitressing shift in the heart of glamorous New York City. She had been living there for four months, and the magic had long worn off. Giselle’s big dreams of being ... |
example_005 | Write a story about a mythological character who changes for the better when they meet someone from the present. The story must be written from the first-person perspective. Describe the modern situation that they are in, and their reaction to modernity. Base the characters on Greek mythology. The tone is serious, and... | Well, isn’t this special? How far they have come since I helped Prometheus create them. Here I am on Earth again, how different things are since the time of Odysseus. Watching them, I can’t help but think that the time of heroes is over. I wonder if they have forgotten me. Clearly, my temple is in ruins. I don’... |
example_006 | Write a story about a mythological character meeting someone from the present. The story should follow a conversation between the mythological character and a person from the present day. The mythological creature should be a minotaur from Greek Mythology. The story should be set in a big city. The minotaur interacts w... | On a foggy morning around noon, the Minotaur appeared on a New York street corner. The only people present were a hot dog vendor, and a group of businessmen who were completely unperturbed by the mythological creature’s appearance as they ate hotdogs on their lunch break.
“Holy cannoli, my guy,” the ve... |
example_007 | Write a story about a mythological character meeting someone from the present. The story should be between 1400 and 1500 words. The story should be based on Beowulf. The character should meet someone who knows a lot about them based on studying mythology. The story should take place in London, England. It should end wi... | Beowulf fell out of the large display case at the British Library in a heap. This Scandinavian warrior of the Dark Ages was shocked at his sudden escape from Grendel’s mother. He had just cornered her in her cave, the famed blade known as Hrunting gripped tightly in his hand, when he suddenly felt a tingling se... |
example_008 | Write a 1500 - 1530 word story about a mythological character meeting someone from the present. The mythological character is Hestia, from Greek mythology, who is the goddess of hearth and home and represents traditional women. The present day character is a feminist who is protesting for equal pay. Have Zeus send Hest... | Hestia smoothed down her frock, her head bowed in deference to Zeus, who paced the dais in front of her. Her hands nervously pulled at her veil, waiting for him to speak. Hestia was typically left to her own devices and rarely called before the gods, so she was apprehensive about being summoned today.
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example_009 | Write a story about a mythological character meeting someone from the present. The story should be between 1300 and 1350 words and should be funny. The main character should be Poseidon. He and his wife are traveling to a beach resort. There should be a family at the resort, and the father annoys Poseidon. Poseidon use... | “I can’t believe that air wench made me check my trident,” Poseidon complained.
“She’s a flight attendant, dear, and the overhead bins were full.” Amphitrite, his wife, said.
Poseidon shifted impatiently at the gate, waiting for his checked luggage. “Did you see how carelessly they handled it? ... |
example_010 | Write about beings from another place who always had to put up a facade, but can finally drop it and show their true nature when they find more beings of their kind. This story should be at least 2000 words. Make this a fantasy story. There will be beings who have escaped from their world which was invaded, to another ... | Time flew like an uncontrollable tornado, it touched down one moment, ensued chaos, in the next it’s gone. Every day felt like one tornado after another, Diamond continued her normal routine of switching one mask for another. Today, Diamond played the role of an innocent college student trying to make it throug... |
example_011 | Write story between 800-825 words. Make it a short story about someone who can finally show their true nature to their parents. The story should be told in the third person. It should open with the main character admiring their new haircut and should end with a cheerful scene at a big family dinner. The story should be... | Eli ran her fingers through her freshly buzzed hair. She felt a subtle tingle on her scalp and a refreshing coolness all over her body.
For years, she labored over her thick, wavy, chestnut hair. She’d spent thousands of dollars on gels, conditioners, serums, volumizers, and so many other products. She... |
example_012 | Write about someone who always had to put up a facade around their gender identity but can finally drop it and show their true nature. The story should be told from a third person perspective, and is set in the modern day with no fantasy or science-fiction elements. The narrator goes by a male and female name, and is e... | Michael was having a “stare into the closet for too long” kind of morning. Mondays were the worst; after a weekend with nobody expecting him to look a certain way, he had to adhere to a painfully strict dress code. Never mind that he still wasn’t sure yet on pronouns for today. At least half of his coworkers in... |
example_013 | Write a story of 1000 to 1100 words in first-person perspective, about someone who always lived a story about their sexuality that wasn't true, but can finally drop it and show their true nature to a close friend. It is Thanksgiving weekend. The protagonist is a first-year college student who is nervous to reveal to hi... | I sat at a table near the window and waited for Jim to show up. I’d been away at my first semester in college, and we decided to get together to go Christmas shopping for our families. Jim went to State U a couple of hours’ drive from here. I ended up at Wentzen, a small, four-year college on the East Coast, a ... |
example_014 | Write about someone who always had to put up a facade but can finally drop it on his wedding day and show his true nature. The main character should be a man who put on an act to trick a woman into marrying him. Write the story in third person with a focus on the man's perspective. Include his reasoning for picking a y... | Adam could not have been more overjoyed to see his beautiful bride finally walking down the aisle. Nimkii was the perfect woman for him. She was youthful and oh-so lovely with her sleek black hair and large innocent doe eyes fringed with long dark eyelashes. To Adam, she was an angel who descended to earth in a... |
example_015 | Write about someone who always had to put up a facade but can finally drop it and show their true nature, and by doing so accomplishes an important life goal. Make sure the story includes an obstacle that the protagonist overcomes that is the catalyst for dropping their facade. The main character has to speak in front ... | The Hours — oh, how I love that book! They pick up their pen and write. Writing is an expression of themselves, and of the person they cannot be to the world. On paper, they reveal themselves. So many people, so many hours writing away. How much is always hidden? I’m sure, dear reader, you would like to know wh... |
example_016 | Write about someone who always had to put up a facade but can finally drop it and show their true nature. All of the characters in this story should be animals, and the setting should be within a forest. The main characters are a tortoise and a hare. The story should be based on the common folk tale or fable about the ... | Hare awoke from his mid-race nap, rubbing his eyes with fuzzy paws, ears flicking back to their upright position. He let out a loud yawn, then looked back, trying to see how many inches Tortoise had crept forward. To his surprise, Tortoise was not there at all. Hare blinked, considered the impossible, then turn... |
example_017 | Write about someone who always had to put up a facade but can finally drop it and show their true nature. The story should take place during the Cold War in the 1960s. It should also take place near Antarctica. It should occur during the summer months there. The main character should be a British male scientist. He sho... | Mark was not looking forward to his conversation with Dmitri. While he and Dmitri had not been seeing each other for very long—only a few months, in fact—Mark had developed a deep love for the Russian scientist. But he also knew that he must confront Dmitri about his suspicions. A relationship could not be buil... |
example_018 | Write about a teenage girl who always had to put up a facade about her financial situation but can finally drop it and show their true nature to their friends. The teenager is a cheerleader. The girl should have a secret job where she works to earn money to help pay for cheer, but her boyfriend and some of the other ch... | Bonnie stood at the bathroom mirror, carefully applying her signature cherry-red lipstick. She pressed her lips together, blotted them with a tissue, and then assessed her reflection.
Happy with what she saw, Bonnie put the lid back on her lipstick and grabbed her backpack from her bedroom floor. As sh... |
example_019 | Write about someone who always had to put up a facade but can finally drop it and show their true nature. The story should be between 850 and 900 words. The facade the main character puts up is that she likes being busy. The main character should be distracted by her phone on the way to work and get hit by a car. The m... | In ancient Rome, victorious military generals were celebrated in an elaborate procession. They rode through the streets on the back of a chariot drawn by four horses. The masses cheered and exalted the godlike leader. A slave stood behind the triumphant general, holding a crown above his head. As they paraded ... |
example_020 | Write about someone who has dedicated everything in their life towards being able to provide for his wife again even with his disability after the war and is now questioning if it was worth it. This story should be between 1200–1300 words. The main character is a disabled veteran. The main character lost both of his le... | “Give me a sign! Is this all worth it? I’m tired of this struggle to survive, this need to succeed.” Jacob was having one of his doubting episodes again and exclaiming loudly in the garage. Lily sat back and sighed as she listened from the living room. She wondered what triggered him this time; she could only h... |
example_021 | Write a 700 word epistolary short story about a man who has dedicated everything in his life towards a goal and faces difficulty. The plot should be about a man whose wife is dying from the exact disease he has spent his life studying. The story should be told in emails from the man's son to a professor the man once wo... | Dear Dr. K.,
Thanks for reaching out. I’ve been meaning to email you since I dropped out of your program last winter. I’m so grateful for your mentorship and support. You’re an amazing teacher, and I’m grateful that you see potential in me. However, I will not be returning to the pre-med program this ye... |
example_022 | Write about someone who has dedicated everything in their life towards a goal and now questions if it was worth it after learning about the consequences of their actions. The setting is a world that blends fantasy and advanced technology. The story should be told from a first person perspective, and is a record of the ... | The statement of Kylla Goddess-Blessed, savior and traitor, as recorded by Archivist Construct 17864, hereinafter referred to as “Archivist”:
From the moment of my birth, my future was laid out in astrological charts and probability forecasts. The midwives calculated the moment of my birth down to the m... |
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