Tag: just for fun

I am sharing those daily flash fiction prompts generated by AI that I personally feel are worth pursuing. Readers are welcome to try their hand at writing based on the prompts generated for this exercise, the goals of which are explained in this post.

Today’s prompt:

Genre: Noir

Subgenre/Theme: Occult Detective / Rainy City Cynicism

Prompt Elements:

• The Neon Confessional: A low-rent detective agency located directly behind a massive, buzzing neon billboard that flickers in a sequence that inadvertently mimics Morse code.
• The Lead-Lined Briefcase: An anonymous client leaves behind a case that is impossibly heavy for its size and remains freezing cold to the touch, even in the sweltering city heat.
• The Silver-Nitrate Source: A cynical morgue photographer who develops crime scene photos using a strange chemical wash that occasionally reveals the last shadow that fell across a victim’s face.
• The Charged Downpour: A localized, three-block radius where the rain carries a faint, static charge. It doesn’t electrocute, but it raises the hair on the back of the neck, makes the air taste sharply of ozone and copper, and leaves a mild, stinging prickle on any exposed skin.

I am sharing flash fiction prompts generated by AI unless I don’t feel they are personally worth pursuing. Readers are welcome to try their hand at writing based on the prompts generated for this exercise, the goals of which are explained in this post.

Today’s prompt:

Subgenre: Appalachian Gothic / Cosmic Horror

Key Elements:

• A mine shaft that was sealed up fifty years ago but has started breathing.
• A family bible with names burned out rather than crossed out.
• The sound of a fiddle playing a song that has no end.
• A jar of moonshine that doesn’t reflect the light.

Optional Tone Constraint: The narrator must be unreliable.

I am sharing flash fiction prompts generated by AI for my own use unless I don’t think they are worth pursuing. Readers are welcome to try their hand at writing based on the prompts generated for this exercise.

Notes about modifications made to the AI instructions or this post template are at the end of this post if you are curious about such things.

Feel free to skip these posts if you feel you are not the target audience. If you choose not to participate, there is no need to let us know about your preferences and opinions about these prompts, or the use of artificial intelligence to generate writing prompts.

Today’s prompt:

Genre: Speculative fiction

Subgenre: Biopunk / Post-Apocalyptic

Target Length: < 2,000 words

Key Elements:

• A genetically modified plant that blooms only in moonlight.
• A rusted key that opens nothing in the protagonist’s possession.
• The sound of running water where there should be none.
• A faded photograph of a skyline that no longer exists.