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    </div><p id="c428"><a href="undefined">Aria Wraithe</a> brings magic and vampire hunting to the forefront of this Mashup, slaying for 14 vampiric points!</p><div id="0c53" class="link-block">
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    </div><p id="79f2">The thrilling conclusion to <a href="undefined">JF Danskin</a>’s <a href="https://readmedium.com/top-team-woof-daa14fbcca5b">Top Team — Woof!</a> series concludes with a bang! He gave himself 13 points, but the adventure is worth at least 14/14 points! Thanks for the great journey, JF!</p><div id="fd62" class="link-block">
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    </div><p id="9253"><a href="undefined">Sieran Lane</a> weaves a romantic tale of unrequited love for good old Mash-Up #31 for a respectable, if slightly stale, 13/14 points!</p><div id="e4de" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Hidden Hearts</h2>
            <div><h3>“You look so lovely tonight. Have no gentlemen claimed you for a dance yet?”</h3></div>
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    </div><p id="81e0">Our groovy pal <a href="undefined">Ben Ulansey</a> was attacked by <a href="undefined">Grandma Smillew</a> and her gang of cocoa-peddling thugs, but managed to smuggle out this SOS for a cool 8 points!</p><div id="704b" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Grandma Smillew’s Reign of Terror</h2>
            <div><h3>From explosions and raves to hot cocoa and hot air balloons</h3></div>
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    </div><p id="af24"><a href="undefined">E.A. Colquitt</a> makes a return to the MMU — only to leave again! Wait! You forgot your 12 points!</p><div id="24bf" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Radi’s Departure</h2>
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    </div><p id="f73f"><a href="undefined">H.R. Parker</a> brings back her Peacekeeper heroes for a Mash-Up in multiple parts!</p><div id="e722" class="lin

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AUTHOR TOOLS |WRITING PROMPTS |MASH-UP

Monday Mash-Up #33

Story writing prompts to spark your creativity

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That’s it, folks!

Summer is officially over for those of us in the northern hemisphere. My mother’s birthday marks the start of autumn! (By the way, my mother’s actual age is [*REDACTED*], so good job with all your guesses!) Time marches on; already the air feels cooler and the leaves are turning from green to an array of beautiful autumn colors!

Now is the time for all things “Pumpkin Spice” to rise up and overthrow the world order —

Wow, that was a scary moment!

With the theme of ‘scary’ in mind, and the fact that Hallowe’en is approaching, how about we make this Mash-Up a bit… spooky?

Highlights of Past Contributions:

Bradan Writes Stories flies in swinging with a continuation to Feathers and Footsteps for a flighty 14 points!

Wilkie Winters fights back some jealous urges for 14 definitely-not-cheating points!

Sweet Chaos plans a birthday party for everyone’s favorite wizard Faigol! Knowing him, I’m almost certain that things will blow up! Read it and find out! 28 points for combining two Mashups into one big bash!

Jonathon Sawyer finally rounds out his Sorcerers Daycare trilogy with this final(?) installment to the series! 14 resurrected points!

Aria Wraithe brings magic and vampire hunting to the forefront of this Mashup, slaying for 14 vampiric points!

The thrilling conclusion to JF Danskin’s Top Team — Woof! series concludes with a bang! He gave himself 13 points, but the adventure is worth at least 14/14 points! Thanks for the great journey, JF!

Sieran Lane weaves a romantic tale of unrequited love for good old Mash-Up #31 for a respectable, if slightly stale, 13/14 points!

Our groovy pal Ben Ulansey was attacked by Grandma Smillew and her gang of cocoa-peddling thugs, but managed to smuggle out this SOS for a cool 8 points!

E.A. Colquitt makes a return to the MMU — only to leave again! Wait! You forgot your 12 points!

H.R. Parker brings back her Peacekeeper heroes for a Mash-Up in multiple parts!

Maybe it’s the sudden boost in popularity here at TKL, but the support for the MMU is extremely satisfying! Thank you, everyone!

Shall we move on to the prompts?

Main Theme (Worth 2 points, flip a coin or choose one!):

Prompt #1:

Your protagonist is a ghost!

Can they effect the world around them? Maybe they’re haunting someone/something.

Prompt #2:

Someone is being buried!

Is it a normal burial or is someone being silenced permanently? Perhaps it’s a trick or a prank?

Constraints: Worth 1 point each (Choose 4 or roll 4 6-sided dice):

  • A scary creature says “Om-nom-nom!” (which isn’t scary at all!)
  • A red apple
  • Three witches
  • The sound of crunching leaves
  • Wailing (Or whaling, if you prefer)
  • An animated skeleton

Hardcore Constraint: Worth 2 points (Flip a coin or choose one):

  • Take revenge on someone!
  • Curse someone with something incredibly mundane!

Literary Device (Worth 5 points):

  • Illustrate a fable within your story!

Kraken Lore Mega Bonus (Worth a whopping +10 points!)

  • “Everything’s better with PIRATES!” Explain why with a short sea shanty in your story!

The pirate sea shanty will be tough to include, and is inspired by actual conversations in the TKL breakroom. But if you want to go for those tasty and coveted bonus points, then —

“Avast ye, Swabbie!”

Rules:

  1. Write a story based on one of the main prompts, including as many of the constraints in your story as possible.
  2. Word limit is between 100–2000 words. Even Bradan Writes Stories and Sieran Lane should be okay with this word limit!
  3. Use the tag “Mashups” so we can more easily find your story.
  4. Tag me Jonathon Sawyer because I love a full inbox! I will also highlight your stories in the next Mash-Up!
  5. Publish wherever you want but consider The Kraken Lore because we love fiction!
  6. Challenge your favorite hero to this Mash-Up or a future one! I challenge CleverandWtf, Cathylouise, and Aria Wraithe to write a response to this or the next Mash-Up!
  7. Add a section that tallies up your points (your score/24) at the end of your story. (Worth 1 point)

Get Kraken and see you in 2 weeks!

Writing Prompts
Writing Challenge
The Kraken Lore
Mashups
Halloween
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