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Cogwork Chronicles: Secrets of the Aether Prophecy

Cogwork Chronicles: Secrets of the Aether Prophecy

Dive into a realm of steampunk World where majestic airships traverse cerulean skies and grand spires soar above the clouds.

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The Lodestar Prompt Book | Fiction and Poetry Prompts

Creative fiction and poetry prompts from Lodestar Gazette, with opening lines, images, words, characters and ideas to spark your next piece.

An open Lodestar Gazette notebook on a warmly lit writer’s desk, with a handwritten missing line branching into several imaginative paths, including a lighthouse, forest, books and a starry landscape.

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Sep 19

When the Lighthouse Turned Around | Short Fiction

An elderly man sits beside a window in a dark coastal town, watching a lighthouse beam sweep inland while a chipped mug and a letter addressed to Rachel rest on the table.

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Sep 17

Paper Boats Know Where the Pavement Ends

After a night shift, a tired worker follows a river carrying other people’s wishes home.

A tired night worker crouches beside a rain-darkened river in Bury, watching handwritten paper boats drift beneath streetlights and a stone bridge.

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Sep 16

What the Painting Was Worth

VIGNETTE GAZETTE #251

What the Painting Was Worth

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Sep 16

The Last Bell

The Vignette Gazette Writer’s Prompt #250

An ageing jester in worn red and gold motley stands beneath a torchlit castle arch as a worried queen reaches towards him, while a dark road, misty forest and shadowy figure wait beyond the castle walls.

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Sep 15

The Night the Sea Forgot the Moon

When the tide stops moving, a fisherman is left with a promise he is not ready to keep.

A weathered fisherman and a woman stand beside a still coastal harbour, with a battered thermos and an ashes container resting on the boat.

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Sep 14

Bup

The Vignette Gazette Writer’s Prompt #249 | artifact

A park ranger discovers twenty kangaroos gathered around an Australian waterhole, with a green alien, a hidden UFO and a yellow rubber duck among the rocks.

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Sep 12

The Grooming Incident

Animal House Vignette #61 | comb

The Grooming Incident

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Sep 11

That Was Later

The Vignette Gazette Writer’s Prompt #248

An older man tells an animated story to friends in a cosy pub while an old office photograph on the table quietly contradicts his claim about being in New York on 11 September 2001.

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Sep 11

Still Ours

The Vignette Gazette Writer’s Prompt #247

A chipped floral teacup with a worn golden rim sits on a wooden table beside family photographs, moving boxes and old keepsakes in a warmly lit home.

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