Writing Prompts – Selben's Tales

Sweet, Sweet Danger

Selben glanced past the assorted boxes filling the narrow hallway for the fifth time in as many minutes. He could see the table in the office kitchen remained empty and sighed. Turning back to his work, he pushed the handcart full of computer parts. It was nearly 9am and the…

The Mentor-WP

I wrote this for a Reedsy writing prompt: Write a story about “The Mentor” — The mentor prepares protagonists for the trials ahead. Sometimes this mentor is a parent. Other times, it might be a wizard or a suburban Karate teacher. Whatever form they take, they are there to guide our…

Writing Prompt: Unnamed LitRPG

This story was based on a writing prompt found here. The forest of Evil Haunted Darkness came into focus as the robed, frail-looking elf male sat up. Castfate had been lying by a campfire near two other companions. One was another elf, but unlike Castfate, wore dark leather clothing and…

I’m Wearing a Tie! (Mal Diablo)

We find Selben working with Whatif, showing her how to send calls to voicemail. Again. Selben: Then you hit transfer, enter the number, hit star, the number one, and then hang up. Whatif: But what if I just want to transfer the call? Selben: You hit the transfer button and…