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A while back, I backed Elegy for a Dead World<\/a> on Kickstarter, and it’s already a very rich world of writing prompts!<\/p>\n

\"thumb\"Here is my first story, The Ruins of Byron’s World<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I stuck pretty close to the writing prompt and didn’t skip ahead to see what was coming next, so my story is a somewhat predictable reaction to the images and music and writing prompts provided (i.e.: it’s not terribly clever). I had fun writing it, though, and consider it a good exercise in creativity.<\/p>\n

Some of the other stories people have written are really amazing and good, though. I’m impressed and inspired!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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