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Welcome to the next in an ongoing series of writing prompts in the Worldbuilding community ! I'm aiming to post one of these each Sunday. They aren't a replacement for the excellent daily prompts from

Verdict: Useless! Sometimes, when we look at something we don't understand, we form a verdict deep within our brain: useless! Yes, it's precisely knowledge that can protect us from the quick judgment we

Sand time. It occurred to me that time is absolutely sand time now, lol. And it doesn't matter whether you measure time with an hourglass or have a top-brand mechanical watch on your wrist, time is still

Dreams flying beyond the horizon. A good dream is one destined to come true, while other dreams... are just dreams? Do dreams lose their value over time? It's unclear. On the one hand, they can be strengthened

The mud of engineering thoughts. Have you seen those blooming ponds where the water is green, completely devoid of transparency? It's not a pond anymore, but a complete mud, to put it jokingly. Sometimes

Autumn's angry cry. Do you think autumn can't scream angrily? Do you think the sound of rain beating on the roof and the rustle of fallen leaves underfoot are all the sounds of autumn? I thought so too.

Where there are no feelings. Feelings are considered a human trait, reserved for most living things, and can be expressed and felt. But sometimes, certain familiar feelings can be discerned where feelings

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Justified surprise. Surprise comes in many forms. Sometimes it's caused by something incredible, and sometimes it's caused by something very simple, bordering on ignorance, like surprise that hiding two

Controversial feelings. There's a saying that says a person feels good when they feel good, and it's hard to argue with that. It's this intangible "good" that drives us forward when things aren't

Never say "Never" to new horizons. Never say "Never" to new horizons—that thought occurred to me yesterday after watching another educational video from a blogger who breeds rabbits

Being in an imaginative world is so soothing a parallel universe with the collisions of our speculations. An unseen world that allows us to see beyond the veil of reality that's how such unreal ruminations

Trust is like a vacation by the sea. Trust is like a vacation by the sea. You've worked all year and worked through winter toward the cherished goal of finding yourself on the shores of a warm sea during

In search of the fundamental wisdom of our ancestors. There is perennial debate over the idea that, at some time and place, our ancestors did the very things we do today—only better, with higher quality,

A tricky term. We often use time-related terminology in our daily lives; some concepts are perfectly clear, others are harder to grasp, and some are so vague—so "elastic"—that it is virtually

It all comes down to water. There is a humorous saying that goes, "Sausage isn't meat, and a chicken isn't a bird"—but one could take that further; after all, not everything liquid can be called

The wind knows no regrets. People—especially those who make quick decisions—are sometimes compared to the wind; this is true in part, yet in other respects, it is not. Unlike people, the wind knows no

Waiting and obedience. Waiting and obedience—and especially waiting in obedience—seem pointless if there is no specific goal involved. People who are obedient and know how to wait are less conspicuous

Introduction "Alabama Zack" is a 40-chapter science fiction serial, published in the Scholar and Scribe community once a week on Wednesdays. You can start the serial from the beginning by visiting

Other people's dreams. Other people's thoughts—and dreams even more so—are a mystery... don't argue, lol. Just as it is hard to fathom the thoughts of others, it is equally difficult to understand the