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I'm experimenting with steemit prompts to generate inspiration for my current writing project. It's an adventure love story between a modern warrior and a minor Egyptian goddess. It's about a gamer who's been transported to another realm where he finds love, purpose and a second chance. :)
So today I found a great one thanks to @mydivathings. You can join in the fun of her challenge by visiting her introductory post
Note: The pieces I share are unpolished and not well thought out, but they are potential starters to chapters. I've done a few now that have got me writing again. This is the first one I'm posting online.
~~~ My entry inspired by "WiFi" ~~~
Erik ran through the desert looking at his watch. He was in some sort of digital DMZ between the realms. The EYE was closed shut and there was no WiFi. His watch couldn’t catch a signal.
Lungs burning, he looked up at the starry sky that felt too close to the ground. It wouldn’t be long before the channel collapsed and crush him into the void. With no means to navigate, he scanned the unfamiliar mesh of sparkles that grew brighter as they bore down on him. More precious time ticked away before he spotted something familiar to his left. His eyes traced the pattern of stars three times before he was certain. It was the Southern Cross.
Home.
Changing course, he ran towards the constellation that hung above the flat sandy horizon. He checked his timer.
00:03:09
On the upper right corner of his watch, he saw hope in the form of a single bar.
WiFi!
It was such a small innocuous symbol that brought so much emotion. The strongest was that of devastation. He was leaving her behind.
His tracking system started to load.
“Come on,” he huffed as he watched the navigation bar spin, trying to lock onto his position. His arms pumped harder to compensate for his tiring legs.
A second bar joined the first.
Immediately, six bright green letters flashed up at him.
ONLINE
He outran the desert night sky to enter a mist, and through it, a barren tree stood guard against the dusky beginnings of dawn. His watch locked onto the position of the gnarled and twisted silhouette that was approximately fifty metres away.
00:00:28
Nostalgia hit him with the clean scent of morning frost and lemon-scented myrtle. His lungs were about to explode when his watch finally beeped.
PORTAL DETECTED
Cool premise for a story - a gamer who's been transported to another realm where he finds love, purpose and a second chance. :)
A few years ago I read a novel about a genie (of sorts) who got trapped inside a Kindle - a woman started reading, and this paranormal character came to life and (of course) eventually found his way out of her Kindle. Now to figure out title and author.... Special Offers (The Coursodon Dimension Book 1) by M.L. Ryan https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0077ZJNRW/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_1GRUAb8FXBPQY
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Hehe, I like the bit where the amazon link says “She finally has a man inside her.
Just not the way she imagined”. Thanks for sharing that. I’ll add it to my list of potential reads for when I run out of stuff. I currently have so many guilty reads as it is, like a colony of buff blue aliens. :D
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Nice to have you do the challenge. Good to know that you are working on a project. Good work! Hope to read a lot more from you.
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