Kind of odd to be thinking something like that in the middle of winter, right?

Anyhoo, imagine your character is walking through a dessert, what is the character's purpose to walk in a dessert? Destiny calling to her/him or something else?

What will they find, what will happen while walking, riding, flying or whatever your minds calls out for to this scene.

One entryper writer between 500-2000 wordsand unleash that what is locked in your minds writers, good luck and have fun!

P. S. I'll be joining too if I get the time to sit down and write. ;-)

   Here's a weird/fun contest. What you are to do in this contest is tye random letters as many as you want! There's a catch though. Somewhere you must hide the word holiday. The top three that makes the word holiday hardest to find will be the winners. Good luck!

Last Man to MARS is a book I'm planning right now, and I figure why not let some of you guys suggest some characters and objects/machines.

Come up with a machine, place and character and write a short story/preview of who they are, what the place is like and how the machine works. I'll be choosing the most complex and ridiculous ones to use in the book! GET WRITING!

Note: The machines can be anything from bombs that explode kittens to frog robots that pee cola. They could also be something more rational like a self building home they would use when they get to mars.

WHAT IS LAST MAN TO MARS ABOUT?

Last Man to Mars is a story about the race to mars. It's been a few millenia, and world wars have come and gone, races and dynasties and religions have risen and fallen, and the most recent thing to fall- Earth. It's had enough of humans, and it's finally decided to turn into a flying ball of radiation. Everyone who has the money gets on ships and head to the closest habital(ish) planet. Mars. As per a contract made back in 4000, the first ship there gets to make the rules, government and money. Last one one there has to leave. Unfortunately, our main character Stailacity is on the slowest ship. With only a few months to come up with a way to beat everyone else there, Stailacity has to figure out how to not be a part of the last of the people to get to Mars.

At what point do you become fearful, and what is it you fear?

•This isn'ta horror story.  In fact, stay away from horror.  Instead, think about your life and the obstacles you face.  At what point do you retreat back into yourself?  When do you feel over-whelmed?

Rules:

• Stay within the anxiety theme

• Word limit needs to be under500

• Your fear cannotbe a physical object

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Here's an example:  (My own fear of silence)

It’s when words fail me that I become fearful.  If I talk I can fein confidence enough to even convince myself, but when my speech falters, when my mouth refuses to open—when I’m silenced—I’m terrified.  My throat feels dry.  If I can’t even respond, then how can I feel okay?  Someone just popped the bubble that I’ve been living in for so long and I can’t even defendmyself, so howcan I feel okay?  It’s raw skin under these callouses.  My armor’s only show.  I’m not all that big underneath, I’m only skin and bones.  And now you know that.  So how can I feel okay?

I can’t speak.  I can’t even fathom.  It’s as if my brain’s on pause yet moving a thousand miles per hour, and I.  Can’t.  Speak.  Fear settles at the pit of my stomach, it’s cold and hot all at the same time, and everything seems like nothing.  The only words I throw out I trip over, the only sentences I can speak are choppy and incomplete.  I’ve been silenced by shock.  By Fear.  How am I going to be okay?

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Write you hearts out!

If you've got any questions, feel free to comment!