Stranded in Shadow

About this episode

Two friends investigate a mysterious neighbor's empty apartment and uncover unsettling clues.

When two friends hear a commotion in their mysterious new neighbor's apartment, they go to check, only to find the door open, and the apartment completely empty...well, almost empty. Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Excerpt : The only object in the entire apartment was lying on the tiled kitchen floor. Broken into several pieces. A mug. I could make out a design on one of the larger shards. An eye. A wide open eye, just staring. I felt the hairs on my neck rise. I blinked. A liquid that looked like pink-orange milk was spattered across the tile, as if it spilled from the mug as the mug fell. Had we just walked into a crime scene? The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: Stranded in Shadow This episode landed on PROMPTS. The prompt I used to inspire this story was a long one. The writer is given a paragraph that starts a story, and challenged to…

People in this episode

Host: Nila Patel

Topics covered

• mystery
• fantasy
• friendship
• crime scene
• creative writing

Keywords

• mystery
• fantasy
• creative prompts
• crime scene
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Piccadilly Inc.

Books & works: Stranded in Shadow, 500 Creative Prompts

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