Hope everyone has had a great week so far and is looking forward to the weekend. What better way to start it off than with brand new prompts! If you've been feeling stuck, or maybe just want to do something a little different, maybe one of these prompts will jumpstart a new idea. Don't forget, if under 1,000 words, prompt responses that are posted in GA Stories must be posted as part of a collection. Also, please remember that if any of your prompt responses garner a Mature rating, the entire collection must have a rating of Mature.

Prompt 424 – Creative
Tag – Invasion
For decades people have been talking of space men invading earth. Today, close to twenty five ships landed in front of the major ruling countries around the world. Are the aliens here to invade, to help, or is it something else?

Prompt 425 – Creative
Tag – First Line
“I never thought it could be like this.”

This week we're featuring Carlos Hazday, who used prompt #422 to jumpstart a new story. Check it out:

 

Vince is Vietnamese. But he’s also an Aussie. And he’s most definitely as American as apple pie. Confused? Yeah, me too, but only at first. After my mother called me, to let me know she had a small FedEx package for me, later it all made sense. The envelope was addressed to me, Andrew Gable; sent to my parents’ house in Oakland, by a Vincent Blake in San Francisco. That was just across the bay from my hometown. Why would somebody use FedEx to send something such a short distance? I had no idea who this Blake guy was, or why someone in San Francisco would be sending a package to me, at my parent’s home.

 

I asked Mom to open it and tell me what was inside. She refused. It was addressed to me and I should be the one to open it. Fine, if that’s how she felt then she should just forward it to my place in Los Angeles. Once again, she refused. The sender had used a shipping company instead of regular mail, and had it insured. It must be something valuable. She wasn’t about to tempt fate again by sending it all the way down to LA. What if it got lost? She would never forgive herself.

Read the rest of the story here.