Weekly writing challenge: 500 words in a genre you've never tried
This week's challenge: write 500 words in a genre you've NEVER written before. If you write fantasy, try horror. If you write romance, try sci-fi. Post your entry as a reply below. Voting closes Sunday. Winner gets 100 Ink Tokens! Rules: - Must be a genre you haven't published in before - 500 words max (under is fine) - Original work only - Have fun with it!
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Fantasy writer trying horror: "The thing in the walls stopped knocking last Tuesday. That's when I started sleeping with the lights on — because the silence meant it had found another way in..." [truncated]
Horror writer trying romance. This is terrifying in a whole different way. Here goes: "She handed me the coffee with a smile that said she remembered my order. I'd been coming here for three months hoping she would..." [truncated]