Prompt #1: Ritual

Daphelba
Midnight Mosaic Fiction
2 min readOct 1, 2018

October’s “13 Days of Dark and Weird” Challenge

ritual ˈriCH(o͞o)əl:
noun:
1. an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite
2. any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner.
3. a prescribed code of behavior regulating social conduct, as that exemplified by the raising of one’s hat orthe shaking of hands in greeting.
4. Psychiatry. a specific act, as hand-washing, performed repetitively to a pathological degree, occurring as a common symptom of obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
(definitions from dictionary.com)

Prompts can be followed literally, creatively, or ignored all together. Have fun with it. We can’t wait to read your dark & weird tales!

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a few photo prompts:

“assorted-color flowers” by Anita Austvika on Unsplash
“three hands on person's face” by Andrei Lazarev on Unsplash
Photo by Jaideep Barodia on Unsplash
“person decorating pumpkin and candles” by freestocks.org on Unsplash
“woman putting incense sticks on pot” by Chinh Le Duc on Unsplash

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Daphelba
Midnight Mosaic Fiction

…in search of dread secrets with which to weave tales. Dark & Strange Fiction Editor, Creative Collaborator, Advocate for survivors of abuse.