You have until Sunday to come up with 600 words for NPR's latest round of Three-Minute Fiction:
Write a story in which a character finds an object that he or she has no intention of returning.
until 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sunday, May 12.
Russell says this prompt could inspire everything from horror stories to comedies to love stories. She says there's a lot of dramatic potential, particularly in the moment the object is found.
"Instead of using the found thing as an opportunity to prove that you're virtuous, you're a good person, you're gonna turn it in to the Amtrak lady," Russell says, "maybe you find something and the initial surprise is just, 'Wow, I've discovered ... a desire, a greediness.' "
Read the rest here, and good luck!