ShadowSpark

This week’s ShadowSpark is a constraint challenge.

Using all five objects below, write a piece of micro-horror (up to 500 words).

How you use them is entirely up to you — literal or symbolic, subtle or overt.

Your five objects:

1. A key

2. A mirror

You come across a handwritten list titled “Rules.”

Rule #1 makes sense.

Rule #2 is unsettling.

Rule #3 mentions you by name.

That’s it. Start writing.

⏳ 3–5 minutes.

Spark:

⏳ 3–5 minutes.🩸 Stop mid-sentence if you have to.🔥 Fragments, half-thoughts, and strange turns are welcome.

Post whatever spills out in the comments. One line is enough. A messy paragraph is perfect.

This isn’t about polished stories or clever

It’s about letting the dark speak before your inner editor wakes up.

Welcome to ShadowSpark—ShadowSphere's weekly Kick & Play.

Each week, you’ll get a short, sinister spark:

a line,

a word,

a twisted idea.

Set a timer. Write fast.

Don’t edit.

⏳ 3–5 minutes.

🩸 Stop mid-sentence if you have to.

🔥 Fragments, half-thoughts, and strange turns are more than welcome.

Post whatever spills out in the comments. One line is enough. A messy paragraph is perfect.

This isn’t about polished stories or clever endings.It’s about letting the dark speak before your inner editor wakes up.

No votes. No pressure. No fixing.

Just raw creativity, shared in the dark.

If something here wants shaping later, you can carry it into Beneath the Edits—gently.

Come play.

Come experiment.

Come haunt the page.