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May 31 - Jul 7
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Halls of Pandemonium
In May 2026, Lord Devereaux and his distant cousin, Viscount Valegrave, invite you to step through the gates of a realm defined by chaos and inspiration. Enter a challenge where every day brings a new prompt and new possibilities across genres. Join multiple scoring brackets and compete with similar-sized publications as you navigate The Halls of Pandemonium, where anything can happen...
Join us in May for a daily prompt event hosted by Lord Devereaux and his distant cousin, Viscount Valegrave.
The event is now closed.
Event Objectives
Weekly Objectives
The Viscount's Voyage
May 8 - May 15
Gather your friends for the coming trial!
Viscount Valegrave has volunteered to step through the gateway first. They will report back to us on what they see and hear in Pandemonium. They will need 3,000 likes, comments, and restacks to ensure they can navigate the chaos of the realm.
May 15, 2026
Don't Watch It — May 15
Write a story or poem about a detective who is investigating a string of crimes related to an independent film.
Your entry must begin with them watching the film themselves after acquiring a copy.
Genre: Thriller
Responses
May 16, 2026
The Summer Home — May 16
Write a story about a home in the realm of Pandemonium that changes its shape and rooms based on whoever enters it.
Genre: OPEN
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May 17, 2026
Scars you Can't See — May 17
Write a story or poem about a character who discovers that their past trauma is now manifesting physically on their body in horrifying ways.
Genre: Body Horror
Responses
May 18, 2026
★ Dessert, of Course (Bonus • 1.5x) — May 18
Write a story or poem that appears to have a happy ending, but carries a much darker truth hidden between the lines...
Prompt Objectives
Stabilized Portal
Until May 23
You stabilized the core, but the effects are temporary.
Responses
May 18, 2026
Purpose in the Process — May 18
In the not-so-far future, one-click-generation and orders of anything humans could need is everywhere, from the rich to the poor. Think of it and you can have it. The process doesn't exist anymore, A becomes B instantly. Humans and AI-robots live next to each other, in symbiosis and connected, but with little differences left between them.
Write a story or poem from the POV of a human or AI-robot who wonders what the point of the process even used to be?
To discover this, they set out to spend one day disconnected from the convenience of modern life.
Genre: Sci-fi
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May 19, 2026
Imposter Syndrome — May 19
A character from one of your stories/books has come to life and is determined to kill you for reasons unknown. Write a story or poem about what happens when they finally find you...
Genre: Open
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May 20, 2026
The Cycle Continues — May 20
Write a story or poem about an archaeologist who discovers evidence of a highly advanced civilization that lived on Earth (and possibly other planets) long before us. According to their records, a great cataclysm led to their downfall, one that comes in cycles. The bad news? According to their records, the cataclysm will return six months from now...
Genre: Action/Adventure
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May 21, 2026
A Museful Interruption — May 21
Your muse has been watching you long enough. Now let it interrupt the work.
Write a story, poem, scene, or fragment in which your muse catches you avoiding something. Not necessarily trauma. Avoidance can take many forms. Hiding inside irony. Hiding inside aesthetics. Hiding inside worldbuilding, violence, nostalgia, abstraction, or “good prose.”
Let the muse notice the pattern. More importantly, let it respond. Allow it to challenge the direction of the piece, the emotional honesty of the narrator, or the reasons the writer keeps steering toward certain images and away from others.
The work may become argumentative. Let it.
The goal is not confession. The goal is to expose the process.
Write the moment private creation stops feeling private.
—Kira
Genre: Metafiction
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