Prompts and Photos by Hollin Keintz
1. Sunlight, a mechanical pencil, slamming lockers. 2. A spilled coffee turns into a love/hate relationship. 3. A yellow scarf, a bike, a conversation about aesthetics. 4. Loose fabric between fingers, a train station, songs you never wanted to hear. 5. “There was nothing left to do anymore.” 6. “Dear Stranger...” 7. Error 404--Main Character Not Found 8. “What do you do when you have nothing to leave behind?” 9. How could I not... 10. What does a lamp have to do with anything?
11. An immortal shape shifter tells a story 12. “No necromancy at the dinner table, please.” 13. “We are the only truly evil species.” 14. “They are a war species, but they fight for peace. 15. The Australia of the Universe 16. When a person dies, they wake up to: ________ 17. “Prisoner 5704, you have completed your sentence.” 18. The Grim Reaper needs a replacement 19. There was a stranger in her living room 20. “What do you mean, it’s not alive?”
21. Everything someone thinks about you appears on your skin. 22. “Would I not have...” 23. “Are you sure?” “When have I ever been sure of anything I do?” “... Fair enough.” 24. “It’s a compliment.” 25. A hoodie, grass, a partially broken necklace. 26. “Since when did you care about homework?” 27. “I’ll see you in hell.” “Tell ‘em who sent you.” 28. A walk home turns into a fist fight 29. “That cat freaks me out.” 30. “It’s not fan fiction if it didn’t exist in the first place.”
31. “To be honest, I didn’t think we’d make it this far.” 32. A little kid and their conversation with the monster under the bed 33. A young child can converse with their reflection, who is actually a living being trapped on the other side. 34. A retail working ghost hunter 35. “There’s a difference between flying and falling.” 36. “It’s not a vlog, it’s a memoir.” 37. “Help her.” 38. Two complete strangers go cryptid hunting together 39. She would always have staring contests with the moon. She never lost 40. Anti-wonderland
41. Everyone goes to heaven. You’re the first to escape. 42. “There was lightning in her eyes.” 43. “He was just skipping rocks, until one came back.” 44. “Scare me, why don’t you?” 45. “FATALITY!” “Quit making video game references!” 46. “I am so sick of being alive.” “You only dropped your toast. Quit being dramatic.” 47. “Well, that’s new.” 48. “You fight because of your orders. We fight because we need to survive.” 49. “Oh, good morning.” “... You seem disconcertingly unfazed by the dead body on the floor.” 50. “Salutations, parental figure.” “... Morning, problem child.”
51. Fan fiction green eyes. 52. The color purple, two hair ties, paper flowers. 53. A stream, aglets, chipped rings. 54. “Childhood has an expiration date.” 55. “Believe it or not, I have always been left handed.” 56. “Delilah loves you.” 57. “I’m drunk on goldfish.” 58. “Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answer to.” 59. “Yeah, well, genies are liars.” 60. Wet shoes, truculent, 5 grains of rice.
61. “When did kindness ever get me anywhere?” 62. “Stab first, ask questions later.” 63. “I dare you to drink that.” 64. “Don’t you look at me in that tone of voice.” 65. The difference between living and existing is in the way we view the world. 66. “Kesha is my religion and I will fight you on that.” 67. All or nothing. 68. Three hours. 69. He had loved the sea more than he loved himself. 70. A little bit of an overreaction.
71. “For someone who’s apathetic, you sure do care a whole bunch about my safety, huh?” 72. “It’s just another language.” 73. “Nothing to worry about ‘til there’s something to worry about.” 74. You find them in the place where you aren’t. 75. Green eyes and a tolerance for pain. 76. “I’m nobody, who are you?” 77. Killing time to kill more time. 78. “Why do you love the rain so much?” 79. Blood and ink. 80. Her mind runs on music.
81. The boy with the clockwork eyes. 82. Ripped jeans, paint, polar opposites. 83. She had a mountain of books she’d never read. 84. He twisted their memories together with practiced ease. 85. The flowers were imprinted into her skin as though it was only natural for them to be there. 86. Behind closed doors. 87. Her eyes were as black as the pits of hell. God only knows that’s where she came from 88. Fear, fire, a wooden marble. 89. Numbers, a flag, broken promises. 90. Her tears were made of glass.
91. The flower of the palace. 92. A frog, goggles, a copper spoon. 93. The tapping of her feet sounded the way lightning looks. 94. A cape, a chest, invisible eyes. 95. Fireflies, dead grass, a pin. 96. “Until there’s nothing left.” 97. “The world needs to shut up.” 98. “Nothing better than good ol’ murder on a Sunday morning.” 99. “Nothing scarier than a red pen.” 100. “You’re too short to be intimidating.”
101. “What do you have against me hiding in the vents?” 102. Graphite, pokemon, short shorts 103. The splits, jazz, an abundance of quarters 104. “Did your tattoo just move?” 105. Three words or less 106. Satellite mind 107. “Is that… a nose ring?” 108. A braid, flowers, a ring on a chain. 109. “How did you manage to get both hands stuck in a pringles can?” 110. “Why is there a boot in the wall?”
111. “This is worth literally nothing.” 112. Glasses, a pocket knife, a calculator 113. Fog, a too-large sweater, a battle axe 114. Strawberry blonde hair, blue freckles, smoke 115. Wind, sand, a broken promise 116. Blurry, blind, band 117. Curly blond, stars, Oceana 118. Silver, symphony, secretary 119. Quiver, pyramid, symmetry 120. “Why do you always like that?”
121. “Shut up and let me veg!” 122. “He’s out there, I know it.” 123. “Not to be stereotypical, but…” 124. Lighter, tattoos, help. 125. “That went exactly as I said it would.” 126. “Am I the only one not surprised?” 127. What… what’d you got there?” 128. Twin pistols, streak, bloody lip. 129. Crush. 130. Shredded paper, obsession, pens.
131. Carpet, dust, a hole. 132. Ethereal. 133. “There’s no difference, I promise.” 134. “To be honest, I didn’t expect to find you anywhere else.” 135. What’s so special about an empty room? 136. Monochrome. 137. “What’s the point?” 138. Finger guns. 139. Lately... 140. Cliche with a twist.
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“Fight me, DEBRA.” “Here’s the deal with dead people.” Pew, seventeen, closet. “You keep your filthy memes away from me.” Nail polish is used to summon a demon. “It’s a yeet or be yeeted world, my guy.” “If I were to run a drug cartel…” “It’s not hurting you.” “Your self-esteem has nothing to do with this.” “We don’t talk about the other thing.”