Writing Prompts by Anna A. Ilina

The Wish - Audio Story Prompt - The Butterfly Series 2/2 Something tickled her nose and brought her back from sleep. Was she sleeping? How did she end up on the floor? A faint smell in the room reminded her of a campfire. Her eyes focused on what caused her to wake up. It flew from her face to her arm and fluttered its wings again. A butterfly. Wait… there was another one hiding behind one of her...

Time was running out. Her wounded arm, now pounding with pain, had slowed her down. She needed to rest. When she opened her eyes she found herself back in the cave. Her body must have brought her back itself, she had no memory of retreating home. The pain, still present but slowly subsiding, faded from her mind once she realized: the butterflies - they were still there. They were still alive, stil...

Hiding - Writing Prompt - The Blue Series Something caught her eye on the other side of the valley, near the base of the hill. Not wishing to reveal her position she quietly observed from afar. A group of them gathered in the tall grass. The ones on the black horses appeared to swim through the valley. They were much faster than her, she had to stay still. She heard a cry, but the soldiers weren’t...

Lifetimes - Writing Prompt - The Blue Series. Three lifetimes flashed before her eyes. A present given to her in each at this very moment. In her first life, she placed it next to her, busy with thoughts about someone she had been searching for. Dust settled on the gift, and it lay there, never opened. In her second life, curiosity got to her the moment the soft box touched her fingers. She grabbe...