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The Well of Memories

As writers, imagination is our god, our heaven, our hell, our life and death. Without it, we are little more than glorified record-keepers. But what if imagination isn't what we think it is? What if "imagining" is really the ability of the mind to dive within a vast well of infinite memories from every corner of reality, and what you thought you, as a writer, invented, is actually a living memory of someone real, from any corner of space and time? How would the world react to that? What would change about you as a writer if you discovered this? Would you _want_ to know that truth? Show us what treasures you can dig up in the Well of Memories.

From the Ficly archive

Challengers

8 entries
  1. Writers Beware

    Author: Robert Quick

    “Heinlein was right!” bellowed a voice from outside. Footsteps vaulted up my front steps and before I could say “No crazies allowed”, my front door buckled and…

    Aug 8, 2011 · Ficly archive (2)

  2. A Strange Way Indeed

    Author: humoresques

    When I first heard about, I wasn’t sure how to react. Instead, I simply blinked. “What?” The idea that I had, in some way, created, shaped, and formed…

    Aug 6, 2011 · Ficly archive (1)

  3. The Glorified Omitter

    Author: Dee Kyoo

    Imagine; a place where we walk on water, or on planks of wood. I’ve always imagined my mind like so, archaic ripples carrying several images at once, or maybe…

    Aug 1, 2011 · Ficly archive

  4. The Death of H.P. Lovecraft

    Author: Garsecg

    Until this moment I never believed that there was any shadow of reality behind the mythology I created for my work. Letter writers inquiring about the history…

    Aug 1, 2011 · Ficly archive (4)

  5. Living the secret

    Author: Oy

    When scientists discovered that the section of our brain previously thought to house our imagination was, in fact, a receiver of far-off memories, it was only…

    Aug 1, 2011 · Ficly archive (2)

  6. Dreams Ended By Memories

    Author: ElshaHawk (LoA)

    Adrenaline coursing, I sat, a permanent smile on my face, taking in every word of praise from my fans. My hand had long passed cramping and was going numb with…

    Jul 31, 2011 · Ficly archive (4)