ESL (Otherworld 0.5)
Eight-year-old Arkeda Mothran’s ESL class.
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Madeline Walz
- 2 min
You Never Really Leave Home Behind (Otherworld 0.6)
It’s James Rochester’s last day in Savannah before leaving for college in Michigan.
Madeline Walz
- 1 min
No One (Otherworld 1.1)
Eight-year-old Arkeda has been on Earth for five weeks but still misses home.
Madeline and Chloe Walz
- 4 min
Worlds Collide (Otherworld 3.1)
James Rochester has a chance encounter with an alien shapeshifter from Egyptian mythology.
Madeline Walz
- 3 min
Origin (Otherworld 3.2)
You think you know the world? You have no idea. Find out what’s coming in Otherworld book 4.
Madeline Walz
- 2 min
Day 29: “Smoke hung so thick in the library’s rafters that she could read words in it.”
The library's burning, but she refuses to leave yet.
Madeline Walz
- 1 min
Day 28: You ask a stranger to tell you one thing they have never told anyone. What do they tell you?
Asking a random stranger a personal question.
Madeline Walz
- 1 min
Day 27: The horrible secret the grocery clerk was hiding.
Last night's dinner guest...
Madeline Walz
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Madeline Walz
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Day 25: Write about leaving home.
Leaving for college
Madeline Walz
- 4 min
Day 23: Rewrite a fairy tale from memory.
A retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
Madeline Walz
- 2 min
The Journey (Aldebaran prequel)
Aldebaran, an alien from the planet Pleioné, is on his way to Earth, searching for an artifact his people hid there five thousand years ago.
Madeline Walz
- 1 min
Day 21: Write a road trip story.
Ever take a long drive with kids?
A series of six-word stories.
Madeline Walz
- 1 min
Day 20: Google “weird news” and write the first story that comes up.
A barista gets creative.
Madeline Walz
- 1 min
Day 19: What 30 things are on your bucket list?
This is one I'm not going to release.
Madeline Walz
- 1 min
Day 18: "I think I'm in the wrong room."
Easter or Christmas?
Madeline Walz
- 1 min
Day 17: A chance encounter at a cemetery
This is connected to Eternal and will become a scene in Anathema. It will not be released on its own.
Madeline Walz
- 1 min
Day 16: A small ship has only the captain and one passenger at a time. Who are these people?
A new passenger at each port, to pass the Olympic torch.
Madeline Walz
- 1 min
Day 15: You are on a train, travelling at the speed of light to one hundred years in the future.
Next stop, March 11, 2120.
Madeline Walz
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Day 14: A woman walks into the ocean in a red ball gown.
A photo shoot on the beach.
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