Prompt Response is about the fun of writing a quick, dirty, maybe stupid story and sending it out into the world, just for the heck of it. Oh, and maybe learning something along the way.

Write a story based on one of these prompts before Monday, and Jay Wilcox and I will immortalize it in a video post and as a clip on Substack notes. If you like the clip idea, try to keep it under 500 words—the clips only allow so much time. Show us what you’ve got!

PROMPT 1: Someone from history faces a modern problem.

PROMPT 2: A young boy is abducted by aliens who promise to take him to meet his real parents.