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this week's prompt: All You Can Eat
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{MINIPROMPT:} Our Top Picks at an All You Can Eat Buffet

Often, the hardest part of conquering an all you can eat buffet is making a first decision. Here’s what our staff recommends at an all you can eat buffet.

The Prompt Staff
The Prompt Staff
September 21, 2020
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An Incomplete and Growing List of Sentences Lifted from Targeted Ads on Social Media I Saw While Scrolling on My Phone During My Morning “Constitutional” This Week

Your morning constitutional is a sacred, vulnerable ritual meant for human and smartphone. What are the targeted ads that join you for a morning scroll?

Zach Straus
Zach Straus
September 21, 2020
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Are You There, @Margaret? It’s Me, @God

Finding the right brand ambassador is hard. You think it’d be easier if you were the all-mighty Lord, but you’d be surprised.

Scott Michael
Scott Michael
September 18, 2020
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Guns + Galois = The REAL Good Will Hunting

Will Hunting isn’t the only misguided mathematician with a Hollywood story. Meet Evariste Galois, the OG of algebra. Real duels, real guns, real murder.

Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone
September 17, 2020
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Accepting Submissions: {ALL YOU CAN EAT} Writing Prompt
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The Needle’s Eye: An {All You Can Eat Buffet}

Solomon Green thought he was in control, but the power dynamics at this dinner have shifted and things are getting a little… dangerous.

Ariel Cross
Ariel Cross
September 11, 2020
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Accepting Submissions: {ALL YOU CAN EAT} Writing Prompt

Want to get published in The Prompt? Submit an original piece, using ALL YOU CAN EAT as your writing prompt, and we’ll publish the best!

The Prompt Staff
The Prompt Staff
September 9, 2020
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Cici’s Revenge: Misadventures in {All-You-Can-Eat} {Buffeting}

Despite the warning signs, some lessons must be learned the hard way. A night at Cici’s is nothing more than an all-you-can-eat disaster.

Sam Hedenberg
Sam Hedenberg
September 14, 2020
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Something Stinks: Fending Off A Pouch Of Shrimp And Knives — {All You Can Eat}

What’s worse: a pile of all you can eat shrimp or the people who love a pile of all you can eat shrimp? For Helena, that’s not even the half of it.

Natasha Gural
Natasha Gural
September 10, 2020
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POETRY: Appearances — {The View from Here}

Even the most beautifully designed home can still be a prison, depending on your perspective. Appearances—they can be deceiving, can’t they?

Heather Shaff
Heather Shaff
September 3, 2020
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There's plenty more where that came from. Check out some prompts from previous weeks.
wk. 01 {Dinner} with {3 People from} {History}
wk. 02 {Thanks Obama}
wk. 03 {Lying}
wk. 04 2016: {Year In Review}
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