Writing Prompt Wednesday Number 37

Writing Prompt Action

Tears in his eyes, the broker took a card from the demon's deck, and sentenced his own death with the Jack of Spades.

Writing Prompt Character

He couldn't tell lies, they appeared on his skin as he did.

Writing Prompt Dialogue

"I'm invincible."

"you're a moron."

Writing Prompt Object

The window was not as it seemed. It never showed what truly lied outside.

Writing Prompt Setting

Sailors said there was a graveyard out there bigger than any on the mainland.

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