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Daily Prompt

October 7, 2026 · 15 minutes

The Last Table

A café is closing for good and your character stays past the end.

The chairs are going up around you. Someone you came here with every week is waiting outside, and you have not moved. Write until you stand up.

Start here: Start with the sound of the chairs.

Focus
Delay as tension
One rule
Nobody says the word goodbye.
Go further

With your AI partner: Ask AI for five reasons to stay seated, then use the one you would deny.

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