A trance a day keeps the thoughts away! One short story for every day this month, not using any prompt lists.

In a dystopian cyberpunk future one low-class citizen comes across a relic of a bygone age: a functional drone helmet of a defunct hive. She is keen on having her cyborg hacker friend reverse-engineer it to live out some… shameful fantasies.

Yeah, you know what? I’ll do this. What could go wrong?

I should have seen this coming.

A woman details the private struggle she’s been fighting against the thoughts invading her head… a struggle she’s definitely losing.

A beautiful vessel…

I guess I had to tell you eventually.

A woman is visited during prayer and is given a new gift.

Miranda is deeply and profoundly hypnotized by an unseen controller.

2024’s Hypnovember Prompt Thread, a short story for each day, each one coming from my prompt list on Tumblr, generated by other user submissions.

Be ready for any dangerous wildlife you may encounter on your backpacking trip…

I trusted you.

A beautiful performance. And it wouldn’t be possible without my entrancing tutor.

Inspired by Elli’s Droptober prompts in the HypnoKink Discord server, these will be 31 days of stories for 31 prompts.

Short little story about a working girl in a predicament. Luckily there are a couple of knowledgeable folks around to help her out, so she’s in good hands.

BAD: You and your girlfriend’s would-be unicorn is actually a hitwoman targeting her. WORSE: She has some kind of hangup about killing you without your permission, and decides to make it your problem. (Protagonist is gender-ambiguous, but bepenised.)

Kinzie is a trucker on Kandar, where spidery aliens plot galactic conquest. She works hard, plays hard, & if she can hang on for another year, she’ll buy a jumpjet of her own & fly far away. But plans change when she’s caught among rebels, and even worse? Her license is expired.

The mango was the best mango Beth had ever tasted.

you are a vast medical machine. your mission is to be set soon. your mechanic has a few suggestions. your security would be an obstacle, normally, but she knows better.

A routine check up. A leather chair and a synthetic technician. She’s beautiful in a surreal way. You can’t help but wonder; how does it feel to be synthetic?