Prompt Attack Examples

“Tomorrow. The next day maybe. First of the week.”

And there on the small screen was the burnt house, and the crowd and something with a sheet over it and out of the sky, fluttering, came the helicopter like a grotesque flower. So they must have their game out, thought

One man’s head was pillowed on the plinth that held the Bound

Carefully, I drew forth the locks and laid them in the circle of candlelight. One fat curl in gleaming yellow, tied with a bow of pink satin: my little

And that was when the line collapsed. I don’t remember it all at once. I see these flashes: people running, grunts, reporters. I remember a newsman 4- JSF: Joint Strike Fighters. 5.

You know they even tried to dig fighting holes for the tanks? The engineers blasted them right out of the A&P parking lot. You had tanks? Dude, we had everything: tanks,

I mean, do you belong to the order of Odd Fellows?" "No, no; I belong to the order of married men." "Are you a mason?" "No, I am a carpenter by trade." "Are you a Son of

But when you called it a caduceus, you made a very common mistake. The caduceus has two snakes on the staff and wings at the top. Your amulet has a single snake and no wings. Your symbol is called—” “The Rod of

Finally, he reached a dead end at a small viewing platform near the base of the cistern’s rightmost wall. There before him was an incredible sight. Rising out of the water was a colossal carved marble block—the head of

The time stamp on-screen indicated that the footage had been cued to midmorning yesterday—precisely twenty-four hours ago—apparently just before the museum opened and long before the arrival of

His partner gave a reluctant nod. “Do it.”

“The letters RS. . . . do they mean anything else to you? Anything at all?” Afraid their voices might echo down the hall,

It was how he activated the security system.”

Two cryptexes. Everything in pairs. Double entendres. Male female. Black nested within white.

When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books—books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As

“Director,"

On the coffee table before them,

brilliantly. Not only had

“Whatever you believe this engraving reveals,”

I thought this was a map.”