May is here, and with it comes MerMay, a month-long celebration of mermaids, merfolk, and everything beneath the waves. From May 1 through May 31 , we invite you to dive into our daily prompt challenge. Each day brings a new, short prompt designed to spark your imagination. Write for any fandom, any rating, any length.
May 1: Breathe for me.
May 2: Scales where skin was.
May 3: Blood attracts sharks.
May 4: Never coming ashore.
May 5: Your voice, my curse.
May 6: Hooks and nets.
May 7: Drown with me.
May 8: Found you floating.
May 9: No longer human.
May 10: Kiss of the deep.
May 11: They took my scales.
May 12: Sing you home.
May 13: Father was a sailor.
May 14: Bleeding into saltwater.
May 15: Anchor through my heart.
May 16: Can't remember land.
May 17: Saved by a monster.
May 18: Betrayed by the tide.
May 19: Your warmth, my burning.
May 20: Only salt remains.
May 21: One breath left.
May 22: Drowned crown.
May 23: Forgot how to speak.
May 24: Undertow.
May 25: Born from shipwreck.
May 26: Love you, leave you.
May 27: No tide pulls back.
May 28: What the sea took.
May 29: Deep, deep, deep.
May 30: Wait for my return.
May 31: Become the ocean.
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