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The Cellblock Scorch Writing Contest
by Stella Corps
A weekly short-story writing contest among a group of friends that started in 2018 and has continued unstopped since then. In this podcast the members of our group, the Stella Corps, share the winning pieces (aka "scorches") every week.New episodes every Wednesday and SaturdayYou can read all episode transcripts and see some bonus content for free on our patreon, or subscribe and read our Embers and see our other fun bonus contentPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/CellblockScorch
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110a - Completing Souls
Week 110a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Your soul was always meant to be a chorusScorch name: Completing SoulsWinner: LostLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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274a - Sweaters of Love
Week 274a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Consider this ugly sweater I made you a test of our loveScorch name: Sweaters of LoveWinner: RedLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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109b -Deathtiny
Week 109b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: It's your deathtinyScorch name: DeathtinyWinner: BonesLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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273b - Time Loop
Week 273b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Did you let me die in your arms in that time loop?Scorch name: Time LoopWinner: StyxLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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109a - His Masterpiece
Week 109a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Hopeless OpusScorch name: His MasterpieceWinner: GrishmakLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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273a - Spiders Spiders Spiders
Week 273a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Oh to list the things as fair as thee... pulling teeth, drinking lead paint, falling down the stairsScorch name: Spiders Spiders SpidersWinner: OctoLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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108b - The New Guy
Week 108b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: And then he ate an entire lemonScorch name: The New GuyWinner: LostLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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272b - Grateful
Week 272b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Faux Fur and Velvet LiesScorch name: GratefulWinner: BonesLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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108a - Angel Slayer
Week 108a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: "But how did you catch them? They can fly." "The babies can't."Scorch name: Angel SlayerWinner: RevLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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272a - Arrested
Week 272a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: "Don't even try to talk to me right now. You got us arrested"Scorch name: ArrestedWinner: SafetyMatchesLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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107b - BRO
Week 107b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Platonic soulmatesScorch name: BROWinner: OctoLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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271b - Fairest of them All
Week 271b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: tell a well-known story/classic/fairytale/etc backwardsScorch name: Fairest of them AllWinner: OctoLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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107a - Oracle
Week 107a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvitedScorch name: OracleWinner: PeixeLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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271a - Lightning Rod
Week 271a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Tie me to a lightning rod and watch me shineScorch name: Lightning RodWinner: RedLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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106b - Red and the Wolf
Week 106b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: May the bridges you burn light your wayScorch name: Red and the WolfWinner: RevLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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270b - Wonderful Nothing
Week 270b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Base your main character on a song, and include that song to listen toScorch name: Wonderful NothingWinner: StyxLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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106a - Fyrebird
Week 106a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Some people are much easier to get along with when they no longer have anything to fight forScorch name: FyrebirdWinner: CricketLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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270a - Peace
Week 270a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Safe as houses, but like, haunted housesScorch name: PeaceWinner: PeixeLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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105b - Shadow Stabbing
Week 105b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Shadow stabbingScorch name: Alley ShortcutWinner: BonesLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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269b - Whisper
Week 269b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Whisper sweet lies to me under the moonlightScorch name: WhisperWinner: BonesLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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105a - Metamorphosis
Week 105a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: MetamorphosisScorch name: MetamorphosisWinner: BonesLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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269a - Checkmate
Week 269a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: "It's not blackmail"Scorch name: CheckmateWinner: OctoLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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104b - Sticks and Stones
Week 104b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: "You aren't (adj) enough to shoot me, but I am"Scorch name: Sticks and StonesWinner: OctoLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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268b - It's Not a Prank, Bro
Week 268b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: do not observe the cubeScorch name: It's Not a Prank, BroWinner: RevLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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103b - Silver Girl
Week 103b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Sail on, silver girl, sail on byScorch name: Silver GirlWinner: BonesLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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268a - Poison River
Week 268a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Describe the village they built at the edge of the poison riverScorch name: Poison RiverWinner: RedLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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102b - Fragile
Week 102b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: You poked me in the chest and your finger broke through like you were cracking into a rotted plank of woodScorch name: FragileWinner: CricketLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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267b - Creation Day: Minrelle
Week 267b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Write a pantheon based on the scorch members. Include at least 3 of us and our domainsScorch name: Creation Day: MinrelleWinner: CricketLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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102a - The Lake
Week 102a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: I've taken custody of the entire oceanScorch name: The LakeWinner: RevLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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267a - Son of Ossis
Week 267a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Write a pantheon based on the scorch members. Include at least 3 of us and our domainsScorch name: Son of OssisWinner: PeixeLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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101b - Variations on a Theme
Week 101b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: The lost city of atlantisScorch name: Variations on a ThemeWinner: GrishmakLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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266b - Walking the Wire
Week 266b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Use the title of the most recent fanfic you read as your prompt - Walk the WireScorch name: Walking the WireWinner: BonesLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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101a - The Ones
Week 101a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: You really have to put effort into ruining lives to do it like [Name] doesScorch name: The OnesWinner: OctoLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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266a - Ecclesiastical Mixup
Week 266a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: the false high priest of a pair of rebel gods serving a different fallen god entirelyScorch name: Ecclesiastical MixupWinner: Octo Linktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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100b - Yours, First and Forever
Week 100b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Platonically yoursScorch name: Yours, First and ForeverWinner: PeixeLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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265b - Feeding Time
Week 265b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: “don’t you know how the marsh is fed?”Scorch name: Feeding TimeWinner: Octo (Styx won, Octo's piece is being read for reasons to be explained)Linktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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2025 Annual Recommendations pt. 2
A celebration of one year producing this podcast! A few of our members give recs from the past year!This episode has recs from Peixe, Octo, and RedLinktree: https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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2025 Annual Recommendations pt. 1
A celebration of two years producing this podcast! A few of our members give recs from the past year!This episode has recs from Bones, Styx, Lost, and CricketLinktree: https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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100a - Sprites and Suspicion
Week 100a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: I hear things. At night. They crawl along the pillows and into my ears.Scorch name: Sprites and SuspicionWinner: CricketLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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265a - Swallow
Week 265a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Mark my words before you swallow yoursScorch name: SwallowWinner: CricketLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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99b - Living Legend
Week 99b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: The people pass by her outstretched hand, unaware of what her heart beat holds backScorch name: Living LegendWinner: BonesLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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264b - Oh Captain
Week 264b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: I've been buying a lot of fruits recently, like for example: Carrots, Cucumbers, and uhh... Yogurt.Scorch name: Oh CaptainWinner: RedLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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99a - Parting Ways
Week 99a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Provoke the higher ups or become them, there's really no other wayScorch name: Parting WaysWinner: RevLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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264a - The Empire
Week 264a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: I’m just a guy who’s a [free space! go wild, folks] for funScorch name: The EmpireWinner: BonesLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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98b - Laws are Arbitrary Constructs
Week 98b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Drivers licenses are just a social constructScorch name: Laws are Arbitrary ConstructsWinner: GrishmakLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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263b - The Vessel
Week 263b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: Self-Improvement, but in the same way a pumpkin becomes a jack-o-lanternScorch name: The VesselWinner: RevLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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98a - An Arabian Fantasy
Week 98a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: The humans, yes. But not the birds.Scorch name: An Arabian FantasyWinner: PeixeLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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263a - Black Dog
Week 263a of the cellblock scorchPrompt: a man’s best friendScorch name: Black DogWinner: StyxLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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97 - Midway Disasters
Week 97 of the cellblock scorchPrompt: wicked magicians of the midwayScorch name: Midway DisastersWinner: OctoLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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262b - The Jewelers
Week 262b of the cellblock scorchPrompt: you are seriously underestimating the number of sides to this storyScorch name: The JewelersWinner: OctoLinktree:https://linktr.ee/stellacorps
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A weekly short-story writing contest among a group of friends that started in 2018 and has continued unstopped since then. In this podcast the members of our group, the Stella Corps, share the winning pieces (aka "scorches") every week.New episodes every Wednesday and SaturdayYou can read all episode transcripts and see some bonus content for free on our patreon, or subscribe and read our Embers and see our other fun bonus contentPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/CellblockScorch
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