A Short Story Prompt: The Map That Changes Reality
A generative prompt to write a fantasy story about a cartographer whose maps can alter the world.
Prompt:
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You are a creative AI. Write a short fantasy story (around 800 words) about a royal cartographer in a medieval kingdom. The cartographer discovers that any change they make to a map—adding a forest, erasing a river, drawing a new road—manifests in the real world overnight. Describe their initial discovery, the moral dilemma this power presents, and the first major change they decide to make to the kingdom. The tone should be one of awe and consequence.