Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Writing Prompt, where we’ll have – yep, you guessed it – a fresh fantasy prompt each and every day. All posts go live at 8am EST, for those who start writing early. If you’d like, link what you’ve written in the comments below, and it’ll be shared at the bottom of this post.

The mountains were so close, and yet so far. Your path is through them, but they don’t appear any closer now than they did two days ago. Something’s not right.

Stories written from today’s prompt: