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Out of This World [1]

Fiction [2]
6.15.16

Researchers recently announced the discovery that the metal blade of a dagger belonging to King Tut was made from a meteorite [3], imbuing an element of the cosmic into the legacy of an already mysterious historical figure. Write a short scene in which a meteorite lands in the vicinity of your story’s setting. What are the consequences—in terms of affecting the plot or tone—of introducing this unearthly element into your story?


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/out_of_this_world_0 [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/fiction [3] http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/06/01/king-tut-dagger-space-meteor