LOST LUGGAGE CHALLENGEāClaim a Bag, Tell Its Story
āAttention passengers: A number of unclaimed bags have been left at the terminal. Please come to the Lost and Found desk to claim yours.ā
Each bag contains mysterious, emotional, or uncanny items. Choose a suitcase and write a story, poem, or scene inspired by whatās inside.
How to Play:
Pick a bag (or more than one) from the list below or upcoming posts. Lost luggage is collected once a week, so you can expect to find new bags every Friday.
Use the contents as your prompt.
Write anythingāa drabble, full short story, poem, or create a moodboard.
Tag your post with #WriteblrSummerfest2025 and #LostLuggageChallenge so we can reblog it!
You can interpret the items literally, symbolically, or weirdly. Youāre the writer. You decide what the items know.
Now boarding the strange and the forgotten! Letās see what the terminal left behind...
LOST LUGGAGE BAGS
Bag #1
One damp paperback
An unmarked key
A boarding pass to a canceled flight
A handwritten letter that ends mid-sentence
Bag #2
A cracked snow globe of the Taj Mahal
Three teeth wrapped in tissue
A cassette tape labeled āDonāt Play on the Planeā
A pink shoe with the laces burned
Bag #3
A sleep mask embroidered with someone else's name
A prescription bottle filled with glitter
A folded napkin with a phone number and no area code
One airline wing pin snapped in half
Bag #4
A taxidermied squirrel dressed as a pilot
An open envelope containing plane tickets from 1976
One photograph of a boarding gate under water
A torn-up employee badge for āGate Agent #23ā
Bag #5
A bloodstained boarding pass
A childās drawing of a plane with no windows
A full can of unopened sodaā¦from a brand that doesnāt exist
A notebook with every page reading: āNOT THIS FLIGHTā
Bag #6
A wedding ring tied to a paper crane
A skydiving brochure with a face scratched out
A bag of sand labeled āreturn to senderā
One Polaroid of someone waving from the runway
Bag #7
A perfume bottle filled with salt water
Boarding pass stamped "FINAL FLIGHT"
A napkin from āThe End of the World CafĆ©ā
A journal entry reading only: āShe followed me aboard.ā
Bag #8
A driverās license that expired 40 years ago
A notebook containing pages of flight manifestos; all names are crossed out
A single red feather
A warning card that reads āDO NOT OPEN DURING DESCENTā
Bag #9
A scarf with a blood type embroidered on the hem
An origami map with no landmarks
One walkie-talkie, turned on
A crumpled post-it note that says, āDonāt let them look in your eyesā
Bag #10
A dead phone with one unread text: āDonāt get on the planeā
Three coins from countries that donāt exist
A plastic airline cutlery set wrapped in barbed wire
A childās boarding pass, destination blank
