/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A frustrated scientist drunkenly complains to a stranger in a bar, wishing that academics were treated with the same reverence as sports and movie stars. He didn't realise the stranger was a genie. The next day, life on campus is... interesting.
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[WP] In the world you grew up in, telepaths are an accepted reality, but are not common. A friend of yours introduces you to a cousin,who is a telepath. Having been intrigued all your life, you ask if they will do a scan on you. Moments after connecting, they recoil in terror asking, "what are you?"
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[WP] You were born with the ability to make people blurt out whatever they currently have on their minds. One night, as you sleepily make your way to your bedroom, you accidentally trigger your ability. From the closet door you hear a muffled yell: "I've been sent here to kill you!".
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[WP] In the far future, after Disney bought out everything on Earth, you’ve been executed for not watching a scheduled marathon of Disney films. As you rise to Heaven, glad to have finally escaped that dystopia, you see a sign on the Pearly gates that reads “Heaven: brought to you by Walt Disney”
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[WP] You're a human married to an angel. Interplanar marriages are not common and difficult as they go, but somehow you manage. Tonight, you come home early. You find them in the bedroom. Wingless. Eyes glowing red. They've tusks and claws and a tail. They raise their arms. "It's not as you think!"
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[WP] You used to be stuck in a 3 year time loop, but you escaped it by building a time machine. However, as you land the machine in the past, you realize that you landed on the exact day you became stuck in it. You realize what you have to do.
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[WP] You are not a mime. You are actually trapped in an invisible box on a busy street. A crowd has gathered, but no one seems to understand how serious your situation is.
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[WP] You never thought the rumours about the Witch in the apartament above were true. But the girl siting in a broomstick outside your window seems very real. And she needs your help.
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[WP] A guy sells his soul to the devil, but the guy is the best lawyer in the world and manages to turn the deal around.
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