/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] "Be careful how you phrase your wishes." Said the child as they hand you the old lamp. "And whatever you do, never ask for eternal youth."
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] “Uh Sir...The leftovers at the back of the refrigeration unit has begun broadcasting radio waves. Apparently sentient life has formed inside. They call themselves humanity.”
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] Due to a powerful spell, the demonic hordes were sealed away for thousands of years. When they breached back to reality they were met with railguns and plasma weapons. It's year three of the war, and the mortals have started getting reinforcements from their offworld colonies and alien allies.
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] You are a young scholar who attempts the Imperial Examination in hopes of obtaining a government position. The first question is "how would you overthrow the current Emperor?"
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] You roll your eyes so hard, they turn 180° and you lock eyes with the gremlin in your brain, who stares back in joint disbelief at the absolute non-sense they just heard.
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] Whale clicks have a secondary purpose; to mimic the noises of an ancient animal that went extinct to scare their natural predators into hiding, and these predators never died off. Decades later, whales are extinct. You’re a scientist who just figured that out as ships the world over disappear.
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] All my life I've been told to stay inside the walls, when I finally managed to climb over them, there was nothing but toxic wasteland, the leader of the ominous shadow goverment climbs above the wall with a megaphone and shouts "there's a reason we've been telling you to stay inside dumbass!".
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] [TT] Every alien culture, without exception, has a unified planetary government. When Earth enters the Galactic Alliance, it is assumed that they do the same. Therefore, the Alliance recognizes Lichtenstein as Earth's sole government body.
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] You're playing a hacking simulation game, when you uncover a secret email address well-hidden in one of its pretend text files. Curious, you contact it, and moments later you get a response: "You're the first one to find it. Tell no one. We will be contacting you."
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] - You can see how long you have to live. 50 years is showing up. You eat that cheeseburguer, 1 day less. You walk for an hour, 3 days more. One day, you get down to tie your shoes, 50 years disappear, leaving you with 7 seconds. You take your hands of your shoes and the 50 years appear back.
Mark as read: Add to a list