/r/WritingPrompts

Title	Upvotes	Author
[WP] You were born with the ability to stop time, but only temporarily. You can stop time for as five seconds. One day, at 33 years old, you stop time. As you move through your crowded office, you notice one of your coworkers's fingers twitch.	8478	memelord0998
[WP] "A watched pot never boils", as the old saying goes. Throughout all of history there has always been at least one set of eyes on the ocean. Today, for a split second, everyone looking at the ocean looked away at the exact same time.	8477	the_aquacadet
[WP] Your 'friends' just slammed the door on you, leaving you in the room with the crazed axe murderer. "Damn, that's a dick move. Want to get revenge?" The murderer offers you their hand.	8476	Minty_The_Sweet
[WP]Your first trial at a time machine left you stranded in 8th century BC in the mountains of Greece. When locals saw your efforts to repair the device it seemed fitting to call yourself "Hephaestus". You didn't expect to find other time travelers stuck there impersonating the rest of the pantheon.	8476	Foow_
[WP] The Universe as we know it is a simulation and blinking is a way to distract the human whilst the world around you is rendered. You and your friend have just broken the world record for a staring contest and are starting to notice some odd changes in your surroundings..	8472	Lachstock
You are Death. On the last day of the Universe, all the lights are gone, and you have one more soul to usher into your realm, before the doors close forever... It's none other than your oldest opponent, "Life". [WP]	8469	Moggy1982
[WP] You're a side character in a story. By chance you become aware of this fact and you try everything to be more relevant to the story, even going as far as to intefere in the protagonist's life.	8468	Suizaneo
[WP] Humanity is dead; you were asleep in a cryogenic facility for super-human soldiers. Aliens have woke you centuries later to fight for their survival from the aliens that ended humanity. The problem? You're actually a janitor that fell into a pod and all of the soldiers died in the previous war.	8466	Vaperius
[WP]"Welcome to Hell! As the seventh human to ever arrive here, you are now an official member of the seven deadly sins".	8465	Arandomcheese
[WP] The whole town knows about it. The black shadow on the baby monitor. Sudden changed diapers or meals ready for kids when they get home. Cleaned rooms and drawn baths. It is known as The Babysitter. It will never harm a child, but heaven help those who don't pay for its services.	8465	FennecWF

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