/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are painfully aware that you are in a horror film and you are NOT the main character. No matter how hard you try you can't break any TV tropes, but you are bound and determined to survive.
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[WP] You’re a ghost, having tragically died not too long ago. Everyone you know is aware of this, except for you. You’re still continuing about your “life” as if nothing happened, and your family and friends have grown increasingly uncomfortable trying to broach the delicate topic of your death.
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[WP]After having gone to the store to buy milk and cigarettes, you come home. As soon as you open your front door, you meet an elderly woman who stares at you in disbelief before she faints and breaks the cup she had in her hand. An unfamiliar man runs down the stairs, looks at you, and says, "Dad?"
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[WP] Your 2 year old kid just started flying. The doctors say she inherited a flight mutation from you. They also say she must have done something to “activate” her mutation. You set out to activate your own mutation by doing exactly what she’s done for the past 30 days. Your spouse is not amused.
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[WP] “No one asks to be born” - because “life” on earth is actually prison and rehab. Having recently “died,” you must now convince the Court that you’ve learned your lesson and are ready to reintegrate with the society you came from.
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[WP] You wake up one morning and find that everyone in your house is still asleep, and won't wake up. Only it's not just your house; it's the whole world. You decide to go on Reddit and see if anyone else knows what's happening. You find one new post, titled "Anyone else awake?" It has 3 comments.
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[WP] The devil has came up with his most evil plan yet. He wants to create such an amazing utopia on earth that no single person would ever want to die and go to heaven.
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[WP] "Sir, troubling news about the war." "What is it Corporal?" "It's the humans; it turns out when they die, that sometimes, more so now during the war, their souls stay behind as what the humans call "ghosts." "The ghosts have been causing all sorts of problems for our soldiers."
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[WP] Ice, snow and darkness is all you've ever known. Your family has navigated the boundless glaciers for generations, where life is rare and hardness is what keeps you alive. One morning you awake, and a great ball of flame has risen over the horizon. Summer is coming.
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