/r/WritingPrompts
[WP]You turn on the radio one day to find another one of those rap songs where every 5th word is a curse word. Naturally the radio beeps it out, but you realize that it sounds familiar. you realize that the rappers are speaking in Morse code.
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[WP] Whenever you die, you have the ability to reincarnate at any point in history with full memories of your past lives. Billions of lives later, you realise the truth: Every person ever in history is either your past or future reincarnations. There is no one out here apart from you. You are alone.
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[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth...
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[WP] You are on a time travelers game show. To play the game, you travel back and change important moments in history, being awarded points for the difficulty and overall impact of the change. You just broke the high score.
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[WP] A trio of witches who live on the outskirts of town as outcasts befriend a neighbor child. They are annoyed at first by them but after their persistence realize they are genuine. One day they don’t show up as usual so the witches look for them and learn the town has been taken over by soldiers.
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[WP] When you were young, you made a deal with a witch to give up your firstborn child in exchange for a life of wealth and happiness. Now you're 35, and the witch is getting impatient. She doesn't know you got fixed at 18.
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[WP] You are a small god, with very little power or influence. But you are happy, and take care of your few worshippers as much as you are able. An extraordinarily powerful being stumbles bloodied into your sacred place, and cries “Sanctuary.”
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[WP] Humanity makes contact with an alien species. They seem rather friendly, but also quite... baffled. After working out basic English, they ask us, "We have not seen a starship leave this system for one of your many other colonies in 227,591 local years. Why? Have you quarantined the system?"
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[WP] People go to the afterlife they expected to have after they die. Most people go to the cultural idea of heaven. Ancient Greeks went to Hades' underworld. You are the first true agnostic with no expectations whatsoever. They don't know what to do with you.
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[WP]Your daughter marches into the kitchen with an attitude. You roll your eyes thinking here we go again. You notice tears in her eyes and wonder what's happening. "My life is a LIE! What am I?" A large cut she has in her hand reveals moving mechanical parts. You drop your coffee mug on the floor.
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