/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Every person gets a familiar at the age of 16, that they can call out into the world. They come in all shapes and sizes... literally. It's no exaggeration to say that your future hinges upon the familiar you get, but... well, nobody's quite sure what to make of yours, a fox the size of a house.
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[CW] Write a gruesome story using only euphemisms so than it can be read to a group of children without frightening them
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[WP] A demon appears to escort you to the second level of Hell. You don’t want to go. But he informs you that you’ve been living in the third level for over a hundred years now
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[WP] I am the world's least known, yet most successful assassin. In the last 27 years, my work has produced an 82% increase in product labels warning about deadly consequences stemming from "misuse".
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[EU] Some say that in the Mad Max wasteland, there is a man who saves the weak from the strong, the have-nots from the haves, the powerless from the powerful, and asks only survival in return. All they know is, he's called the Stig.
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[WP] After a lifetime of wondering, you make a post in ELI5: "Why do the giant creatures that move around in the fog never come out when it's clear?" All the commenters have no idea what you're talking about. Except one.
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[WP] For Halloween, you decide to dress up as a crazy person wearing a tinfoil hat. However, once you place the hat on your head you hear a strange voice: “Finally, the gamma waves are gone! Now listen up, we don’t have much time!”
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[WP] You're an ancient and powerful dragon, master of the arcane arts. And your hobby is to scry on random humans to watch the unfolding drama of their lives like soap operas. Sometimes you make subtle interventions to nudge your favourite "shows" along in interesting directions.
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[WP]In order to integrate humanity into the Galactic Community, The Federation has sent diplomats from species they deem most similar to Humanity. It is not what Humanity expects.
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[WP] The witch grows angry as she stares at the baby in your wife's hands that she had birthed only hours prior. "I wanted *your* firstborn! This is a trick!" She shouts at you. You look at the witch in confusion. Your wife panics. This was quite an exceptional way to learn about the affair.
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