/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You have always heard background music that's fitting for the situation. One day, you're talking with a polite stranger, but as soon as they learn a certain detail about you, the music changes to what you would call "boss fight music"...even though they're still being friendly.
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[WP] The old gods just want to sleep, but those stupid cults keep waking them up. They decide to make you their reverse prophet: you must stop the cults from disturbing the eldritch horrors’ slumber
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[WP] You hear a knock on your door. A dark suited man stands with a box. "Congratulations! You've won a lifetime supply of our new frozen meals!" He opens the box, which contains a single, blue lidded tv dinner. You look around. "Where is the rest?" He grins. "This will last the rest of your life."
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[WP] The world's supply of coal has almost ran out. Desperate, coal companies set their eyes on the last source of coal in the world - Santa.
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[WP] If a person is in grave danger, time will slow down around them to give them a chance to survive. The bigger the danger, the slower the time. This phenomenon may only occur once in a person's life. You are the first person ever to see time come to a complete halt.
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[WP] As a time traveling alien, you visited an ice age planet from 11,000 years ago. There you saved a curious hominid family. Now, in your own future, your home world is being invaded. Suddenly, an armada drops out of hyperspace and begins attacking your invaders. Their species looks familiar.
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[WP] The first aliens mankind encountered evolved under a blue super-giant sun and use photosynthesis. They have more in common with plants than animals. They found the human practice of eating other beings weird and barbaric, but they really freaked out when they found out about vegans.
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[WP] In an alternate world, vampires are the dominant form of life. They raise children, drink the blood of animals and must stay out of the deadly sunlight. Legend tells of the day walkers. Frightening creatures that can subsist on both plant and animals, and walk freely in the day light.
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[WP] every human on earth is engulfed in a clear sphere and levitated thousands of miles into orbit, where they watch the earth spin below them. An hour later they descend back to earth and the bubble pops, leaving behind a little card which reads: "Get your shit together."
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[WP] You've been living in your home for ten years. For some reason, every month, an envelope with half your rent appears on the table. You never questioned it. One day, you see a familiar man walking out of the vacant guest room. You remember he said, a decade ago, "you won't even notice I'm here."
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