/r/WritingPrompts

Title	Upvotes	Author
[WP] It's the year 2230. Ever since the invention of teleportation all other means of transportation have been left in the dust. One early morning you're cleaning out your late great grandfather's garage. As you're cleaning, your face goes white. Under a pile of blankets and wood, you find a car.	1010	TheTurboKiller
[WP] The timer dings, the door releases. Finally! After 20 years cut off from the world, will reality match the multitude of scenarios I’ve played out in my mind? Will the surface be livable? One thing is for sure, this Y2K bunker delivered as promised and kept me alive.	1010	Steelbros13
[WP] You are death, bringer of the eternal dark, the inevitable one. Your younger adoptive brother, Todd, is asking you for help with dating. Being an immortal personification of the void, you decide to help. How hard could it be?	1010	Zhacarn
[WP] "Wearing garlic in public is a hate crime, dragons are an endangered species and really shouldn't be bothered, and that 'dungeon' is a historic monument! Ugh, get with the times, DAD."	1010	aogasd
[PI] You are a fairly new researcher at NASA. While out for drinks with your coworker, you jokingly ask why they haven't explored the ocean with its resources. She turns pale and leans in closer, whispering "We have. Why do you think we want to leave the planet so badly?"	1010	Skye_hai_bai
[WP] Write a story with a large, illogical plot hole, then have the main character discover it.	1009	IDontKnowWherePatIs
[WP] In an alternate world, sleep, instead of sex, is a universal taboo. "Adult movies" are those with "sleep scenes"; reddit posts are tagged as "NSFW" if they are related to sleep; politicians even step down after being caught sleeping in their offices. Write a story about a sleepaholic.	1009	MasterOfNap
[WP] There's a serial killer loose in town, you decide it is the perfect opportunity to kill your own enemies and let the killer take the blame.	1009	Lucasplz
[WP] You are an archaeologist who just unearthed an ancient tomb. Among the pottery and sarcophagi, you find a pristine business card with only a phone number on it.	1009	Rhogar-Dragonspine
[WP] We've made contact with a parallel, magic-based Earth (rather than our automated-machine-based Earth). Turns out that their wizards are just as excited to talk to our scientists as our scientists are to talk to them.	1008	archtech88

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