WritingPrompts

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[WP] We fear the day robots finally replace the human race. But it has already happened. Millions of years ago, the original humans left behind self-replicating robots whose AI allowed them to eventually engineer a fully organic replica of their creators. We are the robots.	173
[WP] It's 11:59:59 PM, December 31st, 2019. You're alone in your apartment watching the countdown on TV when all of a sudden a portal opens up in front of you. You step in and find yourself in the "good" timeline.	117
[WP] A 10,000-year-old mummy has been found in the thawing Siberian tundra. Based on his clothes and effects you think he must be a shaman. You perform an autopsy. While analyzing his stomach contents, you find a previously undiscovered, long-extinct fungus. You inadvertently inhale a spore and...	44
[WP] In the near future, those whose brain scans show clear signs of psychopathy must receive empathy chip implants. Recipients can be as young as 3 years-old. Fast-forward 20 years - you are a popular pediatric nurse and your chip has just malfunctioned.	13
[WP] In August 2018, the skeletons of a woman and two men were found in a 2,300-year-old tomb dubbed "The Black Sarcophagus". Write a story about how this tragic trio got there. (News story link in the comments.)	10
[WP] Two souls, forever intertwined, at times born as lovers and at times sworn enemies but always destined to change the course of history.They were Cleopatra and Marc Anthony, they were JFK and Oswald. For the first time they are reborn in a single body.	10
[WP] The actors in one run-of-the-mill Korean soap opera are nothing like the clichéd characters they play. Cue the trope-breaking and stereotype-smashing. A love triangle has formed behind the scenes parallel to the one in front of the camera.	9
[WP] Ghosthunters flock hoping to catch a glimpse of you, a vengeful medieval spirit, fabled to wander along an ancient country road. But really, you're just the confused soul of a Ren Faire attendee who went missing in the 1980s.	1
[WP] You're separated from friends while exploring catacombs below a large European city, desperate to find the exit as your flashlight dims. The brick tunnels gradually give way to tightly stacked bones. You're blessed/cursed with the ability to "see" the life that once was when you touch bone.	1
[WP] Real-life inspiration: Philip Leather, then aged 11 contracted encephalitis lethargica, sending him into a stupor from which he would never emerge. He spends the next 70 years in a mental institution until his death in 2003 at 82.	1

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