WritingPrompts

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[WP]You’re part of a government excavation of an abandoned ancient city built deep underground. The thing is, you’re not really there to discover it. You’re there to make sure your 'team' doesn’t find anything they shouldn’t. This is a homecoming for you and it brings back a lot of memories.	464
[WP] You’ve always lived on a small fishing islet with your uncle who doubles as your best friend. He raised you believing you had to keep your head down because he’s a wanted man on the mainland. On his deathbed, he admits he wasn’t the one being hunted. You were.	440
[WP] “I spy with my little eye, something beginning with D,” you say to your 4-year-old. “Demon.” “It has to be something you see.” Without a hint of fear, your child points behind you. "Demon," s/he insists.	421
[WP] As a child, you’ve always had an affinity towards animals, both nurturing and medical. Twenty-five years later, you’re a vet that’s opened your own clinic. Word has spread of your gift, and these days, it’s not just humans who are bringing their ailing animals to you.	397
[WP] Your father is a brilliant detective with medals, commendations, all of it. You could never stack up to him, so you became a crime scene investigator. In your spare time, you mess around with your old man’s cold cases. The first thing that leaps out at you is, “These should have been solved.”	373
[WP] In a fantasy world, your party brawl over possession of the magical bag that holds endless supplies. You let them because you’ve spent years mastering a dead language for your prize. The magic flat music box with the letters mp3 in the corner that charges with the sun. The holy grail for bards.	353
[WP]“Have you ever seen those movies where the shadow of the person doesnt line up with the person making it?” one of your campmates asks. Tension crawls up your spine at the implication. “Maybe,” you say warily. “Why?” He leans to one side and looks at the ground behind you “No reason.” Well, fuck.	352
[WP] In the past, the werewolf in you has howled and caused terrible carnage wherever you go. You’ve stayed on the move, one step ahead of the law. Between yesterday and today, something changed. The beast is now curled up inside you like a dog lazing before the fire; its growl more like a purr.	268
[WP] Ever since you came to college, bad luck has befallen you. Be it humiliation or minor injuries. You’re ready to quit and go home. Going into your best friend’s room, you see her writing desk open, and on a sandwich plate covered in ash, is a five-inch doll dressed like you with pins in it.	247
[WP]“Call yourself the greatest thief in the world?” he scoffed. “A raccoon is a better thief than you.” Incensed, you puff your chest. “Name one.” “That one,” he said, and when you turn, the biggest raccoon you have ever seen is ransacking YOUR backpack.	236

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