WritingPrompts

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[WP] First your father died and your mother remarried. Next your mother died and your stepfather remarried. Then your brother died and your stepparents adopted a new son. You're starting to suspect that yours is not the only family they've replaced.	924
[WP] A group of ants stumbles upon an abandoned ant colony. Inside, they find cryptic warnings scratched on the walls by a series of past inhabitants, foretelling impending doom wrought by something called "the Human".	222
[WP] In an alternate timeline, Christopher Columbus gets more than he bargained for when he lands at Hispañola and is greeted by the Viking descendants of Leif Erikson.	192
[WP] You've made good friends with someone you met someone online. One day you notice that your computer isn't connected to the Internet, but your friend is still responding to you.	125
[WP] The police employ a Seer whose prophecies are in rhyming couplets. As a master criminal, you have to devise crimes that centre around things that do not rhyme.	61
[WP] An anthropology professor is sent to prison, where he makes use of his knowledge of primitive tool-making to fashion the best shivs in the prison, allowing him to rise to power.	59
[WP] You are the world's greatest detective: Dr. Jekyll. You're trying to unravel the latest plot of the world's greatest criminal: the elusive Mr. Hyde.	43
[WP] You've been transported back to 16th century England. In order to earn your keep, you decide to tell the locals well-known tales from our time, replacing any anachronisms with historically appropriate terms and concepts.	42
[WP] Medical technology has become too good. People are living too long. The never-ending pensions are bankrupting the country. You are a master assassin working for the government to help ease the burden on the economy. Your only instruction: make it look like an accident.	16
[WP] You are a wizard trying to prove your powers to a panel of skeptics for a prize of 1 million dollars. The problem is, no matter how hard you try, they don't believe you!	8

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