WritingPrompts

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[WP] As a child you dreamed of an imaginary older sibling. Together you'd have incredible adventures, but what you really loved was your long talks and the advice they gave. Last night the dreams came back - but you were the older sibling, taking your younger self on your first adventure.	4815
[WP] Someone found the hidden control room at Mount Rushmore. Now, a giant, formally buried robot, with four familiar stone faces, is terrorizing the country. The Statue Of Liberty’s janitor knows what to do. He opens the supply closet’s hidden door, sits in the control chair, and fires up his lady.	3789
[WP] You’re a frequent patron of a tiny bookstore in your town. As improbable as it seems, the owner always has every book you ask for. On a whim, you ask him if he has a book that doesn’t exist—the one you want to write. He hands you a book. One the cover is the title you asked for and your name.	2408
[WP] Ten years ago, four children disappeared from the library. Today they reappeared, now in their teens, baring unusual weapons, and garbed in wildly varied outfits. They claimed they had been on an adventure spanning multiple fictional worlds, and that they’ve returned because we need their help.	2120
[WP] Google introduces Phoogle, a public archive of old photos. As the database swells with user-submitted content, facial recognition software shows the same faces—the same people—seeming to reoccur every 120 years. Users viewing the photos of what seems to be their past-lives, start to remember.	1194
[WP] A amputee befriends a fellow patient who is tormented by voices. One day, when his friend complains about the voices, the amputee jokingly uses his missing limb to punch at the air around his friend. He feels a jolt of impact. His friend stares at him, shocked. “The voices stopped,” he says.	1061
[WP] There’s an area in your neighborhood that’s on some kind of loop. Every time you walk though it, the following things occur in this order: a squirrel runs across the sidewalk, a screen door slams down the street, then a red car with a blaring radio drives by. You decide to investigate further.	619
[WP] You’re studying the history of cinema and you notice something strange. There’s an extra appearing in films spanning over a century and they never seem to age. On a whim, you write them a letter. They respond.	607
[WP] Somtimes cats bring home gifts for their owners. Usually it’s thinks like dead birds and rats. You cat has been bring home cash. First it was a few loose bills, but lately it’s been rolls of hundreds sprinkled with flecks of red that look like blood.	606
[WP] Your dreams have amazing continuity. It’s another life you return to when you fall asleep. Still, you’ve always known the difference between the dreams and reality, but things have been getting really odd in what you thought was the waking world, and you’re starting to wonder which is which.	595

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