WritingPrompts

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[WP] A street vendor sells you a painting that they say depicts whatever the heart truly desires. You bought it because you saw something nice and pretty. Your spouse asks why you bought a painting of something much more disturbing.	10763
[WP] You dig up your childhood time capsule, and among the items you find a photo of your kid self standing next to a person you don't remember who looks just like your current self. On the back of the photo tomorrow's date is written, and a message that reads, "Must end it by then. You know who."	156
[WP] You were desperate and drank someone else's half-drunk soda you found in the fridge at work. You then see a company wide email that says "Whoever drank my soda, find me immediately, before it's too late."	96
[WP] You're a successful assassin known to be reliable on the dark web, but no one knows your true identity. A new message, a new hit. Big money. You ask the details. Your own real name and address are sent to you. "Any means necessary."	80
[WP] You return from vacation to find everyone talking about things you supposedly did around town while you were not there.	39
[WP] It's late at night during your job at a call center. You answer a call that sounds distressing. You call the number back multiple times. Each time you call back, you hear a faint phone ring coming from a nearby utility closet.	26
[WP] You're driving late one night and realize that, though you've gone straight for miles without seeing any turns or intersections, you keep passing the same gas/pretrol station again and again.	19
[WP] You are a surgeon about to perform an appendectomy on a patient presenting with excruciating pain in their side. As you cut into the patient's flesh, where the appendix should be you find something very different.	19
[WP] You buy an old piano from a pawn shop so you can learn to play. When you start to strike the keys at home, although you have never played, you find you are able to play any music that pops into your head. When you stop, the keys pop up and resemble a hand beckoning you back to keep playing.	18
[WP] Everyone has stopped moving except you; the only exception is that their eyes follow you when they see you.	18

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