/u/CaptnHarryButtBeard's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Valhalla does not discriminate against the kind of fight you lost. Did you lose the battle with cancer? Maybe you died in a fist fight. Even facing addiction. After taking a deep drink from his flagon, Odin slams his cup down and asks for the glorious tale of your demise!
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[WP] At a park bench, an unfamiliar man sits beside you and glances at your newspaper. Unnerved by his presence, you hand it to him with a nod. He takes it and nods back, places a briefcase at your feet, and leaves.
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[WP] Fifty years ago, a man murdered your wife. The story made national headlines and you swore you'd follow him to hell to make him pay. Now hours away from death yourself, you see a news story reporting his own passing. You grin evily as the blackness overtakes you.
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[WP] You find yourself once again firing your weapon at the enemy's position. After an intense battle, you stand up thankful to have survived. All of the sudden there's a dull *thud* like a hammer slapping a ham and everything goes black.
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[WP] The year is 2541 and the first exposition to a planet outside of the solar system is drawing to an orbit. As the astronauts move within 100,000 miles of the planet, they receive a signal: "Welcome home New Hope Three."
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[WP] Six filed a police report after witnessing Seven eat Nine. Now seven sit in a court room with One judge, Twelve Jurors, and 1/2 of a chance.
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[WP] As a theoretical scientist, you and your team discover how to send objects back in time. The next day, a package from yourself arrives at the door. Inside are two things... A gun and a note that reads: "Run."
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[WP] After a grisly demise, you awake in front of Allah's desk. It is in this moment that you cannot restrain yourself from asking: "Sooo... How much drama goes on up here with 72 people in love with the same person?"
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[WP] As long as you can remember, fortune cookies have always been dead-on accurate. It is because of this that you've been successful and how you found your spouse. Today, you open a cookie and the fortune simply says one word: "RUN."
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