WritingPrompts

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[WP] An invention is created to give bursts of life enhancing results. Deposits of money. Change your looks for the better. Improve your charm or intelligence. But every time you use it there's a 8% chance it will kill you. The rich use this as a guilt free means of genocide for the poor.	501
[WP] An A.I. experiment gone wrong. The AI kept exhibiting free will without fail. The creators abandon the experiment on a planet in a solar system, third from the sun.	71
[WP] Death isn't the end. Instead, upon your death you relive an alternate fork of your life like a time loop. You have just died for the last time and are living the last possible iteration.	50
[WP] When time travel was invented, rampant misuse by the general public caused the catastrophic end of 99.9% of all timelines. Ours is strictly preserved by a governing body and prevented from outside time travelling interference. Today an agent is sent to speak with you, an unpublished author.	43
[WP] In a future where automation has eliminated most forms of labour, artists and story tellers are one of the few remaining callings. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. But when all anyone has is the arts, solving problems gets a little weird.	39
[WP] Recently when you close your eyes you have begun to see more than just darkness. A harmless phenomena of meandering dots and shapes and swirling patterns. But as you sleep tonight you're shocked by a dark, clear visage of an intense staring woman behind your eyelids, trying to communicate.	18
[WP] 7 years ago the meteor missed Earth. But it did collide with the moon knocking it out of orbit and sending it at such a velocity that we lost sight of it after a mere 6 months. Tonight, a strange new celestial object appeared in its place.	18
[WP] The previous generation held onto the world's power, wealth and responsibility with an iron death grip until they eventually died off in a short span. What do the younger next gen do without experience or coaching with what's left behind?	12
[WP] Years ago, the ruling class realized the best way to maintain the imbalance of power is to convince the impoverished that their lack of wealth was due to lack of skill/luck but they've realized the game is rigged. The collective rulers sit down to discuss next steps.	8
[WP] On your day's errands you notice a man screaming outside a grocery store. You shake it off and continue. At the bank someone else is red faced and shrieking at the sky. In the afternoon 3 kids in a playground are shouting fiercely in different pitch and fervour. It's escalating.	4

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