WritingPrompts

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[WP] You’re transported a few hundred years back in time with only the possessions in your pockets. Thinking it’s futile you turn on your phone. You’re amazed to find a very weak reception. You decide to track it down.	7
[WP] The British isles suffer a terrible tragedy and are quarantined from the rest of the world. A few hundred years later it’s finally deemed safe to return. You, an American explorer, are the first to set foot on land. You are shocked at what you find.	7
[EU] It’s been two decades since the Zombie War ended and the UN published its report. Director Hyungchol Choi has finally got permission to explore beyond the DMZ to the north. His team ventures past the border, and what they find is far more terrifying than anyone imagined...	7
[WP] 50 years ago aliens invade. You decide to move to the remote wilderness to avoid the fighting. It’s been 48 years since you saw a plane. 30 years since radio waves. Today, a group of aliens arrive at your cabin. You are the last human alive they say. You need to sign over the deed to Earth.	7
[WP] Scientists uncover a previously unmapped section of human DNA. It seems to be an origin marker, almost like a tag on an item of clothing. It lists the frequency and oscillations of a pulsar. Hundreds of years later, a probe has just arrived. You are the controller in Houston Texas. It’s time...	5
[WP] Every one million years the god of good and the god of evil battle to determine the direction of the universe for the next one million years. The victor is able to influence the course of events how they see fit. The god of good has never lost, but this time the god of evil has a plan.	5
[WP] Every 20 years Earth and the Void pick a lone fighter for who will control the next generation. Earth’s fighter dies for the 1st time. Desperate, Earth wages 2 generations or nothing for an immediate rematch. You’re the last champion from 20 years ago, now an ageing teacher...	4
[EU] The Joker fakes Bruce Wayne’s death with a body double in a cunning move to isolate Batman. Free from the shackles of a normal life, Batman enjoys only being Batman at first. But soon, unable to relax as a normal man from time to time, and always wearing the cowl, Batman starts to go crazy...	4
[WP] Once every hundred-thousand years or so, when the sun doth shine, and the moon doth glow, and the grass doth grow, its said that a young man named Kyle writes the most awesome song ever heard by humanity. A young Kyle in 2019 looks out of his window as his friend Jack walks up his driveway...	4
[WP] You were born with the memories of your ancestors. Your mother as a Doctor in the 80s. Your grandfather as a child, evacuated from London. Your great-grandfather, on the beaches of Normandy. It was too much, unable to split your life from theirs. A person visits your hospital. “I have answers”.	4

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