WritingPrompts

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[WP] A man claiming to be an all-powerful deity walks into the office of a newspaper. He offers to a lead reporter that he will submit to one test - of her design and specification - to act as irrefutable proof that he is what he says he is.	16
[WP] To escape the planet before the asteroid hit, every human traveled through the constructed portal. That is, except for the two who volunteered to stay behind and keep the portal open. As the last person goes through to safety, you turn and face the other volunteer: Scott, who is a total dick.	16
[WP] It is a desolate planet, once thriving with life and now barren after a great conflict. Fields of ruined cities and great wastelands are all that remain. All, that is, except for a single fully functioning pub.	15
[WP] The world is reeling from the revelation that the true religion capturing the afterlife and tenants of morality is not Christianity, Hinduism, or even Buddhism, but rather Absolism: a religion invented by a slacker one day while getting incredibly high.	14
[WP] He has been dead for over a year, and authorities are confident every one of his death traps, hidden trip wires, and stealth bombs have been found and properly disarmed. The world has gone on living as his memory slips from consciousness. Then, a letter with his name and return address arrives.	14
[WP] A spiral staircase stretching into the clouds appeared suddenly in the middle of Central Park. At the top is a locked door floating in the air. At the bottom, a sign that reads: “The first to make the climb, whose feet must touch every step during the journey, shall be granted entry.”	13
[WP] After six months, you've fully moved into your new home and are starting the basement renovation. You try to move the far shelving unit but realize it is built into the ground. You feel around until you hit a switch, and the shelf pushes in to reveal a long staircase descending into the earth.	12
[WP] It has been the most boring assignment the agency has ever given you: surveillance of a boring nobody. But when the massive spaceship parked itself above Earth, all agents were ordered off mission and back to HQ. Except, to your surprise, you.	12
[WP] Every god is assigned a scribe for which their greatest deeds shall be recorded for eons of study in the time outside time. Yet you pause when you finally learn the name of the being that you shall be shadowing: "Doug Stevens".	12
[WP] You and your partner are mugged at gunpoint while taking a shortcut through an alley. You try to keep him calm as you pass over your stuff, but he loses his temper and you take three bullets. However, they simply crush on impact with your chest. Your partner just sighs and says “Well…shit.”	11

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