/u/FigurativeBodySlam's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] After making contact with an alien species, it becomes apparent that imagination is unique to humans - no other sentient race can picture things that aren't there.
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[WP] Our imaginations are actually our own personal pocket dimensions that we control as gods. When we die, we must live in the worlds we've created.
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[WP] A child goes to summer camp, leaving the monster under his bed with no fear to feed on. Starving, it breaks the rules and feeds on adults.
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[WP] In the distant past, a group of fishermen from the ancient people of your choice (Native American, Egyptian, etc.) accidentally discover a blobfish. Write the myth that they create to explain its existence.
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[WP] While cleaning out your grandmother's attic, you glance out the window to see the decrepit, abandoned house next door looking brand new, with people in it! You realize it's a window to the past: it shows the view from 50 years ago.
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[WP] There are actually hundreds of different Deaths that ferry the deceased to the underworld, such as Tragic Death, Lonely Death, Sudden Death, etc. You arrive home from a normal work day to find Premature Death waiting for you. He showed up 5 minutes early.
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[WP] “I have assumed a form that I believe will put you at ease,” said the android that had been your computer. “Was I mistaken?” it asks, when you continue to stare.
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[WP] The zombie apocalypse is brought about by parasites that consume only the parts of the brain responsible for conscious thought. Therefore, a human's subconscious becomes a zombie's entire personality.
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