/u/FuckCanyon's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A black fleck appears on your airplane window. Upon closer inspection, you realize it’s a missing pixel. Your window is a television screen.
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[WP] A device is invented that allows people to see across the multiverse. Everyone is talking about how strange and different their alternate selves’ lives are, but when you use the device, you discover that you are the only version of yourself that’s still alive.
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[WP] The Catholic Church collapses. In the following months, it becomes apparent that many services it provided (exorcisms, consecration of cemeteries, etc.) were very, very important for the survival of humanity.
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[WP] You encounter a Lovecraftian Old One but instead of wanting to destroy humanity, this Old One wants to share the knowledge of the gods to make humans gods themselves.
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[WP] Everyone has a string attached to them. The strings extend up into the sky, and no one knows where they go. One day, a terrorist with a pair of scissors cuts your string.
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[WP] The federal government doesn’t exist, so each states acts as a sovereign nation. The laws are fairly similar across America, but in Texas, the constitution is only four words: “Kill or be killed.”
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[WP] Aliens finally decide to make contact after years of researching human culture. They arrive very surprised, as the source of their research has been ASMR videos on YouTube.
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[WP] The moon is haunted by everyone who has ever died. On July 20, 1969, the spirits look up to see a shiny object barreling toward the surface.
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[WP] The curse of Tutankhamen is real, but it’s already been triggered by Napoleon Bonaparte during his campaign in Egypt.
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