/u/Goblin_Crotalus's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] "So, you don'r rule over Hell?" "No," replied Satan. "Hell is much older than me or even my followers. The original inhabitants of this place are the ones in charge. They ruled over us, before we managed to escape." "Escaped?" Satan sighs. "Let's just say, there's a reason God built Heaven."
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[WP] When a child sees light emanating from under a closet door late one night, s/he investigates and never comes back out. Despite their differences, the Child's teddy bear and the monster that lives under the bed form a truce in order to find the child.
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[WP] "So another world war is on it's way?" "Yeah," you nod, taking a sip from your drink. "10 years from now. Humiliated after losing the war, Germany gets taken over by a madman and invades Poland." The barkeep look at you confused the laughs. "Nice try 'time traveler.' But Germany won the war."
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[WP] In the post apocalypse, you and a group of survivors are trying to convince the leader of a well fortified settlement to take you in. The problem - for you at least - is that you recognize the leader as the kid you used to bully way back in school. You're not sure if s/he recognizes you or not.
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[WP] The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, like many fairy tales, has gradually changed from retelling to retelling to become the family-friendly story we know today. Details were changed, aspects dropped, context eventually became forgotten to time. So, what is the true story of Rudolph?
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[WP] Many knights and adventurers have come to try to slay the dragon and loot it's hoard. This is the first time someone has tried to recruit the dragon into the party instead.
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[WP] As a psychic, you don't go around solving cold cases or talking to the dead to comfort loved ones -- you work for the tabloids, getting the scoop on the latest celebrity news before anyone else.
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[WP] Psychic #1 can talk to ghosts and spirits. Psychic #2 gets visions from the past and future. By chance they both got hired to solve the same case, but both believe the other to be a fraud.
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[WP] Legend says that whoever could pull the sword free from the stone would be chosen by the gods to unite the realms under one banner. Many from all walks of life tried to free the sword - all to no avail. There it sat for decades, that is until an unsuspecting goblin managed to do it.
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