/u/Granite-M's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Not realizing his importance to the planet, the Grim Reaper is abducted by passing aliens. A now-immortal humanity searches the universe to get Him back, so they can once again die.
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[WP] "Everybody complains about the weather," says the meteorologist. "But no one ever does anything about it... until now," he finishes, pulling a curiously elaborate gun out of his briefcase.
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[WP] The company company you work for produces a pill with unpredictable effects. Some people it gives hyperintelligence, some it makes immortal, others gain incredible physical abilities. Today, you accidentally learned that the pill is a placebo.
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[WP] After using a bow and arrow for thousands of years, Cupid finally decides to modernize his arsenal.
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[WP] When you were embarrassed, you used to tell yourself "In a million years, no one will care." Now it's a million years in the future, you've been resurrected by advanced aliens, and they want to talk about all your most embarrassing moments.
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[WP] "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." Due to your particular condition, you've been teaching people how to die for over three hundred years.
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[EU] After being informed that he will be haunted by three more spirits, Ebenezer Scrooge calls upon the services of Messrs. Venkman, Stantz, Spengler, and Zeddemore, Busters of Ghosts.
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[WP] With an asteroid confirmed coming to wipe out all life on Earth within the year, all the old forgotten gods are coming out of hiding and offering blessings at steep discounts, in the hopes of getting one last rush of worshipers before the end.
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[WP] You thought you were very clever, wishing for an endless supply of genies, to get around the rule against wishing for more wishes. But now you've learned something new: genies *hate* each other.
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