WritingPrompts

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[WP] A powerful necromancer is trying to raise the dead. However, despite trying different vessels and rituals, he has only raised you. Over. And over. And over. You're both starting to get sick of each other.	10469
[WP] Centuries after a breakthrough that allowed mankind to harness perpetual motion, nearly all aspects of modern life are dependent on six supermassive generators around the globe. You are the head engineer at one of the plants, and reports on your desk say the machines are slowing down.	27
[WP] The sun has been mysteriously vanishing, first for seconds, then minutes, and eventually for days and weeks. After months without sunlight, you find yourself amidst the collapse of society as cults and gangs of survivors compete for dwindling resources.	9
[WP] A story about a house fire or wild fire in a universe where fires are extinguished not by water, but by fire fighters trained to physically brawl them into submission.	8
[WP] You're an electrician who has discovered that electricity as we know it is sentient. It is also malevolent, angered at being imprisoned and harnessed, and all electrocutions are on purpose. You have a conversation with it.	7
[WP] You are an AI butler aboard a space shuttle carrying 400 crew members to a colonized planet. After being cryogenically frozen for 19 years, it’s time for you to wake them, help them adjust, and break the news that earth has been turned into a barren husk by those left behind.	7
[WP] Not long after a near death experience, you suddenly begin splitting into two identical copies of yourself whenever you are confronted with a tough decision. The copy is temporary, lasting 24 hours or until it achieves its goal; sometimes you and your copies... argue.	5
[WP] You're a scientist working on a top secret project for a government organization. You do not know more than what you are tasked with. Write about your sudden (or slow) revelation of the project's goal.	4
[WP] War, the second Horseman of the Apocalypse, draws his blade before you. With a sad look, he speaks. "If you refuse to abandon this path, I will give no quarter." You refuse.	4
[WP] You are completely unaware of your special superpower: any statement you make that consists of exactly nine words comes true. It's your turn to present a history report in front of the class.	4

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