/u/JotaTaylor's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You were one of the first to fall after the zombie apocalypse broke out, only to discover ghosts can't move on while their corpses are still cursed. You and other spirits bound to earth can't help but tot follow your shambling monster selves around and watch all the dumb zombie stuff it does.
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[WP] When the spaceship's radiation shields were destroyed, it was a death sentence for thousands of colonists in the stasis pods. To save them, the crew uploaded their minds on the computer, and ran a popular VR sci-fantasy game to keep their patterns active. It has been 10 years since activation.
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[WP] You've been trying to haunt the couple who just moved in your house, but they have cats. It's been months and they still haven't noticed they have a ghost. Up your game!
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[WP] Insomniacs are vampires' favorites: thanks to their night binging that the undead keep up with all new movies and shows. Vampires can't just barge in homes without invitation, but nothing stops them from hovering outside windows while invisible. They do fail to go unnoticed sometimes, though
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[WP] Constant god-level threats against Earth led to a drastic measure: the entire population was made Super, each individual being bestowed a random superpower. Yours has never been very useful: you can turn into an indestructible goat. Today, however, the fate of the planet rests on your hooves
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[WP] It's your first day as a front desk clerk at the Afterlife and the very first soul you welcome in has a place in Heaven --however, they refuse to go because they think a system that would damn others to eternity in Hell is broken and unfair. Management demands you convince them to move on.
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[PM] It's the year 2332. Humanity has colonized the inner solar system and the moons of Jupiter. From a 21st century perspective, humanity has developed the ultimate utopia, where everyone's needs are met and individuals are free to explore their potential as they see fit. Yet, some still suffer.
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[WP] A skeptical royal physician and a street barber surgeon obsessed with the occult begrudgingly team up to investigate a series of bizarre happenings throughout the realm. They are to describe their findings in a volume entitled The X-Scrolls, to be seen by the Queen's eye only.
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[WP] Year 1 million CE. The dominant life on Earth are sentient arthropoda whose exoskeletons are made of microplastics. But this unrenewable element is being eliminated by metabolization, foreshadowing a mass extinction event. A team is sent back in time to investigate the origin of this particle.
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[WP] You bought a defective time trinket at the magic shop and you're trying to return it. Unfortunately, the thing has been moving you backwards in time --and there you are, *way* before you made the purchase. If only you heard that crazy old person that tried to stop you from entering the store...
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