/u/KaiserArrowfield's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] It's often said that there is a reason that humans are terrified of the deep and dark places of the world. However, in reality, quite the opposite is the case - there's a reason the skittering horrors that live down there hide in their holes.
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[WP] In a universe where technology progressed... a bit differently from ours, a massive, industrialized total war on the scale of our world wars has been raging for 5 years, but one nation has developed a new weapon which will change the way wars are waged forever: black powder
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[WP] The universe is cold, dead and empty. Humanity is alone in the universe. 10 billion years after humanity discovered this, the galaxy is completely different. The earth is gone completely, vast multitudes of civilizations have risen and fallen, and humanity has filled the vast, empty cosmos...
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[WP] Write about an amusing/mildly embarrassing minor incident, but using the tone of a horror story.
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[WP] You are a 423-year-old immortal who has studied many disciplines and fought in every major war since the Thirty Years' War. Unfortunately, you are physically only 16, and new government legislature requires you to face an entirely new challenge: High School
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[WP] When an individual and a doppelganger imitating them first encounter each other, they are filled with an all-consuming urge to murder the other until an hour has passed, at which point they regain their senses. You're the first documented instance of both doppelganger and original surviving.
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[WP] You work out in the middle of nowhere, about 2 hours from the nearest settlement. One day, you see a person outside your worksite. They look like a completely normal college age kid, but something about them seems downright unearthly...
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[WP] Years ago, you were given an amulet that, when used, allowed you to see through your soulmate's eyes. Unbeknownst to you, they live in a different timezone, and everytime you tried, they were asleep, and you saw nothing. While on vacation, you try it again...
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[WP] The aliens invaded the Earth because they wanted its resources - but it was not minerals, water, food, or even land they were after. Their desired resource was the massive potential skilled labor base, manpower pool, and unique talents the human population represented.
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