WritingPrompts

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[WP] You've always told people your mother, Alice, was dead, but the shameful truth is she's sedated in Bedlam Mental Hospital. One day a rabbit in a waistcoat shows up and says "The Red Queen has stolen away your mother. Please, you must help us."	39
[WP] locked in a coma, aware, but unable to move, you crafted an imaginary world to keep yourself sane. Awakened from the coma and in rehab, you're struck at how much your fantasy world matches reality - until you find one of the "Easter eggs" you hid.	38
[WP] a king will not acknowledge a nation without a leader, so you were forced to take a crown to protect your people. You are the first Pirate Queen, ruler of the Landless. Tomorrow you enter discussions with a foreign nation, hoping to bind them with ties of blood and marriage.	38
[WP] The miles-long alien ship impacted the ocean, devastating every coast on Earth with massive tsunami. “Scientists cannot explain the environmental changes or the emergence of strange powers or mutations, but they suspect nanobots and advise avoiding any golden mist” the reporter said.	38
[WP] You dreamed of being a starship captain, but the training is too expensive. When a distant relative leaves you their mortgaged Bantam-class cruiser, you face a series of choices: Sell it for tuition, assume the existing cargo contracts, or investigate the offer made by the local cartel.	38
[WP] the world watched on live television while he yelled at the sky. Behind him was some sort of thing, a blob of people. Politicians, mashed together in an unholy form, still alive and aware. “What? No!” He yelled “The last time I was here they nailed me to a cross. This time I do it my way!”	37
[WP] morality can contaminate magic items which are used constantly. After defeating an evil Knight, you take his expensive enchanted armour to be cleansed so it can be reused. But when the opinions and actions of your liege shift, you begin to suspect something is not right.	37
[WP] it takes 100 Hyperspace Transfer Rings to cross one lightyear, and autonomous robots are building an interstellar network as humans expand between the stars. You’ve been called to investigate an anomaly at the edge of human space - fluctuations due to an existing hyperspace transfer tunnel.	37
[WP] Human mind duplication is commonplace and you can upload a copy of your mind to the ArcNet. Months after doing so, your mental clone has an awesome life in VR - adventure, excitement, a beautiful girlfriend. Jealous of your alter ego, you decide to sabotage him so he's as miserable as you are.	37
[WP] as a blind guy, the dating scene is pretty harsh. After the taxi drops you off at a small private club, the doorman asks who you're there to see. You reply "Mea. Mea Dusea."	36

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