WritingPrompts

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[WP] You were told your new boss is an ogre. What you weren’t told is that he’s a literal ogre, and you quickly learn you have to fight back all the stereotypes you learned about ogres as a child.	27
[WP]You’ve just scored the interview of a lifetime, a guaranteed Pulitzer. As the subject of your interview sits down across from you, he says, “First, let me get something off my chest. My name is Stan. I have no idea where everyone got that other ‘a’ from.”	22
[WP]The band of humans say they’re here to take you home, that your father never gave up hope that you were still alive. Pity these people don’t realize your father, the one who has raised you from childhood, is the ten-foot-tall orc sneaking up on them from behind.	21
[WP] While cleaning your parents’ house, you find your old computer. Booting it up, you see games and applications you haven’t seen since your teenage years. Then you find a folder you don’t remember creating: “World Domination Plans.”	20
[WP] By no fault of your own, your secret has been revealed: you are an artificial person living in an organics-only neighborhood. Despite ten years of relationships, the prejudice is palpable.	19
[WP] The Summoning was perfect and the demon bound to its circle when your mother walked in. Instead of yelling, she looked the demon over, sighed, and said, “This isn’t exactly how I wanted you to meet your grandmother.”	18
[WP] The annual Debutante Ball in Savannah, GA has been brought to a halt by grisly murders themed after “My Favorite Things.” The suspects? Every girl in a white dress with a blue satin sash.	17
[WP]An interstellar trucker stops to pick up a load. The sign says truckers must remain with their ships and are not authorized to wander the planet unescorted. But security seems very light and it’s been a long, long trip.	17
[WP] Foghorns echo across the bay. There is no fog on this clear, moonless night. Feelings of panic begin to emerge as you rush home and lock the door behind you.	15
[WP]Heroes and villains both come to you, and neither will do anything to directly harm you. They need you. Your superpower: procurement. You can acquire anything they need, if the price is right.	14

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