WritingPrompts

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[WP] “They say Lucifer himself came up from Hell to dig those two graves, and that he wept louder than anyone else when the caskets were lowered in.”	14
[WP] You are in charge of a First-Contact mission to an alien world. As you prepare to land, you realize the dominant religion among this species greatly resembles an old television series from Earth.	12
[WP] The first daughter of each generation in your family gains psychic powers. Each generation has used them for evil, but before you can reveal the family secret to your daughter, you find out she’s taken up the mantle of a hero. You couldn’t be more proud, but she still has a lot to learn.	11
[WP] You are the first of your species to play a human sport professionally. Despite the disadvantages of your species and xenophobia on both sides, today is your first day on the field.	8
[WP]Three interns meet for drinks after work. Each one is, in reality, a spy for a foreign government who thinks the other two could be useful sources of information.	7
[WP]Nobody sees the work you and your allies do; society trained them to ignore the homeless generations ago. But to you and your friends, you serve an important duty protecting your city. You are the Neighborhood Watch, self-tasked with keeping crime down where the police cannot act.	7
[WP] Reaching for a shoe kicked just out of reach under the bed, you suddenly find yourself falling, tumbling, crashing in the dark, finally landing in an immense cavern with myriad tunnels branching away. You are in the realm of the monsters-under-the-bed.	6
[WP]After 1000 years hibernating, the dragon cautiously explores the modern world. The first step? Appraising her hoard. The magic mirror called “TV” points her to something called “Antiques Roadshow.”	4
[WP] Reptilians, avians, amphibians, even aquatic species in the galaxy have all mastered interstellar travel. Humans are the first mammals to do so, to the surprise of the galactic community.	4
[WP]”Yes, son, that’s a telephone booth. Nobody knows who built one out here in these woods, but only the foolish and the damned ever make a call on it.”	2

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