/u/Lindworm545356's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] For years you've felt different from others somehow. One day when walking by a church, a priest notices you and shouts something in Latin at you. Suddenly, you're violently ejected from the body you've been possessing.
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[WP] The greatest of all the gods was never the king god, it was the god of alcohol and revelry, a memory lost to his constant drunkenness. And he just ran out of booze.
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[WP] “Grim Reaper” isn’t a name, it's a title, given to the greatest necromancer alive. The day after their birth, you find an impossibly sharp scythe and a list of names in your newborn's crib.
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[WP] Aliens contact humankind in a panic, not for our hardiness or our adaptability, but rather for our ability to turn what was once our most feared predator into our companion in everyday life.
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[WP] Humans deify dragon fire; dancing around it, keeping it lit, assuming it makes blades or armor stronger. You're not sure why. Every dragon knows it's only your helium bladders and some flint in your teeth.
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[WP] The holiday spirits have a rule: They can ask any other to trade for one year, once an eon, just to break the monotony. You, one of those spirits, recognize another spirit approaching you, with an offer.
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[WP] Turns out some heroes don't die, they just wait to replicate their most famous stories. Humanity discovers this when Heracles returns to relive his twelve labors.
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