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H.P. Lovecraft's classic horror short story series, The Call of Cthulhu never actually described the iconic monster's appearance. Where did the popular look he has come from? Did other Lovecraft monsters begin without a physical description? Where did their appearances come from?

225 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] On an archeological dig you discover an ancient machine. The glyphs around it say on activation, the world's dominant species will disappear, and the progress of all others will be accelerated. There is also a ledger of past activations.

115 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] In a parallel universe, there exists an earth where almost everything formed the same in the beginning. However, one factor caused life to evolve very differently. Rain, instead of falling like it does on our world, drops all at once when a big enough cloud forms. Huge floods fall from the sky.

95 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] You are on an expedition to explore the Mariana trench. Miraculously, your submarine makes it to the bottom; a shocking discovery lays before you. A vault door, with runes that none of your crew recognizes is carved into the trench walls.

51 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] Johnny Got His Gun is a classic antiwar piece following the tale of a Great War veteran left with no senses other than a few spots on his skin. He eventually uses Morse code to request he be killed. Create a modern day piece using a similar situation.

30 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] In the distant future, you run a zoo of physically personified emotions. Unfortunately, there has been a breach. Your guests don't know how to feel about this.

12 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] After years of searching, you have found an ancient temple that is said to hold the meaning of life. But when you enter, all you find is a note with a phone number labeled "Call For a Good Time".

11 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] You live a normal life, accept your roommate is a talking giraffe.

4 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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How did pre-European Americans deal with super storms?

2 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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If one of my eyes was removed from it's socket, attached to the back of my head, and properly reconnected to my brain, how would my vision look? Would it be one fused picture, or two separate images?

1 upvotes • r/askscience

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H.P. Lovecraft's classic horror short story series, The Call of Cthulhu never actually described the iconic monster's appearance. Where did the popular look he has come from? Did other Lovecraft monsters begin without a physical description? Where did their appearances come from?	225	AskHistorians
[WP] On an archeological dig you discover an ancient machine. The glyphs around it say on activation, the world's dominant species will disappear, and the progress of all others will be accelerated. There is also a ledger of past activations.	115	WritingPrompts
[WP] In a parallel universe, there exists an earth where almost everything formed the same in the beginning. However, one factor caused life to evolve very differently. Rain, instead of falling like it does on our world, drops all at once when a big enough cloud forms. Huge floods fall from the sky.	95	WritingPrompts
[WP] You are on an expedition to explore the Mariana trench. Miraculously, your submarine makes it to the bottom; a shocking discovery lays before you. A vault door, with runes that none of your crew recognizes is carved into the trench walls.	51	WritingPrompts
[WP] Johnny Got His Gun is a classic antiwar piece following the tale of a Great War veteran left with no senses other than a few spots on his skin. He eventually uses Morse code to request he be killed. Create a modern day piece using a similar situation.	30	WritingPrompts
[WP] In the distant future, you run a zoo of physically personified emotions. Unfortunately, there has been a breach. Your guests don't know how to feel about this.	12	WritingPrompts
[WP] After years of searching, you have found an ancient temple that is said to hold the meaning of life. But when you enter, all you find is a note with a phone number labeled "Call For a Good Time".	11	WritingPrompts
[WP] You live a normal life, accept your roommate is a talking giraffe.	4	WritingPrompts
How did pre-European Americans deal with super storms?	2	AskHistorians
If one of my eyes was removed from it's socket, attached to the back of my head, and properly reconnected to my brain, how would my vision look? Would it be one fused picture, or two separate images?	1	askscience