WritingPrompts

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[WP] For centuries St. Peter faithfully stood at the Pearly Gates, welcoming souls into Heaven. Then, one day, they actually did it - they snuffed themselves out. He finally greets the last soul and, for the first time, turns to enter Heaven. God Himself stops him and says, "Wait, there is another…"	10
[EU] The galactic civilizations know about all the gods and religions, but knew nothing of curses. The Vogons had no idea of the consequences of destroying Earth to make a hyperspace bypass.	9
[WP] You're taking down the Christmas tree and find, on the floor in the back, that Santa dropped a bag of his magic dust. You know, the stuff that makes the reindeer fly.	9
[WP] Time travel experiments showed you can't change the future by traveling to the past, as long as you don't cross paths with yourself. So travel within one's lifetime is prohibited. You travel back 500 years and accidentally encounter a previous incarnation. Oops.	9
[WP] As you take your dog out for your usual after-dinner walk, you hear a helicopter pass by in the distance. Then it passes by again. And again. You realize that the helicopter is circling, and the circles are getting smaller. It's converging on you.	8
[WP] "Paper money is for historians. I can't eat gold or jewels. What else you got to trade, stranger?"	5
[WP] The tallest mountain known sits in the middle of the largest lake known, which is surrounded and contained by a ring of lesser mountains. Few have climbed those mountains and gazed upon the great lake. None have crossed to the great mountain on the horizon. Until you.	4
[WP] You've been caught in a Groundhog Day time loop. As in the movie, each loop through you change something -- save someone choking, put money in a parking meter so an old lady doesn't get a ticket, etc. Now that you're free of the loop you have to live with the consequences of your changes.	3
[WP] You are Santa Claus, and after 100 years you're due to be replaced. Tonight is your last run. After 100 years you'd think things would go smoothly…	3
[WP] Death is actually a really nice guy, once you get to know him.	2

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