/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] In the dreary megacities millions of impoverished individuals live beneath the shadow of huge hyperscrapers where the sunlight rarely reaches, the perfect hunting ground for vampires. Thankfully hunters have kept up with technology, from the holy silver cybernetic limb to UV light laser rifles
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[EU] A small exploratory vessel from one of the last remaining human colonies left in the universe discovers a strange anomaly at the edge of the Milky Way, a habitable yellow planet shaped like a star
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[WP] You were possessed by a demon a few days back, and naturally you weren't very happy. So you did the obvious thing, crawled to hell, and possessed him back
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[WP] The Sorcerer King of the Wastes is said to have gained immortality by hiding his soul in a vessel centuries ago, and can only be slain when a hero finds and destroys it. It is said that only the ancient lich himself knows where it is hidden, however this is a lie, for he has no clue where it is
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[WP] A lone historian tries to trace the origin of the gods of the current dominant species of the galaxy, an ancient kind precursor race known to the Dogs as "Humanity"
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[WP] King Arthur returns as prophecies in England's darkest hour, only his medieval knowledge and experiences are completely unfitting to tackle the myriad existential problems facing his nation thousands of years later
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[WP] One day a sinkhole appears in the exact centre of Russia that seemingly has no end. The next day another sinkhole opens in America, then another in South Africa until every country has a bottomless pit in the centre of it. For months nobody knew what the holes lead to until you fell in.
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[WP] The first planet that humanity has deemed habitable without terraforming has just received its first batch of colonists. They find out quickly that the planet is identical to earth in every way except for the lack of humans and the unshakable feeling of wrongness in the surroundings.
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[WP] For years you have been hot on the trail of a global conspiracy covering everything from aliens to the secret of immortality. The deeper you go however the more you begin to suspect their intentions actually may be entirely benevolent
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[WP] Zombies are only mindless shambling husks when in the presence of humans, alone they are more or less just as they were in life sans memories. Because of this they are terrified of humans, whose mere presence drives them mad and inevitably threaten what little of society they have rebuilt
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