/u/SpaceTurtles's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The Black Death wiped out all human life in the Old World. Describe the first Native American expedition to discover Europe centuries later.
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[WP] It's been five years since the manned mission to Mars ended in disaster. A weak broadcast in Morse is picked up by NASA satellites; it says 'I'M STILL HERE'.
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[WP] An ancient creature, the sole inhabitant of its planet, ventures out to investigate and introduce itself to a group of human cosmonauts who've just landed.
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[WP] An 18th century farmer discovers a pristine touch-screen MP3 player filled with all sorts of music (as well as videos, photographs) while tending to his crops.
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[WP] There is a walled-in, closed-off metropolis. Once every year, a convoy enters with supplies meant to sustain the population for the next year. The convoy is set to arrive in ten minutes.
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[WP] The tensions have reached a breaking point and the nukes have been launched. Miraculously, not a single one survives to reach its target.
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[WP] A solitary Ship of the Line departs England in the 1780s, intent to bring much needed troops and arms to battle the American revolutionaries. It arrives in Boston Harbor in February of 2015.
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