WritingPrompts

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[WP] Aliens manage to make contact with Earth, tapping into our telecommunications and social media. What they don't know is that humanity has been extinct for years, and all that's left are robo-calls, email scams, and reposting bots.	388
[WP] In his youth, in exchange for great power, the King promised his firstborn son to a demon. Unbeknownst to him, the Queen had previously ALSO promised her firstborn to a DIFFERENT demon. On the day of his birth, the prince is now the subject of a supernatural custody battle.	359
[WP] The year is 2000. Your son has just come home from elementary school, ranting about making contact with himself from 20 years in the future. He's trying to convince you to sell everything and invest in some company called "Ah-mah-zon?"	155
[WP] You are a pharaoh, and when you died you were buried with food, treasure, and servants to give you a comfortable after life. This was great for a while, but now grave robbers and archeologists have started taking things from your tomb. Your quality-of-afterlife begins to rapidly fall...	101
[WP] A fae people live at the edge of the wood. Offending them means certain death, yet on a whim, they might grant a boon. A terrified wolf goes to beg for their aid. The elders warned her: she must act cute to earn the “humans’” favor, but not SO cute that they imprison her to warp her into a dog.	95
[WP] A post-apocalyptic tribe forms a complex mythology based entirely around soda cans, chip bags, and the other seemingly miraculous single-use goods the old gods left behind. The shaman is giving a sermon while interpreting their newest discovery.	54
[WP] After dragging a dead scientist from the 18th to the 21st century, the temporal scientist responsible quickly finds herself ridiculing his outdated misconceptions about the scientific process. Suddenly, a 24th century time traveler steps in to defend the older scientist.	45
[WP] From heaven, you watch as your spouse finds new love and remarries. After many years together, your old spouse dies - their new partner following shortly behind. Time to figure out if you still have a place in their (after)lives.	42
[WP] "There's a big market for mice" is a common joke in biotech, referencing how miracle cures tested in mice almost never work in humans. Annoyed at their lost research dollars, Pfizer campaigns to have GMO super-mice granted citizenship so they have someone to sell these failed drugs to.	37
[WP] You are a Lightchaser - a historian armed with an FTL drive and a telescope. All sorts of things can blot out the light when you're looking at Earth's past from light-years away: gravity, debris, hostile aliens, or, worst of all, Lightchasers from rival universities.	25

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