/u/TIL_this_shit's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Every day you walk by the same crazy homeless man on your way to work, always spewing insane rants and often inaudibly. One day however, as you walk by him you stop cold when you notice that he's reciting verbatim the death note of your best friend, on 7th year anniversary nonetheless.
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[WP] An alien ship malfunctions and blows up during the deceleration process when entering the solar system. People of Earth, upon seeing an object slow down and then explode before reaching Earth, have no idea what they witnessed and wild theories pop up.
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[WP] Today at 2:12pm your first son was born. After an exciting day you leave your wife only for a moment to use the restroom, however on the way back to the room you get lost and instead walk into a dim room where you discover the horrifying truth of what they actually do with the umbilical cords..
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[WP] Because you can, you decide to see what it's like to live as your dog for a day. Unfortunately, it becomes clear that this is actually a full IRL swap between you and your dog. You, in dog form, run into difficulties trying to stop your dog, now in your body, from wreaking havoc to your life.
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[WP] Hell, after a steady increase of newly damned, is having a staffing problem, and is ramping up their demon recruitment program.
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[WP] Through the black market you buy a love potion. Unfortunately you are given no instructions, and accidentally inflict upon yourself a life-long lust into the first inanimate object you see after the mistake.
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[WP] Snipers aim better when they're given tea instead of coffee in the morning, this you learned from experience over many years.
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[WP] A woman with a fear of spiders has to confront her fears when she vacates a self-destructing ship by jumping into an escape vessel that contains nothing all of the different benign spider species of Earth.
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[WP] "Don't mistake the wrapping paper for the present" is a common proverb in your society. This time, however, the wrapping paper really is the present.
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[WP] Driving through South Wyoming late at night, a unusual & shallow Wyoming fog, about the height of you car, obscures the road. Pulling over for a moment for a break, you notice a crashed car in the ditch next to the road, hidden from the road. It's your exact car, with your exact license plate.
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