/u/Urbenmyth's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP]. You go to the doctor to check on a minor health condition. After running a few tests, the doctors come back with the cause of your symptoms- according to all medical standards, you're dead.
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[WP] In the pentagram, you offer the demon your soul in exchange for wealth and power. It shakes it horned head coldly. "You've let that thing rot away to nothing. Good luck getting a buyer while it's in that state."
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[WP] Oh shit! Turns out the bad guys can also use the powers of love, teamwork and believing in themselves!
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[WP] The one true king has returned, destined to reclaim his throne and rule over the land once more. As a firm believer in democracy and accountable government, it's up to you to stop him.
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[WP] After the Event, most predicted the end of humanity. But as it turns, we're nothing if not adaptable. Unnatural disasters wrack the world, terrible things haunt the streets and the very laws of physics distort, but apparently you still have to go to your job at Starbucks and pay rent.
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[WP] On your deathbed, all you can think about is how much you wasted your life. "Oh wow, you really did." says a voice from the corner. "Fancy a do-over?"
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[WP] With your new time machine, you've gone back to ancient times. But history is radically different from the records. You expected this to some degree, but soon the changes go beyond what can be explained by biased records and lost evidence. Something's very wrong with the past.
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[EU] It's often said that the Great Old Ones care nothing for human life, and that's true. But a lack of compassion is just as much a lack of malice, and in the same way that you might free a fly from a spider's web, one of the Great Old Ones has decided to give you what you assume is help.
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[WP] The world has ended, and you're the only person who's noticed. Everyone walks through the ruins like they're still cities, talking to corpses like they're still alive and laughing at shows on broken monitors. You don't know what's going on but you need to show the world the truth. Right?
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[WP] The story goes that a baby is replaced by a log made to look human that soon sickens, dies and is buried. But medicine has advanced some since medieval Europe. More and more of these wooden children are saved. Worse, the illusion was never meant to last a lifetime.
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