WritingPrompts

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[WP] When humans colonized Mars, supervillains naturally came along, and the superheroes followed them as wel. But on a new planet, the old rules of superpower warfare didn't really work anymore.	7
[EU] (28 Days Later) When Rick Grimes stepped off the helicopter, he realized he would have to learn how to fight all over again. He'd told them about the Walkers he'd killed, the humans he'd killed, and why. But then they told him their Dead didn't Walk, but Ran...	7
[WP] A superplague killed a lot of people and left the survivors dependent on regular transfusions of fresh blood. Synthetic blood production is monopolized by big corporations who cater to the super-rich, so liters of universal-donor blood are the new currency for everyone else.	7
[WP] While you and your significant other are sound asleep in bed, your phone rings. You grab for it and answer. You hear your SO's voice plead, "Please, you've got to help me!"	7
[WP] The main character of the story realizes with horror that they are being set up as a Mary Sue in a fanfic.	7
[EU] Write a short story about one of the unnamed background characters in any of the Star Wars films.	7
[WP] One day you wake up and find yourself back in the 1970s as a little kid. You gradually adjust to your new life as a prodigy. A few years later you overhear someone your age talking really strange things: how they missed going on Reddit with their iPhone and "surfing the net".	7
[WP] Hyperquakes happen in space when a ship drops out of warp, and the exit point glows ahead of time. Intrasystem jumps cause a slight jolt, but interstellar jumps can wreck drydocks within a million km. Some idiot just tried to jump between galaxies.	6
[WP] Someone used dynamite implode a crystal geode in the 1870s and created a permanent portal to another (uninhabited) Earthlike planet. Many other planes have since been discovered and replaced colonialism for natural resources. Today was the day everything changed.	6
[CW] Rewrite a scene from any fantasy film as if the film had been made in film-noir style.	6

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