/u/atcroft's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] As a young writer who survived a horrific accident, you swore you wouldn't die before you at least finished your first novel. Now, a thousand years later, you're still cursing your case of writer's block.
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[WP] Your superpower: The ability to successfully do the job...with the wrong tool. (Optional - Your weakness: The inability to do so with the right tool for the job.)
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[EU] A "Three Laws-Safe" robot decides that it must take revenge on a human, but without violating its programming.
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[WP] "If you remember nothing else, my young apprentice, remember this--of all the planets you visit, and of all the species you may encounter, never EVER reanimate one called a 'human'. They are difficult to control, and even harder to kill... and that's just when their alive."
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[WP] "Ghosts" aren't spirits at all, but time travelers viewing events from "outside" so as not to interfere in events.
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[WP] Years ago your parents stopped to buy a figurine of a business at a gas station. Every year since, you received another of the figurines--first from your parents, then your own trips. This year you stopped to find only one remaining business open, and the only figurine remaining that station.
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[WP] With the landing of the first humans on Mars came a surprise no one expected: the first use of magic by humans in over 6,000 years.
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[WP] "I'm your Number One fan." Hearing that phrase made the hair on the back of their neck stand up and chills run down their spine.
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