/u/baltinerdist's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You’ve been invited to a dinner party of a friend of a friend. When you arrive, their house decor is very “Live, Laugh, Love,” except when you start really reading the accent pieces and decor, they are actually a bit ... different.
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[WP] They said you wouldn't live past 30, but you've defied all the odds and so far, your doctor says you remain in good health. "They," being an international consortium of top assassins, are getting a bit frustrated.
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[WP] The fewer believers, the fewer the gods. However, the things gods are responsible for have only increased and somebody’s gotta be in charge of them. This has led to some very odd combinations of domains of oversight.
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[WP] Your spouse calls you into the hallway and points at the door to the left of your bedroom door. You've lived in this house for fifteen years. That door wasn't there yesterday.
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[EU] Even when the stories are fantastical, it is important for therapy that they be heard. This is the support group for Children Raised by Supernatural Nannies.
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[WP] Inside the gritty reality of nursery rhymes, one grizzled detective just wants to roll on home and give his dog a bone, but the criminals aren't just off playing paddywhack. They call you "This Old Man" and these are the stories from your beat.
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[EU] Captain Picard, fresh off his experience with the "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" culture, finds himself on a new planet that also communicates symbolically. In this case, the culture communicates exclusively by referencing TV show catchphrases from the 20th and 21st centuries.
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[WP] As the proprietor of a haunted carnival, you've never had any trouble luring unsuspecting kids to the twisted attractions designed to steal their souls. That is, until a young man named Robert Lawrence Stine walked through the main gate.
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[EU] Freddy is having a hard time killing you. Turns out, every night you dream the plot to a different movie and it usually works out in your favor when he tries to come in.
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