/u/dougmantis's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] we are met by two sets of aliens simultaneously. One is a race of beautiful humanoid creatures, and the other is a race of enormous robotic monstrosities (complete with glowing red eyes). We were too quick to assume who would be the friendly ones.
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[WP] "Turns out, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse wasn't the whole story, because the fifth one was Deception. Question is, what happened to that fifth horseman which led him to edit himself out of the story?"
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[WP] Everyone on earth is shrunk to 1/6 of their original size. While it’s great for resource conservation, it has its fair share of ...challenges.
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[WP] Days are suddenly 26 hours long and nobody has any idea why. Describe how the world reacts to this event.
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[WP] You decide to explore an abandoned mineshaft a couple miles out of town. A few minutes into spelunking, someone pops out, holds you at gunpoint and says "how did you find us? This was a secure location!"
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[WP] ‘Guardian Angels’ aren’t nearly as celestial as the name implies. The Guardian Angel Protection Program was created in the far future by time-travelers, to help protect people in their past who would have died if not for ‘divine’ intervention. It makes for some… unique challenges.
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[WP] During a conversation with a stranger, they casually say “it’s your, not you’re” before clapping their mouth, realizing what they’d done, and running away.
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