WritingPrompts

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[WP] "This is our next job: the library of Alexandria, 283 BCE. Once you get there, you have a 9 hour window to rescue all the parchments before the fire. Remember, the time machine will be on lockdown until ALL parchments have been saved. So either do the job right or be stuck in the past forever."	448
[WP] Cosmian is an ancient language, presumed to be dead, that allows fluent speakers to control the universe by turning their words into reality. The language did not die from natural causes, but rather all users were exterminated after a pathological liar went on a rampage.	406
[WP] A group of adventurers storm a dungeon, but written in the perspective of the dungeon boss as a home invasion horror story.	386
[WP] A pregnant spider must make a journey across the world to find the isle of Arachna, where her children can live in peace and happiness. Being blessed with great skill in her silk-weaving, she is determined to reach the isle and give her children sanctuary.	378
[WP] The dark lord has just lost to the heroes, and has been on the run with a small troop of his minions for a year. The heroes catch up again, but notice an issue. The dark lord wore a crown to distinguish himself from his monsters. Without it, every monster looks like him.	377
[WP] A grieving woman inherits a huge gem from her deceased father. It looks to be carved in the shape of a deity, likely as an idol of worship. It is actually the chrysalis of what will soon be the biggest, fluffiest, kindest moth that she'll ever need in the darkest moment of her life.	365
[WP] Jacque is a therapist. One that wears an impenetrable suit of armor. The reason is that he treats the greek gods, and that means having to survive episodes of rage, indignation, hypocrisy, and jealousy. Today his patient is Hera, the wife of Zeus.	340
[WP] the dark lord looks upon the site before him with disgust. The gods promised to send him a hero who'd challenge him. But this isn't a hero. They're barely 15, and they're a crying wreck. The dark lord has had enough. He may be evil, but he isnt about to kill a child. He's going to see the gods.	295
[WP] "Now, gods and goddesses, behold as Loki, god of mischief, throws the entire world into chaos by changing the sun's color from orange to yellow."	284
[WP] "any rock can be a gem if you like it enough. What matters is if YOU like it. If you see a rock, and you think it's pretty, then it's a gem!" That was probably the most sage advice a dragon could give to a beginning gemologist, and the size of the rock museum they built together proves that.	269

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