WritingPrompts

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[WP] You're a designer/printmaker who makes election banners and lawn signs for almost all elections in the state. In most small towns, city council elections are pretty dull and petty. This small town is...different.	1
[WP] Tell a sci-fi story that is based on the social/technical progression of a known fantasy story (for example, Middle Earth advances to the age of spaceflight)	1
[WP] The saying "you can't take it with you" isn't entirely true. If you plan properly and get lucky, you can take one small object with you into the next life; but the power that object might have in what comes next isn't entirely predictable.	1
[WP] The creation of the world was a grim time, and many of the gods acquired epic PTSD, which led to a lot of problems for humans. You have a chance to change things for the better, because you are a PTSD counselor.	1
[RF] Noting that sadly, nearly every politician eventually succumbs to some level of corruption, you decide to do a psychological experiment on yourself by running for office to see if, and how, it will happen to you	1
[WP] Clouds believe in reincarnation. But sometimes some of them fight death.	1
[WP] The world's second largest religion uses reality television in its holiest rites and rituals. Almost everyone on reality TV is now a lay worshiper or a member of the priestly class, and ratings have never been higher.	1
[WP] It's the future and now there's cosmetic brain surgery, where certain aspects of your personality you may not like can be surgically altered	1
[WP] Inside The Howling Zone, you go mad/experience cosmic horror/etc. But it's not a sharp boundary: at the right distance, you can have incredible creative breakthroughs or spiritual transcendence. Civilians are supposed to stay far away due to the danger but many people try to access it anyway.	1
[WP] A person who is so profoundly likeable and sweet that cursed and haunted objects are given to them for safe keeping, because the angry spirits within the objects like them too much to harm them	1

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