/u/jpeezey's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Super powers exist, but nobody knows because they only manifest when someone else believes you have them. You trick a gullible classmate into thinking you're psychic. Then you start hearing other people's thoughts.
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[WP] At a prestigious school the student council is run by the most influential and talented kids. The treasurer dies in an accident, and you, a math-wiz scholarship student, are chosen to replace him. You discover his death wasn't an accident, and the council is involved in less than legal affairs.
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[WP] When the Red Cross takes blood donations, it's really just a front. They're looking for people with something special in their blood, something valuable, and the Red Cross intends to harvest as much as they can. You just donated blood a few days ago, and now you think someone is following you.
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[WP] You are a mythical woodland creature, and when you die, you will grow into a grand, semi-sentient tree, and your magic will protect the region. You are nearing the end of your life and are traveling the land, trying to find an agreeable spot.
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[WP] You should have listened when your boy told you something was under his bed, but you didn't. That 'something' has taken your son, and you've crawled into the darkness under his bed to chase after it. You've been crawling for a long time now...
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[WP] It's been a decade since you almost drowned. You don't remember it well, but ever since, everyone in your ocean-side town has been leery of you. You finally question your parents about it, and they tell you that something from the deep saved you, and many believe your survival to be a curse.
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[WP] A vampire volunteers to be crew on a generation ship so he can get as far away from the sun as possible.
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[WP] You sing for an up-and-coming metal band, and your pet cockatoo loves sitting on your shoulder during practice. One day you show up late to a gig but the band is already playing without you. Your cockatoo is singing, and the crowd is going wild. Your producer wants to replace you with the bird.
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[WP] You've only ever seen her in the rain. At first you thought it was coincidence... but it's been a few months now, and you ONLY run into her while it's raining.
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[WP] You experience the 7 days of the week out of order. The notes you religiously leave your future-self are the only thing that keeps you functioning. You wake up on a Friday in a room you don't recognize, and your whole body aches. On the wall you see written in blood: GET AWAY. TRUST NOBODY.
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