/u/jpeezey's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You and your friends are looking up the net worth of celebrities out of curiosity. As a joke, one of your friends searches your name. Apparently you have a net worth of 1.6 billion. You have no idea why.
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[WP] You stand before the doors to an ancient catacomb. Death hands you an ornate horseman's pick; the weapon weighs heavy in your hand. "There are creatures down there that transcend death. If you want to earn your life back, take it from them," Death says. It's time to mine some cryptocurrency.
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[WP] It's the night of a big televised sports event. On behalf of an evil cult, a student working part time at a pizza joint is creating demonic summoning circles out of the toppings and sending them off to parties around campus. Now, a bunch of drunk college kids are trying to thwart this scheme.
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[WP] A clerical error lands you in Hell when you should have gone to heaven. The devil acknowledges this, but has to deal with a bunch of red tape and legal process to work out the error with his divine counterpart. Until then you're stuck in Hell, but well-treated as a guest.
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[WP] You've been alone in the wasteland for god-knows how long. You may be the last human alive. Recently you've felt like something's following you, always just out of sight. One morning you wake up, and notice human-sized footprints around your camp, but who or what left them is nowhere to be seen
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[WP] You were recently turned into a vampire, but you're a vegan. Its been two weeks now, and your thoughts are muddled, your body aches. The smell of prey is overwhelming in the night, and you salivate at the mere thought of a human, but you are determined to find an alternative to drinking blood.
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[EU] "Hey Steve! Come take a look at this!" Steve dons a pair of gloves and enters the crime scene. Joe is kneeling in front of a dead woman, and he gestures to a mark on her arm: a blue paw print. Steve frowns. "Looks like our old pal is at it again..."
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[WP] There's a group of well-dressed superheroes that get their various powers from their schnazzy bowties. One was a butler, another was from a barbershop quartet, etc. You are getting ready for prom, and you realize after putting on the tux you rented that your bowtie is imbued with power as well.
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[WP] You're flying a small one-person plane through the Bermuda Triangle when a freak storm seems to pop up out of nowhere, just like the stories. On this fateful expedition, however, you come face to face with the real cause of the erratic weather and disappearances: an old, powerful dragon.
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[WP] You are conscripted against your will into the royal military, and then rise through the ranks due to your natural talent and skills, eventually landing you a job guarding the young princess. Shortly after taking your post, you find she has a plot to overthrow her corrupt father in the works.
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