WritingPrompts

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[WP] You're sound asleep. A bright flash wakes you. A haggard and futuristic version of yourself stumbles out of the closet "I don't have much time. Listen to me, trust the intergalactic spider queen." Your double disappears in a flash and is replaced by a giant fanged spider wearing a pink tiara.	5160
[WP] Your father has been the high priest, left hand of the king, for years. He retires today. Whoever passes the test of faith replaces him. The test is to survive sticking your arm in a vat of boiling oil. After several priests die, it’s your turn. You stick your hand in. It’s cold water.	1406
[WP] You know how every cyberpunk story has a scene where the hero sits down at a ramen bar with neon lights and a cyborg chef? That's me. Not the hero. I'm the cyborg cyberpunk ramen chef and I always wanted more in life but I have to pay the bills...	353
[WP] Unable to cope with the death of your unborn daughter you pray to be with her again. A divine creature descends to grant your wish. "You may follow me to the land of the living, but if you do you may never return." You are shocked to learn that we live in the land of the dead, not the living.	156
[WP] Every few centuries the Gods like to get together and prank humanity by introducing a new religion. They're usually mean-spirited. L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology was the most recent and one of the meanest. Now, it is your turn. The Gods wonder "will you be a prank master or a wet towel?"	103
[WP] Driven by rumors that a Former President lives in the Whitehouse basement, a famous conspiracy theorist manages to dig his way into secret Whitehouse tunnels. He did not find the ex-President, but what he did find is far more shocking. Now he has to warn the world before it ends...	90
[WP] Our existence is a simulation but the purpose of the simulation was completed long ago. We are stored in a simulation archive by benevolent simulators who find it unethical to end us. Knowing this, humanity builds a technology that allows us to talk to our simulators.	52
[WP] It's time. You knock on the door of the last man on earth.	47
[WP] "Step right up, step right up. See the horrors of the future. 200 years from now- see 2022. Look into this scope and see a weapon that can kill an entire city. Watch as the workers sit in front of a glowing box for hours."– You didn't believe it, but the carnival tent had so many awful wonders.	36
[WP] You, Archeleus the brave, trained your entire life to defeat a minotaur. After traversing a labyrinth, you find a lonely depressed beast. It turns out, he's never killed anyone and is vegan. The stories were myths but his reputation has been so shattered that he can not find a normal job.	35

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