WritingPrompts

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[WP] What few realise is that when the Gods created the world, they added several Easter eggs that could only be activated by making certain inhuman sounds. You find this out accidentally one day while trying to learn French.	82
[WP] “Jerry take the tinfoil hat off. No one is out to get you. It’s time to come back to your family.” Jerry sighed, defeated. He hadn’t seen his family in years. He reached up and took the hat off, crunching the foil into a ball. And that’s when they struck.	79
[WP] The hardest part of casting a spell is convincing Magic to go against its instincts and do something that you want it to do. That’s why the best magicians are influencers, advisors, and—the most powerful of all—used car salespeople.	79
[WP] Flowing water grounds magic, so the strongest spells come from areas with the least rain. Some wizards spend months in the desert, casting a single spell before the rain begins. Instead, you’ve spent the last forty years on Mars working on the most powerful spell ever imagined.	79
[WP] Walking into your laundry room one day, you are surprised to see a small man climbing out of your clothes dryer holding a single sock. “Well this is awkward,” he says, before snapping his fingers.	75
[WP] Every human on Earth is assigned a soul from Heaven as a guardian angel to help them in their most dire moment. A priest might get Mother Teressa to remind them to keep faith; a musician might get Beethoven to help with a major composition. You got Steve Irwin.	75
[WP] You came second in the annual HumanCon cosplay competition on your planet by dressing as an “accountant”. The winner came as a “plumber”, although you’re starting to wonder why their costume didn’t have any zippers.	73
[WP] The Internet said this was statistically the most effective way to break the ice with another human. Unfortunately you tried it out on something that wasn’t human.	73
[WP] After an increase in Sasquatch hunters travelling through his forest, Bigfoot has had enough. He has a shower and a shave, then sets out to apply for a position as keeper of keys and grounds at a nearby boarding school.	72
[WP] Death tries to reconnect with the modern world by posting soul unboxing videos to YouTube.	71

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