WritingPrompts

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[WP] “He ruined my life, that demon” he said. “The deal was three seconds, he could take three moments from me, as long as no one was in physical danger.” He hung his head lower, if that were possible. “How could I have known how important those three moments would be?”	21
[WP] Aliens have trouble finding planets with the right mix of gasses to breathe, at the right temperature and gravity. Earth is rare. But what’s really getting attention is that delicious tang of carbon dioxide with other petrochemical byproducts...	20
[EU] He hid behind a structure and checked for blood, did he need a Bat-Tourniquet? No-just a scratch. The villain laughed, “You seem off your game, Batman!” But he wasn’t the right Batman. Reality had split and dropped him in this strange Gotham. 60’s TV Batman tried to think...	20
[WP] Aliens are immortal but have a fixed number of souls per race. Shocked at first, they’ve been experimenting on humans to understand death. Your captor thinks human souls can be taken and reused to expand the size of his people.	19
[WP] A dark spell stops questing teams of more than two to form. Barbarians, rogues, etc. are getting killed in pairs. Desperate, a magic user summons you from Earth—but why? You’re just an engineer, EMT on the weekends. Yeah, martial arts but at least you’re not stealing like you did as a kid...	19
[WP] “No, my Adversary didn’t ‘kick me out’ of the last universe,” said the dark and dapper man, reclining a bit in his chair. “I’d pretty much won, things were getting boring, so I’m here seeking a new challenge.” “Right, Mr. ...” He shuffles paper. “...Lucifer, how can we help?”	16
[WP] The dead thing glared at her. “Your skill is impressive, young one, but your judgment is flawed,” it said. “It was a prototype. Powerful but incomplete. Wrong in strange ways. You will regret raising The Great Crimson Canine, Emily Elizabeth!”	15
[WP] You wake up with a headache, stumble into the hall, and see the cat covering the intake on the carbon monoxide detector with a paw.	14
[WP] You are an immortal. But your enemy has found your weakness, the god(dess) that granted you immortality and fuels your eternal life can itself be killed. Now you’re in a fight, a race, a battle of wits, you are trying to save your deity and your enemy is trying to destroy it.	12
[WP] Years ago, you made an investment that would grow and grow, provided you never touched it. You set it up under a password based on something in your life at that time. Now it's time to unlock it all, but...what was that password? Was it about a date? That fashion thing? That song...?	12

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