/u/moby323's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] As a graduate project, you create software that goes through medical records to find correlations. One day, it starts finding odd patterns in Social Security numbers: Everyone whose SSN ends in "58" dies of a stroke. If their SSN starts with "42" or "49" they always die on a Thursday.
89 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] We decipher whale calls, make a shocking discovery: They are intelligent as us and can communicate. They simply chose not to. We ask, “Why did you hide your intelligence from us?” - “We knew you would view intelligent life as a threat and would destroy us. Just as you did the woolly mammoths.”
14 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] You are a scientist. You are also the world’s most successful hitman, but you’ve never killed anyone. Instead of assassination, you use forensic knowledge to frame your targets for serious crimes. You’ve put more than 30 people in prison for life. Your next target: a presidential candidate
7 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
[WP] After several months the viral pandemic is winding down. While nearly 70% of the world was infected, thankfully the mortality rate was lower than initially anticipated. But just as things begin to return to normal, there is new disturbing evidence: Everyone who was infected is now sterile.
2 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list