/u/nobodysgeese's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You're a tomb designer, trying yet again to explain to your client that if they don't want the place robbed, they shouldn't install puzzle doors. And if they're going to do that anyways, they should at least avoid leaving clues lying around about the answers.
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[WP] You invented the first phone with steampunk technology. Sure, it's a little bulky. And admittedly, you also need to carry a bucket of coal to fuel it. And of course you need a cart to hold the phone's boiler. But you're still sure that it will catch on any day now.
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[RF] You and your neighbour both have bird feeders. The fight to convince the local birds to come to yours is escalating.
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[WP] As programmers stay up later and later, they're muscling creatures of the night out of their time slot. The light from 3 AM computer monitors is slowly driving vampires extinct.
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[WP] You're secretly a selkie, just as comfortable in the water as on land. When the ship you're vacationing on sinks, you try to save your spouse without letting them find out.
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[PI] You come across an old curio shop on the way back from work. You’ve never seen it before. When you ask the proprietor, they just shrug and say well you’ve never needed us before in that case.
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[WP] You're a massive dragon with a large hoard. One day, you notice you've started shrinking. The price of gold must have fallen again.
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[WP] Someone appears in front of you with a time machine; the world's going to end and only you can save it. At the same time, a wizard appears; he's from another world, and he says you're the Chosen One. The time traveler and the wizard fight over who gets you.
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