/u/saddetective87's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] It was a bad day to be a PI. Moran's client was lying dead next to the counting desk and the latest shipment of gold, the Alchemist Bank was demanding they leave, his partner Beth was picking up some odd magic in the room, and the Elvin magistrates were talking about a ledger of names...
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[WP] In the distant future, the human race nears extinction and a new race of beast-like creatures rule the earth. The few surviving people live in the City, a huge protected construction with the ability to travel in both space and time. The City travels back to our time to save humanity...
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[WP] Earth space agencies have successfully made contact with the alien robot ship's AI in orbit using the communications system of the International Space Station. The AI transmits for further instructions. Years go by. Eventually, the AI sends an envoy to the UN General Assembly...
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[WP] You swapped your consciousness with another prisoner on the way to be executed. They screamed and protested as you wait in their former cell. A few weeks after the execution, you are released for time served. You go home under a false name. But weeks later someone shows up claiming to be you...
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[WP] The parasitic jewel wasp turns cockroaches into zombies by injecting venom into their brains and laying an egg in their abdomens, where its larvae then hatch… and eat. That is why the government wanted you to develop a breed of them for military use.
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[WP] This is the last book written by your favorite horror writer, before their mysterious disappearance. It is their Book of Revelations, the beginning of the end. And after this book, nothing will ever be the same again…
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[WP] You are looking for a legendary artifact, the Jewel of Zinj, which is said to be a phenomenal source of power hidden in the temple in the Lost City of Zinj. You are at a nightclub, watching the beautiful singer, Elaine Nightengale, perform. Her father was the last archeologist to find it...
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[WP] "We are now up against live, hostile targets. So, if Little Red Riding Hood should show up with a bazooka and a bad attitude, I expect you to chin the bitch."
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[WP] They just wanted a quiet job in a local nostalgia shop, no pressure, no excitement, mellow. By the end of the first week, the new clerk affirmed to themselves that they tried to lead a clean and honest life, and by their actions affirmed grace under pressure.
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