/u/shakeythirsty's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Every so often a Universe will just slip off the tracks. When that happens, you’re sent in to discern whether to fix the universe or unmake it. You got called in because 30% of the population in this world just spontaneously flipped genders.
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[WP] Flaming arrows streak across the sky, as the horses storm in from the flank. You put your bag of groceries in the trunk of your car, and unsheath your longsword.
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[WP] Your grandfather left you an ornate box with a key inside, and a note saying "you'll know when to use this." 70 years later, you still haven't used it.
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[WP] In 1997, you use Microsoft Frontpage to create your first pathetic web site. Now, exactly 20 years later, it miraculously appears on Reddit's Front Page.
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[WP] You are a college student who is messing around on Reddit between classes. You look online to discover that someone is narrating your life.
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[WP] Every year the elders choose the smartest child to be sacrificed. Carrying seeds, herbs, and a skin of water, you are marched to the face of the mountain. When the teeth part, you walk into the smooth mouth of the God, N'orad, never to be seen again.
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[WP] You write a letter to Santa in July, asking for a mid-year report on your naughtiness. Two weeks later you receive a hand-written note from Mrs. Claus letting you know that Santa passed away in June, and that you're the first outside the North Pole to find out.
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[WP] If the ancient Library of Alexandria had not been destroyed by fire, the knowledge it contained would have made the world a much better place. You know this, because you're the one who burned it down.
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