WritingPrompts

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[WP] The astronaut stood on the alien world, staring at the sky in wonder. "These are our auroras," the alien envoy said. "They're caused by solar wind interacting with the atmosphere." But the astronaut knew these images. They were fuzzy, but they were unmistakably an episode of Gilligan's Island.	441
[WP] The alien reached out to the representative of the human delegation. "We come in peace," the being spoke into their minds. "We began our journey to you once you reached the next level of technological development." "The Internet?" asked the humans. "No," he replied. "Ranch dressing."	245
[WP] After the apocalypse, humans struggled to rebuild society. But in this new order, none were more revered than the Lifehackers, wandering Wise Ones who would travel from camp to camp, teaching people how to use random garbage in innovative ways. This is one of their stories.	168
[WP] They were my songs. Mine. The melodies came to me years ago, and I never shared them with anyone. I was planning to start a band. Then I heard them on the radio. My songs. Exactly as I'd imagined them. And you think I'm crazy, but I've been plagiarized by time travelers, and I'll prove it.	58
[WP] After mathematicians started noticing patterns in the Northern Lights, it started to become clear that there were messages encoded in the auroras. Linguists finally deciphered this year's batch of recordings: "FOR THE LAST TIME, COOL IT WITH ALL THE RADIO CHATTER. EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU!"	45
[WP] "Upload your consciousness into a robot body," they said. I'd have done anything. I thought I was dying. My miraculous recovery didn't happen until after the upload, and now my legally-human double is getting to be a real problem.	30
[WP] As Martin lay there on his deathbed, he was filled with the regret of a live never fully lived. Not that he had much say in the matter. All his life, his future selves would come back from the past to keep him from making mistakes. In the end, his life was completely safe but utterly bland.	29
[WP] When the portal opened up in the middle of Times Square, a few people actually took notice. Emerging from the other side were six people dressed in iridescent robes and brightly-colored boots. "Wow!" one of them said. "It's really Times Square! Straight out of the comic books!"	17
[WP] It was nice, in a weird sort of way. All my friends and relatives flew in to say goodbye. I'd never felt so loved. Then I turned a corner. The doctors said it was a miracle. Now they say I'm going to be fine, and all my loved ones are annoyed with me.	15
[WP] When we made first contact, the aliens took one look at us and started treating us like gods. We were confused, but hey, as long as they weren't trying to kill us. Then one of them took us to their temple. Right above their altar was an ethereal painting of Timothy Leary and Hunter S. Thompson.	10

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