WritingPrompts

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[TT] When Kim Davis takes the microphone in front of the cheering anti-gay crowd today, her opening line is: “I shall now be denying marriage licenses to anyone who has ever eaten shellfish, as per the rules of the Bible.” Describe the audience's reaction.	10
[WP] A commercial airline pilot is sitting in front of an FAA Review Board, which is deciding whether or not to permanently revoke his/her license for grossly inappropriate behavior. They have a tape player with a cockpit recording of the incident. They click “play.”	8
[WP] As a result of a powerful evil curse, everyone who dresses up in a costume for Halloween this year all end up permanently stuck wearing that costume, 24/7, for the remainder of their life.	8
[WP] You are walking alone, through a sparse town, at night. There is a lone street lamp glowing dimly, up ahead. Underneath it, you notice a dark, cloaked, hooded figure. It is standing there silently, watching you.	7
[WP] A kid with an I.Q. of 184, moves to a new school. Out of boredom, he convincingly pretends to be extremely stupid and obnoxious. After a couple months of this, one of his infuriated teachers says “Here, you moron, let's see YOU try to teach class today,” and hands him the chalk.	7
[WP] As part of his plea deal, a serial killer agrees to lead the police to the dump sites of all his dozens of victims. Due to cutbacks due to California's budget crisis, he's chaperoned by just you and your nervous, inexperienced partner, and nobody else.	5
[RF] You are a London police detective in 1888, working on the Jack the Ripper serial killer case.	5
[TT] In a huge, futuristic, grungy, dystopian 2300 AD version of Los Angeles, you are feeling loney on a Friday evening, and decide to go watch some “baseball” at Dodger Stadium”. Hopefully your plastic poncho will keep most of the blood spatter off your clothes this time.	5
[TT] You're a depressed manager of a dungeon during the Middle Ages, where the most deeply loathed and detested prisoners are kept chained up/tortured/awaiting execution	4
[TT] [NSFW] In 11th century Europe, “psychosexual-sadists” and “serial killers” were not yet understood (but, they definitely already existed). In a large castle with hundreds of residents, people have begun disappearing, and mangled bodyparts have been turning up. People are scared and confused. NSFW	4

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