WritingPrompts

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[WP] Robots are everywhere and do most manual tasks for humans. They can't speak, but you apologize when you bump into them, say thank you, and treat them well. One morning, you wake up and look outside to see chaos and destruction everywhere, and only your house and front yard are in pristine shape	3657
[WP] You are the curator of a Museum of Military History. On display are artworks representing every great military leader. One day you watch an ancient, bent old man hobble in, and when you look back at the collection suddenly every portrait and statue appears to have raised its hand to salute him.	746
[WP] An invasion force rains from the sky, and you are the sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. As monsters approach, you see the tomb itself begin to crack open, and the dirt over a thousand other graves begins to push upwards...	634
[WP] You were a mailman before the end times. Civil disorder, chaos, and now bandits everywhere. Just when you thought you were dead, you came back, uniform perfect, and ready to deliver ALL the mail.	371
[WP] Mankind fought and lost against a foe on the other side of the galaxy. But what the aliens didn't realize was that a few robotic defense ships survived. It took decades and enormous resources, but the vessels eventually built a fleet that could defeat the aliens who killed their Makers...	291
[WP] You own and run a restored 19th century hotel in New Orleans. The work is great, except no matter how many silver fixtures you add, or UV lightbulbs put in the lamps, or garlic added to every item on the menu, those damn nostalgic vampires still keep showing up!	260
[WP] You’re a sanitation engineer, maintaining the sewers of a city. What you don’t realize is that there are supernatural creatures living in them. Your diligent maintenance and repair efforts constantly foil their plans to capture, eat, and bewitch the city’s citizens.	118
[WP] Over the 20th century, ships have stopped being lost at sea so often. Most think it's because of technology, but what no one knows is that the eldritch horrors of the deep are being held back and fought by the lost US Navy submarines traditionally thought of as "still on patrol".	117
[WP] It was once said of Theodore Roosevelt, “Death had to take him in his sleep, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.” What would that fight have been like?	106
[WP] A child is kidnapped. Outraged, the monsters living under their bed and in their closet vow to find them!	76

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