/u/tempest_36's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You're the only passenger on board an autonomous ship. Suddenly, you lose all contact with the outside world ... all except the ship's AI system. It's currently holding you hostage in the middle of the Atlantic.
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[WP] A deadly virus ravages the human race causing skin to peels like oranges. Boutiques like Salvager offer pre-owned "suits" to the wealthy, in a world where exposed flesh runs rampant and identity is untrusted.
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[EU] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was fascinated by fairies and spirits. He writes a Sherlock Holmes story where a fairy is the culprit. Holmes' sane, logical reality comes crushing down.
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[WP] As one of North Korea's top scientists, you've managed to weaponize gerbils as carriers of the Black Plague.
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[WP] For the past 200 years, humans have burrowed underground and created a vast civilization and tunnel network. It's believed that "visitors" contaminated the air outside and now dwell above, but there's little proof of this. One day, the dirt above you shifts and you hear a loud drilling sound.
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[WP] You're a candlemaker with a deadly gift: each candle you craft represents a terminal soul. Whoever lights it effectively shortens their life to the moment the flame burns out.
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[WP] You find a strange wire tunneling through your wall from the outside. You follow it into the woods, and to a 1950's bunker whose entrance is strewn with wires. The murmur of some machine hums inside.
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[WP] Although the world claimed you committed suicide, your body was never found. You escaped through a hidden passageway in the bunker, and shed your former identity as Germany's fallen Führer.
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