/u/theresamouseinmyhous's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
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[WP] two hundred years in the future, space travel and interplanetary living is available but extremely expensive. The rich and powerful have left the planet, leaving the meek to inherent the earth.
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[WP] When people lie they have a chance of spontaneously combusting. The bigger the lie, the bigger the chance of combustion. You're not a great liar, but you are very lucky, and you're just about to really push your luck.
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[WP] The main character has a high stakes job in world where puns are the highest form of formal communication.
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[WP] it's 10,000 CE, you're an archaeologist, and you've just stumbled on well preserved ruins from the end of the second millennium. Not much is known about that time - what did you find and how do you interpret your findings?
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[WP]You are a book forger. You make your living by "unearthing" lost writings by famous, dead authors. Tell us your tale, show us your works.
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[WP]In the near future a new First Person Shooter is released with unprecedented AI enemies. Everyone loves it until the protagonist discovers the game controls drones and the intelligence isn't exactly artificial.
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[WP] the technology to back up conciouness has just hit the scene and a high profile individual has just been assassinated. A debate rages, should the backup take the place of the person?
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[WP] The story of a legend from the robot rebellions who could, among many other tall tales, hit the reset button on the back of a bots head with a paperclip from 100 yards away.
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