/u/wheelybinhead's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] 250 years after sending the first generation starship in space, another starship begins its voyage. Approaching the edge of the solar system, they spot a decaying, dying ship...
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[WP] In the future, a group of astronauts land on a passing asteroid for mining. Upon digging, they find what looks like an unidentified language, and with it are carvings depicting a horrific beast. No one can read it, that is, except you.
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[WP] You have the extraordinary ability to incubate all lethal diseases within your body with no ill effect. Residing at an undisclosed location, you are continually experimented on by government scientists. One cough is all it takes.
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[WP] A twenty something year old takes his kid brother out camping in the woods. As they roast marshmallows in the night, they hear rustling and turn to see a child identical to the kid brother. He is injured, tired and absolutely terrified.
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[WP] You land at a London Airport only to shortly realise that you are not in London but in a country you have never heard of its existence before.
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[WP] The superhero arrives to stop the villains next master plan, only to find him slumped unconscious with an empty bottle of whiskey and tubs of emptied pills.
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[WP] You are a postman in the post apocalypse. Your aim is to keep communication open for as long as you can. You are tasked to deliver a message from a dying member of your community. You put on your cap, your shorts and your high socks and head off to work.
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[WP] The bombs are falling. Four minutes until total nuclear annihilation. Write a story about a person's last few moments.
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[WP] A group of archaeologists dig through the sands of the Sahara desert, hoping to uncover any lost secrets the ground holds. After some extensive digging, they come across the surface of a skull. A skull so huge, its eye sockets are the same size as a blue whale.
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