/u/wrestles_bears's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP]: Everyone knows the expression "to open a can of whoopass". And somewhere out there lives a family who cans whoopass for a living.
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[WP]: Gradually, you have become aware of the true nature of your existence: you are a video game NPC. Eventually, you encounter the game's protagonist, and your status changes.
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[WP]: Instead of writing a dark, gritty version of a sweet story, make a grim and horrifying tale genuinely heartwarming
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[WP]: A new fashion trend sweeps across the galaxy: domesticated pet humans have finally entered the public market
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[WP]: A quiet, boring thursday night takes a bizarre twist as you find a matchmaking site for people willing to give their lives up to demons, and demons seeking to possess them.
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[WP]: There is a fox that hangs around your house, always seeming to keep an eye on you. You never think much of it, until a fateful morning when it brings you a severed human hand.
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[WP]: A school principal calls a parent into a meeting concerning his son bullying other students. The father turns out to be her own old bully.
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[WP]: "Look, there's good days, and then there's bad days. On good days, nothing explodes, patient zero does not spontaneously combust, and nobody dies. On bad days, we manage."
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