/u/xwhy's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The body was found under a tree 50 feet from the water. He'd drowned. There were no other marks on him. When he was finally ID'ed, it turned out he was more than 500 miles from home and no one knew why he was there.
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[WP] “I am the Ghost of Alternate Christmas. I am here to show you how your life would be different right now if you’d made different choices and listened to your Mother for once. She sent me.”
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[WP] The fae doesn’t actually want your child when he makes the deal. He just likes showing up at the hospital to say “No, I’m just here for that other one. I can’t take this one. It’s not yours.”
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[WP] You're moments away from creating the world's first time machine. Just before you complete it, time travelers appear and try to stop you
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[WP] One girl’s power causes her to vocalize before and during any “big event” (supers clash/natural disaster/etc) and her song can always be heard above the din. It’s background noise to those who know her until one day a boy starts harmonizing. Then everyone dives for cover
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[WP] As the high-rises and skyscrapers stretched higher, the Undercities spread wider and deeper. Some of the poor never saw the light of day. But then the Sun grew brighter and hotter, and the Ultra-rich started to make new homes for themselves in gentrified sections down below
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[WP] The dragon flies North. The party seizes the chance to invade its lair. But instead of treasure, they find IOUs from other dragons
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[WP] You impress upon your liege that your printing press will hasten the distribution of all decrees, but secretly you want to teach the masses how to read
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