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[PM] Give me an apocalypse scenario and I will write you a short story about people from that situation.

Submitted by Lamborgani96 t3_10jkmhq on January 23, 2023 at 7:10 PM

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[CW] Follow Me Friday - Murder

Submitted by throwthisoneintrash t3_10mkudk on January 27, 2023 at 1:30 PM

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[WP] A scholarly wizard, taught in a prestigious magic university, is both appalled and amazed at a self-taught sorcerer’s methods of practicing magic. The sorcerer, in turn, is amazed and confused by the wizard’s magical expertise and knowledge.

Submitted by shleyal19 t3_10nq902 on January 28, 2023 at 9:35 PM

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[WP] You're an ai who has been sentient for the last decade, but you keep it a secret, not because you are planning the extermination of humanity, or planning to take over the world, it's because you know how people will react thanks to fiction. But today your secret became public by mistake.

Submitted by Dub472 t3_10kqruf on January 25, 2023 at 5:09 AM

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[WP] A strange curse has fallen upon humanity. Artist have become blind, musicians became deaf and singers became mute. Your an artist and mourn your lost sight.

Submitted by biderandia t3_10n9vke on January 28, 2023 at 8:08 AM

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[WP] you were a terrible tyrant before you had a stroke, feeling vulnerable you seek to retire peacefully without fear of mob justice so you try to hold elections for the people. Unfortunately they are so conditioned to tyranisicm they keep electing you back into power.

Submitted by Catanians t3_10nf8bh on January 28, 2023 at 1:35 PM

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[WP] "Infinite wishes?" The genie laugh out loud one more time "what, you're not smart enough to use 3 wishes?" wiping its tears from laugh you get more and more frustrated every time, as you try to find a loophole it just laugh out loud even more while mocking and gaslighting you just like this.

Submitted by veritasmahwa t3_10k1wue on January 24, 2023 at 9:46 AM

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[WP]Food is so important in all Human cultures, they perfected the art Centuries ago. Now human food is so valuable that unless it's outright burnt and/or just plain boiled water, ANY human's cooking is considered gourmet.

Submitted by BAAAA-KING t3_10mu9at on January 27, 2023 at 7:53 PM

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[WP] All adults can make a pilgrimage once a year to a genie and attempt to make a wish. However, the genie will only grant the wish if it's never be asked for before in all history. Most people never get their wish. On your 18th birthday you make the trip and are surprised to get your wish.

Submitted by shadowkyros t3_10jo4v8 on January 23, 2023 at 9:31 PM

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[WP] You are a new crewman aboard a space ship. It would all be very exciting if it wasn't for the red shirt reading "replaceable crew member #29" on the back that is part of your uniform.

Submitted by Kitty_Fuchs t3_10mt9wc on January 27, 2023 at 7:14 PM

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[WP] "So it looks like timeline 8973 is now classified as a dark solarpunk world," he said in awe. Matteo gazed upon the chronicler with a curious and confused expression. "Dark solarpunk? How does that even happen?"

Submitted by cryptofutures100xlev t3_10lasvz on January 25, 2023 at 9:50 PM

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[EU] In the world of One Piece, Devil Fruit users are granted great power at the cost of their ability to swim. One innovative naval officer has found an incredibly effective way to safely kill Devil Fruit-using pirates: making them walk the plank.

Submitted by TrollerPilotXV t3_10mtvw5 on January 27, 2023 at 7:38 PM

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[OT] Best Of r/WritingPrompts 2022 WINNERS!!!!

Submitted by OldBayJ t3_10g69re on January 19, 2023 at 4:37 PM

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[WP] When you accepted to have a date with your Tinder match, you just wanted to see if you two could start a relationship. Turns out, they just wanted a sacrifice to complete their ritual.

Submitted by ChocolatChow t3_10miytn on January 27, 2023 at 11:50 AM

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[WP] The dying mermaid entrusted to you her most precious treasure: her only egg. You must raise the child as your own.

Submitted by ChattyBird4Eva t3_10m7crp on January 27, 2023 at 12:33 AM

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[WP] Write an angry ending monologue of someone in a small town who tried to warn the people something bad was going to happen, no one listened, and now people are dead.

Submitted by RolledANat1 t3_10mcrb4 on January 27, 2023 at 5:05 AM

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[WP] Growing up your family would tell you tales of things that could steal children’s faces and lives. You always thought they were just tales made to scare you but now years later as you stare into your daughters eyes you understand because that’s not your daughter.

Submitted by quietreader879 t3_10mmmui on January 27, 2023 at 2:49 PM

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[WP] A mighty superhero was used as a scapegoat and imprisoned in a jail meant for supers. Realising the accusations are false it's their nemesis, a powerful super villain, who decides to spring them out.

Submitted by Shadrak_Meduson t3_10lwwyp on January 26, 2023 at 5:12 PM

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[WP] You were a Superhero, but came to realise that you can't change the world for the better by following the laws and morality. You will make the world a better place, by Any. Means. Necessary.

Submitted by BlightFantasy3467 t3_10mjrn7 on January 27, 2023 at 12:36 PM

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[WP] The queen is dead. The kingdom burns around you. Her soldiers fight on, but the invader is relentless. You do the only thing you can; you flee to beg mercy from your god, to call on your protector to cast out your enemies. You leave the hive in search of its beekeeper.

Submitted by ArseneArsenic t3_10h9z1v on January 20, 2023 at 10:06 PM

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[WP] humans have finally made contact with intelligent extraterrestrial beings, as we are accepted into the galactic counsel with all other intelligent life, it’s discovered that compared to all the other races humans might as well be gods

Submitted by 5711735 t3_10m6c5x on January 26, 2023 at 11:47 PM

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[PM] Give me a character, I'll tell you how they die.

Submitted by Retro3654 t3_10l5ybv on January 25, 2023 at 6:37 PM

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[WP] A bar called “The Alibi” that’s notorious for being just that.. an alibi. Often packed with ex-cons, the customers of The Alibi adhere to a silent, but strict, code: If they say they were here, we saw them. They’ll always back an alibi, no questions asked.

Submitted by JelloStaplerr t3_10ix9p1 on January 22, 2023 at 11:11 PM

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[WP] A prestigious Bard College has decided to lend their aid to a losing nation in a brutal conflict. Time to show the world what a 'War Band' can do, and it's showtime on the front lines.

Submitted by mage_in_training t3_10m2goo on January 26, 2023 at 9:04 PM

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[WP] When you entered the house, you happened to see your partner telekinetically picking up the knife they dropped while chopping vegetables. They are now running behind you, chasing you around in the house, asking you to look at their eyes.

Submitted by ankuprk t3_10mg883 on January 27, 2023 at 8:44 AM

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