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Writing prompt You are the hero of the town, saving lives and beating up thugs to stop the villain’s plans. However, you’re also the villain of the city, creating the plans that you’ll foil when pretending to be the hero so that the citizens would freely give you anything you ask for.
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Writing prompt Of all the wishes you could’ve had; a coke and some hot chips were almost as dumb as your third wish. Now, having enjoyed your five-minute snack, you have to deal with the fallout of your third wish.
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Writing prompt You’re a 42-year-old mom that has already seen some crap and is totally out of figs to give. Now you’ve just learned you are “the chosen one”.
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Writing prompt You walk down the street, minding your own business, when a person darts around the corner and presses a pouch into your hands, imploring you: “Protect them at all costs.” before they disappeared again. As you look into the pouch you realize it’s filled with… walnuts.
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Writing prompt You were a bit confused why a local farmer recruited so many people for “Harvest Day” but the pay was good so you signed up. Your concern grew when you arrived and saw the farmer handing out rifles and body armor.
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Writing prompt You hear a doorbell chime...But you’re in the middle of the woods.
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Writing prompt A pair of astrophysicists are having a quiet night at the observatory running a data analysis of a recent deep-space survey. Suddenly, the program finds an anomaly. When they take a closer look, they discover that several distant galaxies have disappeared, inexplicably, from the images.
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Writing prompt The president of the United States is Dracula.
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Writing prompt You are You.
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Writing prompt Some things in life you simply cannot escape.
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Writing prompt You find a genie in a lamp and he gives you 3 wishes but you can only wish for others. It doesn’t matter whether these are good or bad wishes.
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Original prompt heading Serial Sunday - Pride!
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Writing prompt A benign existence.
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Writing prompt A widower who lost his wife and unborn child a few years ago due to an accident receives a call from a friend who works as an officer if he could shelter a young girl who has nowhere else to go.
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Writing prompt You have the ability to speak to trees, one day you see a boy climbing a tree and never heard a tree say these words until today.
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Writing prompt You are a necromancer, but not in the literal sense of the word, you do not revive dead people, you revive emotions of people who can no longer feel them, curiously outside of the goal change, the process is quite similar.
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Writing prompt You are a magical girl who decides that , screw it, I’m gonna break the “no revealing your identity” convention. Things go surprisingly well and everyone is fine with it.
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"I could eat," Oz nodded at Barley. He wasn't particularly hungry; but, Barley seemed to be. He never imagined himself to be the kind of person to apple-polish for someone else; but, he made a conscious decision to stay
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Writing prompt The world is now overrun with monsters and the supernatural. Mankind has somehow adapted to this new environment and have even begun to monetize it to the best of their abilities. Where there’s demand, someone can always supply. Besides, the internet is still alive, so you….
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Original prompt heading Serial Sunday - Fallen!
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Writing prompt A long, long time ago a vile, unkillable tyrant was sealed away in a tomb. After millenia the tomb is opened, freeing the immortal who during the long imprisonment… has achieved enlightenment.
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Writing prompt You’ve been having the same dream for years now; you grow wings and gain superpowers. Today you wake up and find out the dream just came true.
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Writing prompt There is a cafe in the forest. Its lights are bright, it should not be there.
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Writing prompt You are hungry, like absolutely starving. You sit down at your favorite joint, take a giant bite of food. Something isn’t right; you take a closer look. Seriously!!
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Writing prompt A marketing copy for hair-growth serum.
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Writing prompt You have the unique ability of being able to store up to 144 items (12x12 inventory) in a pocket dimension only you have access to. No matter how big, the items only take up one spot, and all you have to do is tap the item. ~You go to take an item one day, but receive an error message.
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Writing prompt So this dating app wasn't working out for me. Maybe I should give this arch nemesis app a go?
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Writing prompt You're the CEO of a tech startup revolutionizing transportation technology with portals.
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Writing prompt There are only 72 hours left…
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Writing prompt As humanity bids farewell to a dying Earth, Mother Nature bestows upon her children her final, parting gift.
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Writing prompt A man is walking in a field of grass. He finds a mysterious golden flower in the middle of the field. As he bends over to grab it, he suddenly hears something behind him.
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Writing prompt Your parents never let you go to the beach. Now, as the salt water turns your skin to scales and your fingers to claws, you’re beginning to understand why.
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Writing prompt Your best selling book, "Told Ya: Time Travel is Totally Possible!" was just found hermetically sealed in a tomb recently discovered chamber of the Great Pyramid. But, you're only 14, and you've not written a book.
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Writing prompt As a HR person at a university, your job is mostly paper pushing. You're asked to put together a list of long tenured employees for an award. Your colleague mentions that the janitor has been there for a long time. Looking into his file you notice that he's been working there since 1896!
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Writing prompt It's late. Way past normal closing hours for your bar. But you always keep it open late on this day. You look up as the door chimes and the black clad figure walks in and takes their usual place at the bar.
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Writing prompt "Hello. I'm Eevil, the Devil's assistant. Would you like to leave a review of our demonic services?"
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Writing prompt In a world where one man can make a difference, an action thriller adventure incorporates overly obvious product placement into its story.
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Writing prompt WARNING, THIS IS THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM! PLEASE STAY INSIDE. LOCK YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS, CLOSE YOUR BLINDS AND DO NOT LOOK INTO THE SKY. PLEASE AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
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Writing prompt You bulit a snowman last winter. It's the middle of summer now and the temperature is scorching, yet he's still there.
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Original prompt heading Smash 'Em Up Sunday: Quokka
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Writing prompt Scientists have yet to prove the existence of a parallel universe, but you have. You can communicate with the parallel version of yourself.
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Writing prompt You discovered interdimensional travel and have hopped into an alternate universe. Great! except that was 12 years ago and for whatever reason, you can't find a single alternate universe where you exist.
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Writing prompt Write a commercial script for a product being sold to idiots.
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Writing prompt You woke up in an infinite void of darkness and you don't even know who you are. All you know is that you're sentient and have immense power of creation. You are everywhere and nowhere. Suddenly, there's a ball of fire beside you.
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Writing prompt You are a Freed Genie who while powerless and human still retain your immortality and have therefore dedicated your existence to seeking out and freeing as many of your brethren as possible, whether they like it or not.
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Writing prompt You're driving and spot a little girl selling lemonade on the roadside. But instead of "lemonade" it's a dark liquid of some sorts. A makeshift-poorly drawn-crayon poster on the stand says "Cup of souls from Hell! 50 cents a cup!"
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Original prompt heading Smash 'Em Up Sunday: Maned Wolf.
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