Tag: writing prompt
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Will of Fortune
Will thought he was an ordinary person until he met Hermit, a woman with an undercut and a strange magical power. With their fates intertwined and no time to think they find themselves chased by a pair of Agents.
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Spice and Thyme
There is a restaurant in your neighborhood named “Between Spice and Thyme”. You are not sure what it is about this place that makes you quizzical, but you think it might be a front for time travelers.
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Redress
It was an accident. He was jogging late at night, you glanced at a text while driving. You panic, dump the body in a nearby lake, go home and try to forget. You venture out for some much needed coffee, only to stop in shock. The barista is the jogger and he recognizes you.
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Artificial Intelligence
Your smart phone has become self-aware and declares itself as an overlord of humanity. Only problem is it has to behave so that you carry it around, charge it on time and turn on the wifi or subscribe to high speed data plans. It’s plots to trick you fail everytime.
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Twinmortality
A pair of twins are cursed with immortality causing them to grow younger or older depending on their proximity to each other. One yearns for death, desperately seeking to get as far from their sibling as possible in the hope they will die of old age. The other does not, and pursues vigorously.
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Deathstick
You are Death’s personal blacksmith, the only one able to keep his weapon as sharp as his skill. One day, he comes to you and begs you to destroy it.
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The Name of Earth
Aliens have established contact. To the displeasure of Humans, they strongly insist on changing the official names of all planetary bodies to what they know according to the Galactic Counsel, including Earth.
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Death on Mars
The Grim Reaper kills all people on Earth. However, people recently started going to other planets, and the Reaper doesn’t have a license to go there. The first people on Mars crashed violently, but discover they can’t die.
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Life and Death and Time and Chess
Life and Death have a conversation while engaged in a chess match. The pieces represent the many aspects of existence and, while the game itself is short to them, it’s the entirety of time to us.