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[WP] An apocalyptic scene as seen through the eyes of a child.

Submitted by AlternativeShadows t3_10i8elr on January 22, 2023 at 2:14 AM

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[WP] Everyone is born with a power, but they can be bought and sold. Being poor, you purchase only the cheapest ones, gaining you ridicule and the title "Mr. Useless". Recently, however, you realized how you can use all these "useless" powers together, and set out to make a better name for yourself.

Submitted by chacham2 t3_109813d on January 11, 2023 at 3:54 PM

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[WP] You move into a suspiciously low rent apartment, that’s in some disrepair but not enough to account for the price. It turns out the other occupants are all evil supernatural beings. They set out to torment you, but then discover that you have done more to repair the building than the landlords.

Submitted by blundering-narwhal t3_10cx5e8 on January 15, 2023 at 10:34 PM

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[WP] You formed a contract with an adventurer that allows them to summon you in their time of need. You haven’t been summoned for years, almost forgetting about the contract until suddenly you’re summoned into the palace where your beloved adventurer is on his knees with a sword to his neck.

Submitted by Blackrose_920 t3_10ou3el on January 30, 2023 at 5:44 AM

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[WP] You’re the mustache twirling bad guy who must marry the innocent girl for your scheme to succeed. After your wedding she presents you with her plan to expand your schemes. She’s much more devious and evil than you.

Submitted by Glittering_Estate744 t3_10l31zw on January 25, 2023 at 4:42 PM

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[WP] Even in the apocalypse the Waffle House still serves food

Submitted by Janus-Moth t3_10g4b1f on January 19, 2023 at 3:20 PM

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[WP] "You're decidedly average," the fortuneteller told you. "You have no special skills, talents or otherwise, you will live a completely boring life". "But your sibling, now they are destined for great things, in fact they will....."

Submitted by Deathstroke317 t3_10eslmv on January 18, 2023 at 12:26 AM

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[WP] Write a scene where your main character discovers they have a superpower.

Submitted by RolledANat1 t3_10p97qd on January 30, 2023 at 5:57 PM

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[WP] As the god of reincarnations, when neither Hell nor Heaven want a soul, it is your job to reincarnate it appropriately. One specific soul keeps coming back to you not so long after each reincarnation. After a while, you decide to investigate why the soul keeps coming back to you.

Submitted by chacham2 t3_10q4wxq on January 31, 2023 at 5:26 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] Being God was supposed to be easy. Your family did it, and all of their creations ascended aeons ago. But no matter what you do, all of your creations keep killing each other. Even some of the plants! And what's worse, a tribe of hairless monkeys seemed to have taken notice of you lately...

Submitted by Sonkoso1 t3_10gt6ac on January 20, 2023 at 10:05 AM

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[WP] The Legendary Hero is prophesy to slay the Demon Queen, on his journey he meets a mysterious woman who joined him while falling for her, when they reach the castle the mysterious woman reveal herself to be the Demon Queen Heavily Pregnant with the hero's unborn child!

Submitted by [deleted] t3_10p8jcn on January 30, 2023 at 5:30 PM

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[WP] Yeah yeah, common Isekai plot from a nation in dire straits. However when they asked for a 'Warrior clad in steel', they didn't expect this strange, enclosed chariot to appear with people inside. These men call their beast a 'tank'.

Submitted by 28th_Stab_Wound t3_10l1sdl on January 25, 2023 at 3:51 PM

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[WP] You are an assasin tasked to kill the crowned prince. So when you find yourself in his arms, cuddling, you wonder how did things get out of your hands.

Submitted by fanonimus99 t3_10pxhkc on January 31, 2023 at 12:13 PM

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[RF] A close friend of yours recently died in an unfortunate accident. Everybody’s mourning over their death except you, the only person who’s aware that your friend’s better off dead.

Submitted by aneenonico t3_10q6ues on January 31, 2023 at 6:41 PM

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[WP] In this world healers, while respected, are often looked down upon due to their limited offensive capabilities. One day your party is completely wiped out, and the world finds out just how dangerous knowledge of human anatomy can be.

Submitted by Useless_homosapien t3_10a7zca on January 12, 2023 at 7:17 PM

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[WP] The World you live in is one of Florapunk; so many different plants bioengineered into items and objects usable by the average citizen. You are this world’s equivalent of a mechanic, helping repair these botanical mechanisms.

Submitted by Tickedkidgamer t3_10p1ymj on January 30, 2023 at 1:24 PM

7 comments

[OT] Writer's Spotlight: London-Roma-1980

Submitted by Say_Im_Ugly t3_10dfw8o on January 16, 2023 at 2:28 PM

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[WP] Life is simple, peaceful and quiet. You're enjoying life living just on the outskirts of the city. You keep such a low profile no-one should even know you exist. So why did the doorbell ring? You hesitantly answer.

Submitted by Crystal1501 t3_103w85v on January 5, 2023 at 11:00 AM

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[WP] The power of love and friendship wasn’t enough. Not quite. So we gave the magical girls guns.

Submitted by CrumbledTGMS t3_10o0xpt on January 29, 2023 at 6:26 AM

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[WP] On your 18th birthday, you hold a knife for the first time to slice your birthday cake. But when you accidentally cut yourself, you discover wires and cables instead of blood.

Submitted by KilmoreJnr2020 t3_10hwoco on January 21, 2023 at 5:37 PM

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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] A soul can reincarnate after they drink a bowl of magical soup to forget their past life. You've drank hundreds of bowls, but the memory is still as clear as day in your head.

Submitted by Penna_23 t3_10p2t6g on January 30, 2023 at 1:52 PM

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[WP] The person you're dating comes to dinner to meet your family. But the instant you step in the door, your grandmother goes deathly pale, and shouts the name of a creature from her country's folklore.

Submitted by Affectionate_Bit_722 t3_10o196n on January 29, 2023 at 6:46 AM

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[WP]As the aging patriarch of a powerful crime family hands leadership over to his son, a heist gone wrong leads the family to suspect a traitor in their midst. Meanwhile, the patriarch's troubled grandchild must get the traitor’s daughter to safety before the cops (and The Family) close in.

Submitted by derangermouse t3_10gfpnf on January 19, 2023 at 10:44 PM

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