[WP] Your bad thoughts about something or someone manifest into a malevolent being. It starts following, pursuing you to achieve something
[WP] The alien invasion did not go as planned; the humans are hijacking the ships and counter-invading the aliens
[WP] The people who ruined your life must pay; you'll make sure they do, even while the world is ending.
[WP] You're a professional ghost exorcist. Instead of forcibly removing them, you negotiate them.
[WP] You decide to play a prank and scare people passing by the local cemetery. The ghosts haunting it offer to help out.
[OT] When you write, do you first decide what themes are going to be in the story and how the characters will present themselves, or does that show itself after or as you write?
(OT for off topic, as this is not a writing prompt, but a discussion post!)...
[WP] A Selkie is stunned when, against common sense, a stranger who stumbled upon her skin gave it back without complaint.
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1143955...
[WP] We had a hard time communicating with the aliens until we learned they only speak in bad puns.
Old prompt from Reddit.
[WP] An archeologist 20 thousand years into the future explores the ruins of modern civilization, either misinterpreting or misunderstand everything he sees.
[WP] Angels and Demons have almost no free will, having to follow the plans written out in the Book of Prophecy. But a minor panic occurs when 10 pages of the Book of Prophecy turn out to be blank.
[WP] Your mild-mannered friend is a scaredy cat. You decide to scare him as a prank. You jump out and yell, he assumes a fighting stance, his eyes glow red and he floats an inch above the ground.
Old prompt from Reddit so I could repost my response.
[WP] in a world where anything in the universe can be grown from a plant, a rare and powerful specimen is traded between the rich and powerful: the Sunflower
Old prompt from Reddit so I could repost my response.
[WP] Your ability to see the supernatural beyond their human disguises has caused you to fear them growing up, despite rarely seeing them. Your first job however, forces you to deal with them regularl
Old prompt from Reddit so I could repost my response.
[WP] Turns out that the Thanos snap was actually a type of cookie.
[WP] You've been asked to interview the heroes of the war, a 97 year old man, a 5 year old girl and a talking duck.
Old prompt from Reddit so I could repost my response.
[WP] A man buys a 12-pack of beer. When he opens the bottle, a completely inebriated, but highly functional genie emerges.
Old prompt from Reddit so I could repost my response.
[WP] The ritual calls for exactly 100 sacrifices. On closer reading, it's never specified the sacrifices have to be human. So you get a petri dish full of bacteria, and sacrifice that instead.
Cat: We’re the originator of this prompt concept, and it’s made the rounds a few times before. Let’s see how it does in the Fediverse, shall we?
[WP] Humanity has reached the stars! Space colonies are popping up everywhere. Unfortunately, that fucks things up for the gods of the afterlife.
[WP] A vicious battle between a hero and a villain comes to an end right in your living room.
[WP] You try to make a deal with demons, but they're not having any of it; it's too insane, even for them.
[WP] A fleet of alien spaceships arrives on Earth, seeking refuge from an intergalactic war. They start panicking when they find out we have nukes.
[WP] You see something that changes your life completely
[WP] A small library of books of various research and literature topics, all dated 20,000 years into the future, suddenly appears within your home.
[WP] You get a call from your friend. They suggest a meetup around a specific action since it's Halloween. The suggestion of the action alone feels really disturbing to you.
(continued) If you decide not to participate, it will somehow backfire on you.